Figure 1. The Great Pyramid: geographical center of
the land surface of the whole world (from "Description de l'Egypte").
James Fergusson, in his great work, the History of
Architecture, describes the Great Pyramid:
"Nothing more perfect, mechanically, has ever been erected since that time,
..." *
Location: Giza, Egypt
Latitude = 29º 58' 51" North
Longitude = 31º 08' 6.48" East
The time
of the building: about 3443 BC (Alpha Draconis, or Thuban, was the pole star
about 3443 BC. Alpha Draconis was distant 3.69731025° from the true north
celestial pole, or 26.32062897° above northern horizon of the Giza (lower
culmination).
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*James
Fergusson, History of Architecture, Vol.1, London, 1865, pg. 825.
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