Stonehenge

2022 - 3 - 6

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Stonehenge was Designed as Solar Calendar, Archaeologist Says ... (Sci-News.com)

Bournemouth University Professor Timothy Darvill argues that the numerology of Stonehenge's sarsen elements materializes a perpetual calendar based on a ...

Distinctive stones in the circle mark the start of each week.” The four Station Stones outside the Sarsen Circle provide markers to notch-up until a leap day.” Scholars have long seen in the monumental composition of Stonehenge evidence for prehistoric time-reckoning — a Neolithic calendar. “Finding a solar calendar represented in the architecture of Stonehenge opens up a whole new way of seeing the monument as a place for the living,” Professor Darvill said. This indicates they worked as a single unit. In a new paper, Bournemouth University Professor Timothy Darvill argues that the numerology of Stonehenge’s sarsen elements materializes a perpetual calendar based on a tropical solar year of 365.25 days.

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New Findings Show That Stonehenge May Have Been an Ancient ... (HYPEBEAST)

New Findings Show That Stonehenge May Have Been an Ancient Time-Keeping System: According to reports published by author and professor, Timothy Darvill.

However, according to a study led by author and professor, Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University, Stonehenge may have been primarily made as a system for time-keeping. Each stone, labeled S1 to S30, represents a single day in the calendar. The most prominent feature is the Sarsen Circle, which features 30 upright stones that carry conjoining lintels on top.

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Stonehenge was a solar calendar, new study reveals. Here's how ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Astronomical alignments were built into the design and orientation of Stonehenge - the imposing monument that dominates a flat plain in southwest England. The ...

“A place where the timing of ceremonies and festivals was connected to the very fabric of the universe and celestial movements in the heavens.” “Finding a solar calendar represented in the architecture of Stonehenge opens up a whole new way of seeing the monument as a place for the living,” Prof Darvill said in a news statement. Four smaller stones that lay outside the circle in a rectangle were a way to keep track of a leap year, with an extra day every four years.

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Stonehenge was ancient solar calendar (Kids News)

His analysis includes new finds about the stone circle's history, along with examination of other ancient calendar systems. Professor Darvill said Stonehenge ...

There are plenty of wow words (ambitious pieces of vocabulary) being used in the article. Now rewrite it for a younger audience so they can understand the words without using the glossary. “The proposed calendar works in a very straightforward way,” he said. Your work should identify as many similarities and differences as you can notice between the two calendars. Down-level for a younger audience. This indicates they worked as a single unit.

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Stonehenge was a solar calendar, researchers claim (ARY NEWS)

A recent study by a professor from Bournemouth University has suggested that the mysterious stone formation Stonehenge might have been a solar calendar.

“The proposed calendar works in a very straightforward way. However, the origins of the site remain a mystery, but Prof Darvill, in a paper published in the journal Antiquity, deduced that the stone’s formation represents a solar year of 365.25 days, and was once used to help people keep track of time. The Research indicates that the stones were added around 2500BC and remained in the same formation since, which indicates they worked as a single unit such as a calendar.

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