Longest Meridian Crossing Land?

[Nehmo]

Well, using google maps, the pyramids are at (very, very roughly) 30 lat, 30 long. If you take the parallel from the west coast of africa to the east coast of Saudi Arabia, you're going from -10 long to 48 long, so across 58 degrees of longitude. And from North to South, the meridian would go from 31 lat to -30 lat, 61 degrees of latitude. My first guess for an intersection with longer lines would go from the west coast of France, to the east coast of Russia, near the the sea of ohkotsk, which is -4 long to 139 long, or 143 degrees of longitude, which is longer than the two pyramid intersections put together.

47.71" N 31° 7' 57.64" E
Google Earth allows measurement on lines. I started a thread in that forum:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthread...3&#Post1391653

6,767 km of land in Africa
+ 3,674 km in Europe including the Black Sea.
= 10,441 km for the meridian (ignoring Antarctica).

+ 2,364 km in Antarctica to the South Pole

I need to spend some time on this.

~~ Nehmo

[Nehmo]

It's bunk. When I came across this supposed fact, it gave me pause. If indeed it were true, it meant the person who chose the location of the pyramid knew about the geography of the earth. It would be an unlikely coincidence for the pyramid to be on either of these lines. I assume it is there because it is a place near the civilization. Today, Cairo comes almost to the base of the pyramid.
But in reality the great pyramid does not lie on ether line of most land.
http://www.catchpenny.org/pyramid.html "If by "meridian" Smyth [someone making the claim] means a half-circle, then the claim's accuracy may still be disputed (it is entirely anecdotal and no mathematical proof has been offered). It appears that a meridian a few degrees to the west (in blue below) would cross more land."
and
" Again, this is doubtful. A line of latitude several degrees north (in orange above) traverses more land."

A number of other myths are explained:
http://forum.grasscity.com/science-n...-answered.html

People just like to believe.

~~ Nehmo