The more we inquire, the more interesting does this inquiry into the north-star temples as opposed to the south-star temples become. These considerations are not limited to the temples--they apply also to pyramids. At Gîzeh we find both temples and pyramids oriented east and west. At Gebel Barkal, Nuri, and Meroë, in Upper Egypt, we find both temples and pyramids facing south-east, and at the first of these places, where both exist together, we find well-marked groups of pyramids connected by their orientations with each temple. I can, however, find no information as to the probable dates of these pyramids; in the absence of facts, it seems fair to assume that they follow the dates of the temples which agree in orientation. In the following tables I give the values for Nuri, Meroë, and Gebel Barkal; a west variation of 8½° has been assumed. NURI.[129] ─────────────────────────┬─────────────┬───────────────┬──────── │ Magnetic │ Astronomical │ Cult. │ Azimuth. │ Amplitude. │ Decl. ─────────────────────────┼─────────────┼───────────────┼──────── │ ° │ ° │ ° Pyramids 10, 11, 12 │ N. 136 E. │ 37½ S. of E. │ S. 35¼ Pyramids 1, 4 │ N. 137¼ E. │ 38¾ S. of E. │ S. 36¼ Pyramids 13, 14, 15 │ N. 139 E. │ 40½ S. of E. │ S. 38 │ │ │ Pyramids 2, 3, 16, 17 │ N. 145½ E. │ 47 S. of E. │ S. 43¾ Pyramids 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 │ N. 146½ E. │ 48 S. of E. │ S. 44¾ ─────────────────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────┴──────── MEROË.[130] ──────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────────┬──────── │ Magnetic │ Astronomical │ Cult. │ Azimuth. │ Amplitude. │ Decl. ──────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────── │ ° │ ° │ ° Pyramid 16 │ N. 102 E. │ 3½ S. of E. │ S. 3¼ Pyramid 20 │ N. 103 E. │ 4½ S. of E. │ S. 4¼ │ │ │ Temple near Watercourse │ N. 112 E. │ 13½ S. of E. │ S. 12¾ Pyramid 15 │ N. 112 E. │ 13½ S. of E. │ S. 12¾ Pyramids 14, 37 │ N. 113 E. │ 14½ S. of E. │ S. 13¾ │ │ │ Pyramid 10 │ N. 116 E. │ 17½ S. of E. │ S. 16¾ Pyramid 39 │ N. 118 E. │ 19½ S. of E. │ S. 18¾ │ │ │ Pyramid 19 │ N. 83 E. │ 15½ N. of E. │ N. 14¾ ──────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────────┴──────── GEBEL BARKAL.[131]