Better Precision than the Royal Observatory:
It is possible that ancient Egyptians were more advanced than we knew. Do you know how old Egyptians one-upped modern technology in discovering Orion’s Belt 2,000 years earlier? It has been discovered that the pyramid chambers also point north with much greater precision than the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
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The accuracy of this feat is incredible as it points to the use of advanced technology and strategies. And we are not speaking about pointing towards the random or general direction of North, rather the specific direction towards magnetic North. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, founded in 1675, sets the general time to GTC (Greenwich Mean Time or Prime Meridian Time). Setting up the Royal Observatory alone took several centuries; what technologies and strategies were ancient Egyptians working with to discover the north centuries earlier and with better precision?