StonehengeOnce part of a large culture of stone circles, Stonehenge built around 3000 B.C. and developed over the next 1,500 years is the most famous. The remains of a once-wealthy and evidently learned tribal community, it reflects the apparently disparate subjects of archaeology, astronomy, metrology, sacred geometry, and even shamanism. How were eclipses predicted at Stonehenge? Why were some stones brought all the way from Wales? What is the secret geometry of seven eights? These and many other questions are answered and Stonehenge's secrets revealed in this fascinating small book. |
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5:12 rectangle accurate ALTAR STONE ancient angle archaeologists architect artifacts astronomical Aubrey holes Avebury avenue Avon Barclay's bluestone circle bluestone horseshoe bottom Britain Bronze built CASTLE RIGG construction cursus cycle day lunation dowsing ECLIPSE ZONE English Heritage engraving EQUINOX feet Forming triangle Fyfield Heel Stone horizon huge stones Inigo ISBN Kennet latitude of Stonehenge lintels LONG BARROW loony fringe LUNAR MONTHS lunar nodes lunation triangle MAJOR STANDSTILL megalithic sites megalithic yards metrology midsummer alignment midsummer sunrise miles modern monument mortise mounds Neolithic number of stones once perfectly level perimeter postholes precisely PREDICTING ECLIPSES prehistoric Preseli Preseli Mountains Pythagorean reveal rising and setting Robin Heath SACRED GEOMETRY shown opposite solar stars Station Stone rectangle STONE 23 stone 56 stone circles STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE Sun and Moon temple tenons Thom trilithon upright unit of length upright stones visitors Wales Walker & Company Welsh Wessex Culture width Sarsen upright William Stukeley Woodhenge