Thanks to help from gepd I can confirm that the Dendrinos article is not correct. In particular, the length of the blocks in the peribolos is not the same as the width of the podia for the Klodones/Karyatids. The paper by Stephen Miller mentioned by gepd (above) confirms that the peribolos blocks are between 1.165m and 1.2m in length. The most accurate value for the circumference of the peribolos cited by the archaeologists can be derived from their diameter of 158.4m. That gives 497.63m, which is 365.9x the width of the podia. This is an interesting and valid coincidence, but may be accidental. There are now many dimensions reported for details of the Amphipolis tomb, so there is a lot of scope for finding ratios that might appear superficially significant. The tomb entrance appears most obviously to face the acropolis of nearby Amphipolis rather than any astronomical feature.Efstathios wrote:According to a work in progress by Dimitris Dendrinos, the total number of marble slabs that surrounded the perimeter wall were 365.44 and the days of the year as calculated with modern means is 365.22. The architect probably had the slabs sculpted in a way that 365 of them fit in a 360 degree circle. What is also interesting is this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxfAWy ... Y1UWM/viewThe date and time depicted. Assuming a clockwise motion and the current North as
the beginning of the calendar depicted by the 365 marble stones of the exterior wall
(something which seems to be the most likely case and the simplest scenario here),
the entrance does depict three days and the first six hours of that day in late June
and early July. These days and hours may had been connected to some religious
observances 23 centuries ago, or to the time of the year the occupant of the tomb
died (or was born, or something of significance happened to his/her life).Such
symbolic interpretations however, are left to the interested reader.
The author states that this is a work in progress open to anyone that can expand it and contribute with ideas or corrections.
Best wishes,
Andrew