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From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 14 Mar 2023 03:13:03
Message: <64101e7f$1@news.povray.org>
Op 13/03/2023 om 20:00 schreef Bald Eagle:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> 
>> That is a *very* good comment Bill. Thanks for sharing.
> 
> Thanks - it's always hard to know where these things will lead, and hopefully
> there are a lot more interesting and educational discoveries to be made.
> 
I am sure there are indeed.

> 
>> I don't know if you know the archaeological work at the Apollo Temple in
>> Dydima, Turkey. Scratched on the inner walls of the sanctuary are the
>> faint outlines of the construction plans made by the architects, and
>> they did use geometry pretty close to what you describe. The same for
>> the columns (some very subtle design indeed!) etc.
> 
> Looks like the big article I'd like to lay my hands on is
> 
> Lothar Haselberger
> Scientific American
> Vol. 253, No. 6 (December 1985), pp. 126-133 (10 pages)
> 
> It's on JSTOR is anyone has access.
> https://www.jstor.org/stable/24967878
> 
>
That's him indeed. Unfortunately, I do not have access. :-(

-- 
Thomas


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