Math 181.S96, Lecture 2M, 08 April 1996
Before Euclid: Archeoastronomy and sacred geometry
- The big picture:
Abraham, Chaos, Gaia, Eros, Fig. 5-2, p. 64
- The wheel:
Chaos, Gaia, Eros, Table 13-1, p. 159
- Ancient Egyptian astronomy:
Krupp, Archeoastronomy and the Roots of Science, pp. 289-291
- Egyptian zodiacal tops:
Lamy, Egyptian Mysteries, p. 71
- Pyramidiots:
Gillings, Mathematics in the Time of the Pharoahs, pp. 237-239
- Accuracy of pyramid allignment:
Thurston, Early Astronomy, pp. 25-26
- Finding celestial north:
Macaulay, Pyramid, pp. 22-23
Revised 14 April 1996.