THE Great Pyramid of Giza has the “most amazing characteristic” because it is “perfectly oriented on Earth’s True North”, a tell-all documentary reveals.

When the two stars lay vertically above each other, both would mark the position of true north for the pyramid builders. ... construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza began between 2485 and 2475 BC.

The magnetic north pole is now north of Canada’s Arctic islands, hundreds of miles south of the geographic north pole. It drifts more than 25 miles each year, and seems to be headed for Siberia.

True north. While a compass is a great tool for navigation, it doesn't always point exactly north. ... The magnetic North Pole lies about 1,000 miles south of true north, in Canada.

Recently, magnetic compasses at Greenwich pointed directly at true north for the first time in 360 years. This is currently happening in Western Australia too. But what does it mean?

Earth's wandering magnetic North Pole is shifting and this month it lines up with True North for the first time in 360 years | ITV News Anglia ...

Anyone who has ever stood on the Prime Meridian line at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in London holding a compass will know that True North and Magnetic North do not align.

Earth’s north pole comes in two forms: true north and magnetic north. True north refers to the geographic north pole, the fixed point where Earth’s rotational axis meets its surface.

If you're annoyed that your pocket compass doesn't point exactly to true north, then head for Greenwich, England, where magnetic north and true north are synching over the next two weeks for the ...