Sacred Cubit

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Luciano has written a book on his fascinating findings, The Sacred Numerology of the Temple and the Perceptionists, which will soon be available for purchase online in English and Italian. Should you be interested in purchasing this book you can email Luciano at zimlucio@gmail.com.

It is important to note that a book, "Astrometria negli osservatorii megalitici del Gran Zimbabwe", has been written using Luciano's name and scientific theories for credibility. The initial draft was co-authored by him but due to the manner in which the book was rewritten and the original theories and work misinterpreted, Luciano withdrew from the publishing of the document and was not involved in the final edit of the published work.

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Ricusa. Luciano Di Giandomenico ha concesso la sua ultima intervista al quotidiano IL Centro, Domenica 22 novembre 2009, e tutti gli scritti posteriori a questa data, dove il suo nome viene citato e le sue conclusioni scientifiche stravolte, sono tout court delle imposture, concepite al solo scopo di dare credito a delle “panzane scientifiche”.

Inoltre il testo digitale(edizione Kindle, Amazon) “Astrometria negli osservatorii megalitici del Gran Zimbabwe” è uno stravolgimento del testo originale fornito, nel 2009, da Luciano a rete5 di Sulmona.

Il testo è stato tenuto in gestazione per qualche anno, periodo durante il quale Luciano apportò un gran numero di correzioni. Malgrado la lunga gestazione e le numerose correzioni, il testo veniva èdito in uno sato di totale stravolgimento. L’attuale testo, seconda edizione, resta un cumulo di distorsioni ed errori, malgrado il magro tentativo di rettificazione da parte “dell’ autore”.

Concludiamo:-questa è la ragione per la quale Luciano è stato spinto a presentare il testo nella qui presente forma, un testo privo di fantonie e distorsioni. Tra breve, in questo sito, i lettori italofoni avranno accesso alle vere riscoperte e alle teorie di Luciano.

Vi auguriamo, stimatissimi lettori, buona lettura.

More about Megalithic Sites and the role of Astrometry in their structure

Here are a few questions to better understand where the journey began.

What motivated you to move to South Africa?

At that time South Africa offered assistance to young people who wanted to study further but the requirements were that successful applicants needed 10 years of schooling. Fortunately I met the entry level standards and in 1953 applied for a position and was accepted.

I had seen a documentary on Cape Town at the cinema. The wildlife and countryside was so impressive that I changed my plans to go to Argentina and opted for South Africa instead. To be honest, I also need to break away from my mother's authoritative style of parenting and from the Italian politics of the time.

How did an engineer with little knowledge of archaeology or astrometry get involved in this line of work?

Well I do believe that my studies and exposure to certain projects gave me some of the analytical thinking and problem solving skills one needs to arrive at the conclusions I arrived at. Let me give you some examples:

- For a while I gave French and maths lessons. I taught a number of black first year university students who were struggling with maths due to the level of education received. This work was pro-bono. It was also considered classy to have knowledge of French amongst certain groups at the time so I spent a fair amount of time teaching. For many years I had been a committee member of L'Alliance Francaise, and I developed ways to make the "complexities" of French more accessible to the Anglophones. I somehow had a knack of being able to take difficult concepts and simplify them in a way to allow people to access what they meant.
- I also helped restructure a course in SITE Management which enabled graduates in any field to take charge and manage work sites: logistics, sequencing techniques, line balancing through algorithms, etc. were taught.
- I was always a keen motorcyclist and had been an MV Agusta rider but in 1975 I became a Ducati rider. The Ducati, whilst an original and efficient piece of engineering, was impossible for a girl to handle due to the very tight clutch which also caused the cable to break regularly, every 12 000km. Thanks to a small modification to the clutch lever I made it possible for ladies to ride it while extending the life of the clutch cable to around 50 000km. The agent in Johannesburg sent the information through to Ducati who, in a particularly un-Italian way, adopted it immediately and a small extension to the cavity in the die solved the problem.

I have always had a passion for history and enjoy the rigour required in research. This with my patience in observing and analysing the world around me has also contributed to this work.

Where did your journey with the megalithic sites begin?

