@@beardedemperor Various artifactual evidence points to the referent of the pillar capital orders as that very rosette. See the first of Euclid's Elements. The proto-Aeolic capitals do not present a palmette, as frequently stated, with an apparent reliance on the Tamar/Palm/Pillar association, even though the etymology is demonstrably flawed, as the Sumerian DIM is the etymon of that specific word for pillar, and the Palm root of Tamar traces to gišimmar. The various representations of this hexafoil and the Tree of Life can be traced due to the association of Cherubs/Griffins with the Tree, which can be found rooted thoroughly in the Minoan Saffron Goddess depiction. The hexafoil is the crocus. It's something of a veiled secret, but you can see that it was deciphered as recently as the late 1800s by Sauniere at the church at Rennes le Chateau. Why are there hexafoil crocuses at the center of the crosses there?
@@Azupiru I'm afraid I'm not following much of that-for example which part of Euclid's _Elements_ Book I relates to the grail when it was written a few centuries B.C., or how the etymology of "pillar" relates to any of this I do recognise the name Saunière. Is this somehow related to the claims of Pierre Plantard?
@@beardedemperor The first proof of book one, the proof for constructing equilateral triangles. See the Vesica Piscis of Apocalyptic symbolism and the Capitals of the Second Temple. I actually don't know much about Sauniere other than he knew that the appropriate place for a Crocus is at the center of a Crux.
I assume that the area around Petra has piles of the rock that was carved away, but I've never heard anyone mention what happened to the rock that was removed.
It's not something I came across either but my best guess would be that some was possibly repurposed as building material for other buildings in the city or it was discarded and in the ensuing 2000 years it's been pulverised. Sandstone is really friable/breakable which is why the tombs are so weathered.
The tombs are carved out of sandstone, some of the freestanding buildings, like the Great Temple, use limestone. There's lots of pieces of building material scattered about along with pottery sherds.
Loving this series.
Thankyou! Excellent tour of beautiful Petra
You're welcome!
wow, keep this chanel going, its so intresting and fun to know about.
Thanks, I do my best!
Wow! What a tour!
Thanks Smiti!
The hexafoil rosettes are the real Holy Grail, as on the bowl from Idalion and the Magdala Stone
I'm highly sceptical of this claim, but I'm open to being enlightened by good evidence. Can you please expand on what you mean?
@@beardedemperor Various artifactual evidence points to the referent of the pillar capital orders as that very rosette. See the first of Euclid's Elements. The proto-Aeolic capitals do not present a palmette, as frequently stated, with an apparent reliance on the Tamar/Palm/Pillar association, even though the etymology is demonstrably flawed, as the Sumerian DIM is the etymon of that specific word for pillar, and the Palm root of Tamar traces to gišimmar. The various representations of this hexafoil and the Tree of Life can be traced due to the association of Cherubs/Griffins with the Tree, which can be found rooted thoroughly in the Minoan Saffron Goddess depiction. The hexafoil is the crocus. It's something of a veiled secret, but you can see that it was deciphered as recently as the late 1800s by Sauniere at the church at Rennes le Chateau. Why are there hexafoil crocuses at the center of the crosses there?
@@Azupiru I'm afraid I'm not following much of that-for example which part of Euclid's _Elements_ Book I relates to the grail when it was written a few centuries B.C., or how the etymology of "pillar" relates to any of this
I do recognise the name Saunière. Is this somehow related to the claims of Pierre Plantard?
@@beardedemperor The first proof of book one, the proof for constructing equilateral triangles. See the Vesica Piscis of Apocalyptic symbolism and the Capitals of the Second Temple.
I actually don't know much about Sauniere other than he knew that the appropriate place for a Crocus is at the center of a Crux.
I assume that the area around Petra has piles of the rock that was carved away, but I've never heard anyone mention what happened to the rock that was removed.
It's not something I came across either but my best guess would be that some was possibly repurposed as building material for other buildings in the city or it was discarded and in the ensuing 2000 years it's been pulverised. Sandstone is really friable/breakable which is why the tombs are so weathered.
Interesting
Fabulous!! All these temples built in stone! There must be loose pieces here and there, I imagine. One question: was all this built from limestone?
The tombs are carved out of sandstone, some of the freestanding buildings, like the Great Temple, use limestone. There's lots of pieces of building material scattered about along with pottery sherds.
@@Inside_Archaeology ... thanks