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originally posted by: fatkid
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Although is is debunked, there still some very close similarities, following link explains this in great detail and also continental drift and other things
www.quora.com...
The speed of light in void is 299,792,458 metres per second while the latitude of the Great Pyramid of Giza is 29º58′45.03″ North. (I presume the longitude of 31º08′ is irrelevant to the discussion). If we convert that from degrees with minutes and seconds to degrees with decimals, we get a figure of 29.9791750. That is the latitude of the centre of the monument or the measure from the top point of it. If we use the numeric value of the speed of light figure by figure (29.9792458º) as the question proposes, then we get the coordinate 29º58′45.28″ that is located just 8 metres to the North (considering the centre of the pyramid as the reference) but this mark still falls inside the pyramid and the percentage of error is minimal.
Amazingly, if we take into account the continental drift As Cipi Steia noted, then the mark was missed by just one meter (!) since the continent has moved around 7 meters to the North (maybe a little less, maybe a little more) from the times when the Great Pyramid was built.
originally posted by: fatkid
a reply to: Vasa Croe
It is precise, but the premise of your post is that it is “exact” and it isn’t.
That doesn’t mean that it isn’t a great calculation. It doesn’t mean they didn’t know the speed of light, I don’t know if they did or didn’t, but it doesn’t match currently, regardless of how “they” interpret history.
The picture you posted should just look a little different
originally posted by: savvo
You've missed a few things:
1. Coincidence.
2. Coordinates are not specified as just northings. What is the easting value equal to?
3. Assuming your quoted speed is in SI units there is no unit M or S that makes any sense in this context. Perhaps you meant m/s ?
4. Ancient egyptians didn't measure length in metres or time in seconds.
5. Ancient egyptians didn't measure angles in degrees and had no decimal notation.
6. Coincidence
Other than those, and your ignorance of coincidence and confirmation bias, nice try.
originally posted by: jjkenobi
3. The builders of the pyramids were somehow aware of the significance of the exact location chosen to build the pyramids.
Is there another option?
originally posted by: pteridine
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
A friend just sent me this pic so I looked it up.
And sure enough, they are the same. The speed of light in m/s is the same as the latitude coordinate. I am sure this has popped up here before but cant find a thread on it.
Is this really odd or am I missing something very simple to explain it?
Those same people must have rigged longitude 0 to be at Greenwich so that the speed of light worked out right. At the time the pyramids were built, Greenwich was probably not even a hut.
originally posted by: savvo
You've missed a few things:
1. Coincidence.
2. Coordinates are not specified as just northings. What is the easting value equal to?
3. Assuming your quoted speed is in SI units there is no unit M or S that makes any sense in this context. Perhaps you meant m/s ?
4. Ancient egyptians didn't measure length in metres or time in seconds.
5. Ancient egyptians didn't measure angles in degrees and had no decimal notation.
6. Coincidence
Other than those, and your ignorance of coincidence and confirmation bias, nice try.