DECODING THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE is the subject of a book reviewed today. After investigating the particular, peculiar arrangement of stones and holes at Stonehenge, Professor Gerald S. Hawkins, professor of astronomy at Boston University, concluded that each stone and hole had a significance. TOP: A telephoto camera view of sunrise over the heel stone on June 20, 1964. In 2000 B.C. the sun would have been one diameter higher. BOTTOM: A wideangle view of the midwinter sun in the sunrise trilithon, December, 1964.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31119, 23 July 1966, Page 4
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84DECODING THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE is the subject of a book reviewed today. After investigating the particular, peculiar arrangement of stones and holes at Stonehenge, Professor Gerald S. Hawkins, professor of astronomy at Boston University, concluded that each stone and hole had a significance. TOP: A telephoto camera view of sunrise over the heel stone on June 20, 1964. In 2000 B.C. the sun would have been one diameter higher. BOTTOM: A wideangle view of the midwinter sun in the sunrise trilithon, December, 1964. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31119, 23 July 1966, Page 4
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