I got to it slowly. A group of biker colleagues invited me to a motorcycle rally (the Trout Rally) being held in an area where ancient megalithic remains were present: Great Zimbabwe. I don't remember the year but I remember getting there on a Ducati there fore it must have been 1975 or later. I was in awe.

On arrival we went to Hill Complex in order to get a better overall view. It was truly extraordinary! I can honestly say that it was the first sensation of something exceptional… Later findings revealed the true significance and accuracy of this first impression (see picture of the entrance to the Hill Complex).

There are over 150 examples of such megalithic remains in Zimbabwe, but nothing like Great Zimbabwe. The site is situated at 20°24’south latitude,and 32°east longitude. The location is known as Great Zimbabwe and the nearest town is Masvingo (Fort Victoria).

I immediately started researching and studying the ruins. One of my findings was related to lichen that grew at the site. It was actually this very topic that allowed me to start determining the chronology of the site.

The lichen (a composition of fungi and algae) has a direct correlation with the most ancient portions of the site. The south faces, being the least exposed to the sun, get maximum growth. Of all the south facing walls examined, the most densely covered is that of the access to the Hill Complex or "Acropolis". The lichen gets thinner as we approach the summit. The south face of the elliptical structure has the least amount of lichen meaning it was the last to be erected (see photo). Once I began to pay attention to the structure there was no turning back, I simply had to get to the bottom of this fascinating mystery.

I then went to investigate the ruins even further. In terms of the chronological order of construction it became apparent that the first element to have gone up was the access to the "Acropolis". The beauty of the structure was the intricate and specific placement of each and every aspect. The Acropolis is where the fortification for the rest of the complex began. This was followed naturally by the Hill Complex which housed the cults of the “Sacred Bird” (Phoenix) and the Ithyphallic cult (see additional information in the Gallery showing photographs and additional information on these topics). The bird statues found in this area represented the continuation of mankind.

As I continued my research it became increasingly obvious that every aspect of the temple had a distinct purpose, closely linked to nature and the divine order in all existence. Venus, representative of the maternal elements, was of great significance in the design of the structure, particularly the elliptical complex (the main temple). Numerous statues of Venus were found (as mentioned by Bent in particular in 1891).

I was amazed to discover that the width of the temple is 108 sacred cubits. This represents the distance from the centre of the sun to the centre of Venus (108 000 000 km). The distance in quadrature of earth from the sun is 153 000 000 km and the major axis of the temple is 153 sacred cubits (153 x 108).

I began researching vast amounts of literature regarding the ruins. It was clear that the megalithic developments of the Zimbabwe civilization came about as the result of rich mineral deposits. An ancient dye was the first mineral extracted in the vicinity of the Zambezi river and this goes back circa 7000 years: it is probable that this date could be extended further back as new evidence crops up through continuing research.

Professor Raymond Dart, in 1934 and again in 1953, stated (as is evident in the title of his papers), "There is evidence that pyrolusite (manganese dioxide) may have been mined there as far back as 7000 years ago”. The Professor's estimation was confirmed following a C14 test. Charcoal from the sealed deposit confirmed Dart’s estimation.

There is no evidence that the use of pyrolusite whether in recent or ancient times was known to Africans or to the ancient Europeans. Yet it was used extensively in Mycenaean times as metallurgical cement, and a dye in the Phoenician ports of Tyre and Sidon, and also by the Sumerians and Indians raising questions as to the origins of these structures and ingenious architects responsible for them.

Pyrolusite’s many extraordinary properties gave it a very high market value. It is a pigment that acts as a fixative for other dyes in the textile industry. The Phoenicians used it as a powerful oxidizing agent, and in the manufacture of glass for clarification (transparency) purposes.

There has been no need, for present day mining companies, to carry out any prospecting in order to find manganese. They have simply utilised the ancient mined spots. At every site that had been filled up with charcoal (the way the ancients covered the holes used for mining to ensure the land was left intact). Modern companies soon discovered that at every charcoal filled spot, manganese existed.

It is from these initial gems that my curiosity was aroused. I was intrigued with the subject that clearly combined perception, histiography and scientific analysis. Little did I know that 30 years later I would still be researching and discovering fascinating insights into these ancient structures. I had a sense that this was a reawakening of an ancient and perfect system used by the ancients, built in perfect harmony with nature based on universal mathematical principles.