Some monuments correlate with a certain ancient pole, and show no signs of solstice related use. That means that it is harder to prove the antiquity that we claim. For example, if an ancient monument is oriented to one of the ancient poles, we can express this “hit” in a certain probability and therefore also the probability of the claimed age.
This probability varies between 75% and 95% depending of the location of the site. And if this monument holds more keys, like clear stone arrangements that point to solstice angles that specifically belong to another latitude, hence to the pole it is oriented to, we have found a much higher probability of its true age. We can also express this in a probability and that depends on the complexity of the stone arrangements. This has to be looked at for every specific site or monument. For that we need reliable and accurate plans of a site, study them thoroughly, perform our method in all details, and publish our conclusions.
This time we will be looking at the Ain Dara Temple in Syria.
Stone Details

Fact Sheet
| Country | Syria |
| Location | 36.4595°N, 36.8525°E |
| Orientation | -44° |
| Pole correlation (I to V) | Yes, Pole V |
| Probability of Pole correlation, 1st analysis | 80.0%[1] |
| Current solstice angle | ±29.7° |
| Solstice angle Pole V | ±27.9°[2] |
| Solstice related constructions? | High, the structural dimensions matches the Pole V solstice criteria within a margin of error of 10%. |
| Probability of Pole correlation, 2nd analysis | Increased: 97.1%[3] |
| Age | Between 330,000 and 345,000 BCE. Probability of the claim 97.1%. |
| Excavated? | Yes. The site is excavated over a course of thirty years, from 1955 to 1985. Excavation is additional evidence of extreme age. There are no photos available of the excavation proces. |
Location and Orientation

Floor Plan of the Temple Showing Possible Solstice Relation

Global View on the Situation

Giant Foot Steps

Why has the Ain Dara temple giant foot steps pressed or carved into some of the stones? The foot steps are around 1 meter (around 3.3 feet) in size.
Are the foot steps made by real giants or are they merely a sort of artistic expression of the builders? Why two foot steps next to each other followed by one single foot step? We can all speculate ’til the cows come home, but no one knows the answer.
This begs the question whether, at any time in the past, humans were significantly taller or not. The current gravity does not support the growth of giants. The current gravity does not support dinosaurs of gigantic size, nor does it support whales walking on land.
Geological data of the ocean floor, called isochrons, indicate that South-America and Africa were not only connected to each other; the same data also suggests that the West coast of America was connected to Australia, Japan and Russia.
There is overwhelming evidence that the Earth has grown or expanded.
The foot prints in the Ain Dara temple are weak evidence for the existence of giants. But the question whether the expansion of the earth was much more recent, just a few hundred thousand years ago, is an intriguing one. This question is always in the back of our minds.
[1]: In our method we have proven that a square or rectangular building can be only uniquely oriented 45° clockwise and 45° counterclockwise. From the perspective of Ain Dara’s location the probability of a coincidental orientational “hit” with one of the poles is 20.0%. That means that the probability it is intentionally related to Pole V is: 100-20.0=80.0%.
[2]: The distance between the location of Pole V and the location of Ain Dara results in another solstice angle than what we have today. That means, according to our method, that this Pole V solstice angle should be checked with key dimensions of the structure. This check results in a positive answer: the Pole V solstice angles match approximately with the temple dimensions. The Pole V solstice is calculated from the ancient latitude with the formula: asin(sin(tilt spin axis)÷cos(latitude)) = asin(sin(23.5)÷cos(31.6)) = 27.9°±10%. There is around 10% room for error. This could mean that the temple was used also as a measuring device for seasons and time, and it strengthens the claim that the temple was built during Pole V. The probability for the temple to match coincidentally, within a 10% margin of error, the Pole V solstices is 1 to 7, or around 14.3%. That means that the probability of the dimensions to match purposely the solstices is 85.7%.
[3]: The probability for a coincidental Pole V match is 20%. The probability for a coincidental solstice match is 14.3%. We distinguished 49 basic dimensions of a structure in the (ancient) East-West and North-South direction from which only 7 can be a possible solstice match (7 to 49 = 1 to 7 = 14.3%). The set of coincidences must be combined: 20% × 14.3% = 0.2 × 0.143 = 0.0286 = 0.029 = 2.9%. The probability that the Ain Dara temple matches Pole V criteria including a solstice relation is 100-2.9 = 97.1%. The probability that the Ain Dara temple is NOT between 330,000 and 345,000 old is 2.9%.
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