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Hello and welcome to this re-issue of NascoBlog10. 13th November 2013.
Firstly a note of apology: Owing to a computer glitch after installing new software, it is necessary to reissue this NascoBlog10. Para 9 and 10 contained co-ordinate errors and has been removed for correction. The item will be carried over to a NascoBlog in the New Year.
Back to the topic. Last week I introduced a rather special Figural in the foothills of the Nasca Pampa called a 'Mandala' and how I had analysed and tested this geometrical geoglyph and found it was importantly associated with the 'Lines' and as such helped to prove they were constructed in accordance with astronomical phenomena.
The first stage in constructing my 'Mandala' - which I call a 'Geometriglyph' - was to reproduce an acccurate copy of the figural from an aerial photograph which presented a measure of difficulty because the geoglyph is sited on a sloping, irregular, rock- face.
For your interaction this week: log-on to Google Earth, enter the co-ordinates Latitude 14 38 38S. Longtitude 75 10 16W to view and explore the 'Mandala' for yourself. Notice its closeness to the Nasca Lines Display opposite.
I have not included in NascoBlog10 the intricate geometry or astronomy behind the construction of the 'Geometriglyph' so have kept the text purely descriptive. Firstly, note that the rectilinear, compartmental Geometriglyph comprises of two rectangles, rotated 90º to each other. There are three stone circles, an inner core circle which contains a number of small radials, an intermediate circle and a large outer circle. The sides of the core rectangle are set tangential to the outer circle. Ignore for now the inner circles, radials, grid lines and corner compartments.
For the moment we will concentrate on the Geometriglyph's outer circle because it has a most unusual feature. The circle is divided by 66 stone markers. Sixty six seems at first glance to not only be an observational error on my part, but a quite inconvenient rather random number. Each numbered circumferencial division is equal to 5.4545 º; this number, which I call the 'Celestial Constant', has proven to be truly unique. (I will explain in NascoBlog11)
(The Minoan Civilisation, 2700BC - 1500BC (Bronze Age)) allegedly produced a disc shaped bronze calendar which automatically corrected the imbalance between the calendar year (365 days) and a solar (seasonal) year of 365.2422 days. Unfortunately, no record exists as to how the disc automatically intercalated the extra day every fourth (leap) year.
(Butler, A. 'A Bronze Age Computer Disc’. Quantum. Mar. 1999).
However, to continue. I decided to stick with the '66' anomaly and project diagonals through the Geometriglyph's centre point. Hey presto! The figural recorded solstices, equinoxes, the zeniths and anti-zeniths and lunar maxima and minima cycles. Also certain first magnitude stars, and even the beautiful Pleiades constellation.
I cross -checked the Geometriglyph over many Nasca Lines' features: long and short geoglyphic lines, zig-zags (proving in the process that they could/were used as Linear Observatories), trapezoidal, triangular and rectangular areas, Line centres (after Aveni), ceques (after Zuidema) and many of the well known figurals, the Monkey, Killer Whale, Hummingbird, the Snakebird (Cormorant) and the Spider, to name just a few.
Apart from my Nasca Lines research; this remarkable astronomically constructed device was utilised during my research and subsequent discovery of the Southern Andes Linear Observatory and the vast Landscape Planetarium, 4.500 metres above sea level, in the Peruvian Andes Mountains.
"Portraits of the Gods". Nascodex Publications. (Click below to Order)
In truth, the device is so versatile I have used it to analyse pyramids, tombs and temples, and many stone circles like Stonehenge and Avebury in the UK along with other edifices across the archaeological world. As a guide for architecture suspected of being constructed in accordance with celestial phenomena the Geometriglyph has proved invaluable. It was this 'international' feature which strengthened my convictions that the Nasca Culture did not construct the basic Nasca Lines.
Note: The Geometriglyph has full International Copyright Protection under Registration Code INPI 140510 and must not be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from Nascodex or the author, William James Veall.
In NascoBlog11 you will learn how the 'Celestial Constant' formed basic 'Units of Measurement' for transposing on to linear rods or 'tape measures' and how it may have been used for calculating the volume of liquid (wine) in a vessel:
https://english.tau.ac.il/news/measuring_system
I will tell you more about this exciting discovery in NascoBlog11 on the 28th November 2013. and, as promised, how it weaves together my hypothesis that South America is the true "Long Lost Island of Atlantis".
Be with you all again on 28th November 2013.
Your copy of "Portraits of the Gods" can be easily obtained by Clicking the ORDER BUTTON . Thank you.
