Ancient Britons built Stonehenge as a calendar, based on the summer and winter solstices, in a format that resembles Ancient Egyptian calculations, according to a new study.
For many years, experts have theorized that England’s famed Stonehenge served as a calendar, based on its alignment with the solstices. Now a protected national monument, the concentric rings of standing stones have given rise to conjecture, myth and archeological excavations for more than 100 years. But new discoveries prompted researcher Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University, England, to draw some conclusions about the mysterious stones.
