Rising from the flat expanse of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, the monoliths at the center of ancient wonder that is Stonehenge echo an era we've long forgotten.
, Bournemouth University archaeologist Tim Darvill published his claim that the monument operated as some kind of 'perpetual calendar', one based on a solar year equivalent to 365.25 days.
Given these sarsen stones all came from the same source, it's likely they were put together at the same time, suggesting to Darvill that they were intended to work as a single unit.– the 30 horizontal stones that form the tops of the outer stone circle – which when multiplied by 12 would give 360. Add the 5 stones of one of the inner horseshoes and you get 365 – the number of days in a typical year.
As stated by the authors, the critical number 12 used by Darvill to multiply the number of lintels isn't reflected anywhere in Stonehenge's structure. There is also a variety of other numbers represented throughout the structure, such as in its portal, which seem to be ignored.
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