On the astronomical orientation of the IV dynasty Egyptian pyramids and the dating of the second Giza pyramid

2003/07/21 by Giulio Magli, Magli, Giulio
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · #Ancient Egypt and Archaeology #FOS: Physical sciences #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #Historical and Architectural Studies #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0307100

10 pages, 1 figure

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Abstract

The data on the astronomical orientation of the IV dynasty Egyptian pyramids are re-analyzed and it is shown that such data suggest an inverse chronology between the `first` and the `second` Giza pyramid.

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