William James Veall
Hello and welcome to this re-issue of NascoBlog10. 13th November 2013.
Firstly a note of apology: Owing to a computer glitch after installing new software, it is necessary to reissue this NascoBlog10. Para 9 and 10 contained co-ordinate errors and has been removed for correction. The item will be carried over to a NascoBlog in the New Year.
Back to the topic. Last week I introduced a rather special Figural in the foothills of the Nasca Pampa called a 'Mandala' and how I had analysed and tested this geometrical geoglyph and found it was importantly associated with the 'Lines' and as such helped to prove they were constructed in accordance with astronomical phenomena.
The first stage in constructing my 'Mandala' - which I call a 'Geometriglyph' - was to reproduce an acccurate copy of the figural from an aerial photograph which presented a measure of difficulty because the geoglyph is sited on a sloping, irregular, rock- face.
For your interaction this week: log-on to Google Earth, enter the co-ordinates Latitude 14 38 38S. Longtitude 75 10 16W to view and explore the 'Mandala' for yourself. Notice its closeness to the Nasca Lines Display opposite.
I have not included in NascoBlog10 the intricate geometry or astronomy behind the construction of the 'Geometriglyph' so have kept the text purely descriptive. Firstly, note that the rectilinear, compartmental Geometriglyph comprises of two rectangles, rotated 90º to each other. There are three stone circles, an inner core circle which contains a number of small radials, an intermediate circle and a large outer circle. The sides of the core rectangle are set tangential to the outer circle. Ignore for now the inner circles, radials, grid lines and corner compartments.
For the moment we will concentrate on the Geometriglyph's outer circle because it has a most unusual feature. The circle is divided by 66 stone markers. Sixty six seems at first glance to not only be an observational error on my part, but a quite inconvenient rather random number. Each numbered circumferencial division is equal to 5.4545 º; this number, which I call the 'Celestial Constant', has proven to be truly unique. (I will explain in NascoBlog11)
(The Minoan Civilisation, 2700BC - 1500BC (Bronze Age)) allegedly produced a disc shaped bronze calendar which automatically corrected the imbalance between the calendar year (365 days) and a solar (seasonal) year of 365.2422 days. Unfortunately, no record exists as to how the disc automatically intercalated the extra day every fourth (leap) year.
(Butler, A. 'A Bronze Age Computer Disc’. Quantum. Mar. 1999).
However, to continue. I decided to stick with the '66' anomaly and project diagonals through the Geometriglyph's centre point. Hey presto! The figural recorded solstices, equinoxes, the zeniths and anti-zeniths and lunar maxima and minima cycles. Also certain first magnitude stars, and even the beautiful Pleiades constellation.
I cross -checked the Geometriglyph over many Nasca Lines' features: long and short geoglyphic lines, zig-zags (proving in the process that they could/were used as Linear Observatories), trapezoidal, triangular and rectangular areas, Line centres (after Aveni), ceques (after Zuidema) and many of the well known figurals, the Monkey, Killer Whale, Hummingbird, the Snakebird (Cormorant) and the Spider, to name just a few.
Apart from my Nasca Lines research; this remarkable astronomically constructed device was utilised during my research and subsequent discovery of the Southern Andes Linear Observatory and the vast Landscape Planetarium, 4.500 metres above sea level, in the Peruvian Andes Mountains.
"Portraits of the Gods". Nascodex Publications. (Click below to Order)
In truth, the device is so versatile I have used it to analyse pyramids, tombs and temples, and many stone circles like Stonehenge and Avebury in the UK along with other edifices across the archaeological world. As a guide for architecture suspected of being constructed in accordance with celestial phenomena the Geometriglyph has proved invaluable. It was this 'international' feature which strengthened my convictions that the Nasca Culture did not construct the basic Nasca Lines.
Note: The Geometriglyph has full International Copyright Protection under Registration Code INPI 140510 and must not be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from Nascodex or the author, William James Veall.
In NascoBlog11 you will learn how the 'Celestial Constant' formed basic 'Units of Measurement' for transposing on to linear rods or 'tape measures' and how it may have been used for calculating the volume of liquid (wine) in a vessel:
https://english.tau.ac.il/news/measuring_system
I will tell you more about this exciting discovery in NascoBlog11 on the 28th November 2013. and, as promised, how it weaves together my hypothesis that South America is the true "Long Lost Island of Atlantis".
Be with you all again on 28th November 2013.
Your copy of "Portraits of the Gods" can be easily obtained by Clicking the ORDER BUTTON . Thank you.
William James Veall