Boreades wrote:In the spirit of enjoying the hunt for the symbolism, I wonder if you have read "Uriel's Machine" by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas? They do a lovely job of portraying a Megalithic Master trying to explain some basic astronomy and science to Enoch (who's clearly a numpty). I'm not sure about their leap to the Orkneys, or their way of deriving the megalithic yard, but it's still a great story.
I've heard of Uriel's Machine but haven't read it, relying on the fact that anything remarkable soon gets out into the ether and Wiki provides excellent synopses.
Keimpe very kindly sent me Knight and Butler's latest book, Civilization One, and its sequel, Before The Pyramids. Christopher Knight is quite a heavyweight in ancient history by the sound of it but to my relief he explained the maths very clearly.