Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dan Wagner <Dan.Wagner AT dstm.com>]

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001115/sc/pyramids_dc.html


Conclusion of article:
The Egyptians were trying to find true north but they didn't have a star
marking the pole. So they used two stars, Kochab in Ursa Minor or the Little
Dipper, and Mizar in Ursa Major, or the Big Dipper to find the pole. 
``It (the pole) is on a line between those two stars. You measure when the
two stars are basically on top of one another and if you line them up with a
plumb line that will give you true north,'' Spence said. 
According to astronomical data, 2,467 BC is the year in which the line that
goes between the two stars passes exactly the trajectory of the pole.
...
``So it is not preposterous to believe that Spence can calculate dates for
pyramid construction to within five years or so,'' he added.