Formation of England’s Stonehenge reveals a permanent Solar Calendar
The sheer size and magnitude of Stonehenge built between 3000 BC and 2000 BC makes it enigmatic. Yet it was not merely for show, for scientists always believed it to be an ancient calendar because of its alignment with the solstices of summer and winter. Till now how the calendar worked was not known but a recent study shows that it performed like the ones used in ancient Egypt with 365.25 days in a year, as per a report in newscientist.com. Each of the stones present in the large sarsen circle denotes a day of the month. Sharing details about it, Tim Darvill of United Kingdom’s Bournemouth University who did the study said: “It’s a perpetual calendar that recalibrates every winter solstice sunset.” The details of the research were published in the academic journal Antiquity. Also read: Instead of turning them into chocolate, Mayan people used cacao seeds as money The structure would have enabled the people of ancient times living in the area of what is today Wiltshire, UK, to keep co