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古代エジプトの年代記とピラミッドの天文学的方向性
1Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. kes1004@cam.ac.uk
Nature
|December 1, 2000
まとめ
古代エジプトのピラミッドの正確な年代測定は困難でした. この研究は,星の指向を用いて,古代王国の年代表を定着させ,大ピラミッドの正確な年代付けを行っています.
科学分野:
- 考古学考古学とは
- 古代 歴史 古代 歴史 古代 歴史 古代 歴史
- 天文学 天文学
背景:
- 古代エジプトの旧王国ピラミッドの正確な年代は不明であり,現在の年代は+/-100年と正確である.
- 年代測定に用いられる現存する王のリストは不完全であり,誤りを含んでおり,時系列的精度を制限している.
- 放射性炭素年代測定法では,現在,この歴史的時代の精度を向上させることはできません.
研究 の 目的:
- 旧王国エジプトのピラミッドのより正確な年代測定法を開発する.
- 古代エジプトの歴史の正確な年代順のアンカーを確立するために.
- オールド・キングダム時代の建設スケジュールの理解を磨くため.
主な方法:
- 旧王国ピラミッドの方向性傾向の分析.
- 2つの環極星の同時通過を利用して,並べ替えを行う.
- 建物の建設時期を決定するために恒星のプレセッションをモデリングする.
主要な成果:
- 古代エジプト人が円周星を使ってピラミッドを北に並べたことを実証した.
- 大ピラミッドの正確な建設開始日を計算しました.
- 大ピラミッドの建設のための+/-5年の年代測定精度を達成しました.
結論:
- 旧王国ピラミッドの向きは,正確な年代測定のための信頼できる方法を提供します.
- この新しい年代測定法により,旧王国年代表の精度が著しく向上しています.
- グレートピラミッドの正確な年代測定は,古代エジプトの歴史的タイムラインの重要なアンカーとして機能します.
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