2 ms·
Ancient Islamic tombs cluster like galaxies
- thinkingemote 5y agopaper with images and math: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253511 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
- Teracotage 5y agoI am not sure if this has anything to do with the clusters' orientation, but usually the soles of the dead's feet would face the Qibla (direction towards the holy Ka'bah)that is known one of Islamic burial customs. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/burialcustoms/islamic.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/burialcust...