Solar alignments in ancient Egypt

[Tiompan]

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The problem is that you are confused .
First you thought that Awad's thinking was "very important " then didn't respond to the problems inherent in that thinking .
You then changed tack to wonder "did the alignments of major structures within a nome bear some relation to "its" constellation?"
The failed to respond to the problems with that .
Then the problem became " figuring out the relation of the sun to the constellations which was held by the ancient Egyptians."
That was pointed as not being anything to do with your original point , and hardly difficult to calculate .
So we got another change of tack with "Could the assignation of different constellations to different nomes explain the different solar alignments of the temples found in those different nomes?"
Which was also shown to be problematic , but again no response to the problems .
Then you returned to something that has already been explained and had previously failed to respond to .

[Tiompan]

What I refer to as a henge is the commonly accepted definition of the monument type used worldwide .

It doesn't matter what you call a henge , nobody will pay attention to someone who knows nothing about the subject and makes up his own definitions to cover his ignorance and inability to face the facts .

[circumspice]

2. the allocation or attribution of someone or something as belonging to something[/size].

That one.


In the future, I will refer to what tiompan calls a "henge" as a "circulus",
so that circular earthworks are not confused with henges.

EP, stop flogging that poor dead horse. You KNOW that Tiompan is correct & that you are wrong. You're just trying to make Tiompan have a stroke or a heart attack because of your intransigence. That, oh white haired one, is most definitely not amusing.

[E.P. Grondine]

spice -

Since tiompan wants to insist on using an Anglo-Saxon definition,
the least I can do is insist on using a Latin definition:

circulus m (genitive circulī); second declension

circle (geometric figure)
An orbit (circular path)
A ring, hoop
A necklace, chain
A company, social gathering, group
(Medieval) A calendrical cycle

Aside from that, I will be f**cked if I have to deal with usual nuts building imaginary Celtic empires in North America
due to their confusion over the word "henge".

And then there is the little problem of having a convenient word to refer to wood henges and stone henges.

[Tiompan]

Yet again you are showing your ignorance , on more than one level .
You have been told often enough . Here goes yet again.
"The component henge in Stonehenge probably comes from Old English “hencg “ = hinge or hencen =hang or gallows . "
Note ,that it is not henge .
"The term Henge was first used by Kendrick in the early 1930's to describe a type of monument , see above for a definition ."
" Woodhenge was prior to the use of the term Henge as a type of monument ,that is why your formulation wood +henge is nonsense "
Henge is an english word ,the same language we are using here ,the one you have difficulty understanding .
The definition found in both major English language dictionaries i.e. British and American is what is understood to be the correct one by those who know about the subject .
The alt nuts make up their own .

Not only were you wrong when you first attempted to use the term the more you tried to cover it up the bigger the hole you dug for yourself .
Keep going , you couldn't possibly appreciate how ridiculous you appear to anyone who comes across your madness , but it does provide the odd chortle moments in between the boredom .

[E.P. Grondine]

If you are going to talk about circuli, use the correct term.

[Tiompan]

Lol .
As ever a complete failure to respond to the highlighting of your multiple errors ,and by evading them and coming up with non sequiturs and red herrings you only manage to make further errors .

[shawomet]

Yet again you are showing your ignorance , on more than one level .
You have been told often enough . Here goes yet again.
"The component henge in Stonehenge probably comes from Old English “hencg “ = hinge or hencen =hang or gallows . "
Note ,that it is not henge .
"The term Henge was first used by Kendrick in the early 1930's to describe a type of monument , see above for a definition ."
" Woodhenge was prior to the use of the term Henge as a type of monument ,that is why your formulation wood +henge is nonsense "
Henge is an english word ,the same language we are using here ,the one you have difficulty understanding .
The definition found in both major English language dictionaries i.e. British and American is what is understood to be the correct one by those who know about the subject .
The alt nuts make up their own .

Not only were you wrong when you first attempted to use the term the more you tried to cover it up the bigger the hole you dug for yourself .
Keep going , you couldn't possibly appreciate how ridiculous you appear to anyone who comes across your madness , but it does provide the odd chortle moments in between the boredom .

Spending years trying to get someone to stop using their own definition of henge, page after page, thread after thread, might very well appear ridiculous in the extreme to some. Many? I mean, I was lulled into thinking that was a reasonable expectation as well, using a consensus definition, but after a certain point, nobody cares. Has it ever occurred to you that E.P. Is never going to concede your point? Never. You must know that by now since you've repeatedly avoided holding your breath. There's madness, and then there's madness.

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi shawomet -
Its not my definition of henge - it is the one commonly used here and elsewhere.
But let' compare "errors" - Tiompan not only has missed a massive comet impact, he uses whatever he can to deny it occurred.
I enjoy watching him squirm,

[Tiompan]

Maybe EP is never going to concede that his definition is demonstrably wrong , i.e. ignoring the multiple links to the correct definition ,
and accepted by those who know about the subject , whilst never providing anything that supports his definitions .
There is so much more wrong than simply getting the definition wrong . These problems have been highlighted too ,and always evaded .
It is not my definition ,or the "english" definition , as opposed to the american definition ,it's the accepted versus a made up one that doesn't even make sense , never mind being wrong .

I realise it is incredibly boring but shouldn't you speak out against the BS ?
Ok maybe not . Let the nuts have their way , but if you don't respond you'll finish up with nothing else here .

[Tiompan]

Hi shawomet -
Its not my definition of henge - it is the one commonly used here and elsewhere.

Then why can't you provide the evidence to support that , whilst ignoring the evidence that shows that not to be the case ?
PS .Anything that I have said that is wrong about impacts , please provide the quotes , I'm more than happy to be informed of errors .

[circumspice]

*whispers Vee-ger*...

[E.P. Grondine]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... umans.html

[Simon21]

*whispers Vee-ger*...

Who or what is Vee-ger? Is it a star, the name of a character from one of those rubbish superhero movies?

[Simon21]

Hi shawomet -
Its not my definition of henge - it is the one commonly used here and elsewhere.

Then why can't you provide the evidence to support that , whilst ignoring the evidence that shows that not to be the case ?
PS .Anything that I have said that is wrong about impacts , please provide the quotes , I'm more than happy to be informed of errors .

Well that is certainly not true