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- Title
The Orientations of the Giza Pyramids and Associated Structures.
- Authors
Nell, Erin; Ruggles, Clive
- Abstract
This paper presents the results of a week-long Total Station survey undertaken by the authors during December 2006 whose principal aim was to clarify the basic data concerning the orientation of each side of the three large Giza pyramids and to determine, as accurately as possible, the orientations of as many as possible of the associated structures. The survey focused upon measurements of sequences of points along multiple straight and relatively well-preserved structural segments, with best-fit techniques being used to provide the best estimate of their orientation, as opposed to simple triangulation between directly identified or extrapolated corners.
- Subjects
PYRAMIDS of Giza (Egypt); ORIENTATION (Architecture); ANCIENT astronomy; EGYPTIAN astronomy; PYRAMID design &; construction; EGYPTIAN tombs
- Publication
Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2014, Vol 45, Issue 3, p304
- ISSN
0021-8286
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0021828614533065