Predictions: at best some incoherent rant that they can but won't do it for some bullshit reason
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (87)
sorted by:
Because the periodicity is the same today - yes, i think we do. But presuming that ancient astronomers with written language lacked the ability to record the frequency of astronomical events competently seems a little extreme to me.
Much like our measurements today, and for the same reasons, i would expect that the measurements themselves are reflective of reality (i.e. reasonably accurate) - however the interpretations of those measurements are often wildly wrong.
How far does the dome reach, stretched out? Is there a measured (roughly) diameter of this dome?
We'd need to measure it, assuming it exists to measure, in order to know that!
Some speculate that it is the diameter of the known world, others that the dome is much further than those known bounds.
The existence of a dome, to me, is a logical conclusion of the existence and persistence of air pressure on earth - however that says nothing as to the size, composition, or nature of such a dome (even the shape - dome - may be incorrect).
So even though the ancient egyptians conceived a flat earth with a dome, there may not be a dome, ergo they may be incorrect.
So about 8,000 miles? That is what's taught, but I don't know if you have another value in mind
I've never seen a dome depiction in egyptian reliefs (though it could certainly exist). Typically it is depicted as the god ra stretched out with his back arched over the world and is not a perfect dome. This is somewhat similar/connected to the atlas mythology.
But, yes the world was known to be flat by the ancient egyptians and covered by a god.
Everyone can always be incorrect! That's kind of a central pillar of flat earth research.
Does the particular value matter that much? If the world isn't spherical, then the numbers are most likely wrong in any case.