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Scientists Debunk Controversial Theory of Stonehenge as a Solar Calendar

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A new theory suggests that Stonehenge was used as a giant calendrical device. According to this theory, the monument represents a calendar based on 365 days per year divided into 12 months of 30 days plus five epagomenal days. This calendar is identical to the Alexandrian one, introduced more than two millennia later, at the end of the first century BC.

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Was Stonehenge a giant calendar? New research suggests maybe not

Stonehenge's purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar. But now, new analysis suggests the calendar theory is unsubstantiated.

1 year ago·Canada

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Daily Express

Stonehenge 'ancient calendar' theory debunked by experts

According to two physicists, the iconic British moment may have been aligned with the solstices - but that was where its connection to the changing sky ended.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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KIFI

Was Stonehenge a giant calendar? New research suggests maybe not

By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Stonehenge’s purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar. But now, new analysis suggests the calendar theory is unsubstantiated. In a paper published last Thursday in the journal Antiquity, archeo-astronomers Giulio Magli and Juan Antonio Belmonte offered a rebuttal to an Antiquity…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Did Stonehenge serve as a calendar?

A British archaeologist had put forward the thesis that the stone circle was once used as a temporal orientation. However, objections from colleagues now suggest that the monument remains a mystery.

1 year ago·Munich, Germany

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The Herald Scotland

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar

SHROUDED in mystery down through the centuries, Stonehenge is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a recent theory on its…

1 year ago

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Eurek Alert

The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct

According to the study the theory that Stonehenge served as a a solar calendar is wrong. Instead, its structure would have been linked to the connection between the afterlife and winter solstice, found in Neolithic societies.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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