tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2018441292394990308..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: SpringtimeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-79071285312704024962016-03-22T10:57:02.067-04:002016-03-22T10:57:02.067-04:00Yeah, I liked that one. :)Yeah, I liked that one. :)Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-25144588811657375192016-03-22T02:15:37.792-04:002016-03-22T02:15:37.792-04:00Wow, proofreading, what a concept. But then we wo...Wow, proofreading, what a concept. But then we wouldn't have gems like "Chicken Itza"!douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-59390584150837914392016-03-22T02:14:12.067-04:002016-03-22T02:14:12.067-04:00One of the first purpose of architecture, after si...One of the first purpose of architecture, after simple shelter, a marking the seasons. Funny how modern articles looking at these things think it's all about the ceremony or symbolism. They don't realize what it was like before watched, calendars (in the modern sense), and the pre-existence of the knowledge of what causes the seasons. You had to have something to mark the solar cycles, because your life depended on hunting and planting at the right time. The symbolism came because it was so important, not the other way 'round.<br /><br />I also wish that article has better pictures, those don't show the actual aspect of the structure they were talking about, save for Chicken Itza. By the way, if you go there, be sure to see if they are still doing tours of the original pyramid. It's inside the current rendition, so you go deep, deep inside, and it's awesome (and really dark when they switch the lights off!). Go early, they don't do it later in the day because it's too hot then.<br /><br />Many churches and main public squares in Europe have median lines and also sometimes things like standard measures (bars of certain lengths embedded in walls in Bergamo, Italy, for instance. No one pays any attention to this things now. At the Vatican, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Square" rel="nofollow">the obelisk is a gnomon for a giant sundial</a>, though perhaps it's history is <a href="http://www.history.com/news/mystery-of-ancient-roman-sundial-deciphered-using-digital-modeling" rel="nofollow">even more interesting.</a>douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.com