A Neolithic Universe (project)
@aneolithicuniverse.co.uk
An informal (unfunded) project looking at whether some Neolithic monuments are the remains of past inquiry into the nature of the world and the Universe.
http://www.aneolithicuniverse.co.uk
(formerly @aneolithicuni: archived and locked twitter account)
http://www.aneolithicuniverse.co.uk
(formerly @aneolithicuni: archived and locked twitter account)
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This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens.
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I'm getting what seems a lot of traffic to the "a neolithic universe" domain. 13,000 visits a week sounds impressive at first sight, but maybe it's just bots?
Hard to tell if it's worth upgrading the site rather than just keeping it as a low cost support page for the book.
Any thoughts?
Hard to tell if it's worth upgrading the site rather than just keeping it as a low cost support page for the book.
Any thoughts?
May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm getting what seems a lot of traffic to the "a neolithic universe" domain. 13,000 visits a week sounds impressive at first sight, but maybe it's just bots?
Hard to tell if it's worth upgrading the site rather than just keeping it as a low cost support page for the book.
Any thoughts?
Hard to tell if it's worth upgrading the site rather than just keeping it as a low cost support page for the book.
Any thoughts?
This is exciting because it now gives two corroborating pieces of evidence for the [potential] sequence described in the book.
No idea when it'll be added (there's 50 other evidential pieces on the list lined up to add to the book, so probably when there's time for a full edition update)
No idea when it'll be added (there's 50 other evidential pieces on the list lined up to add to the book, so probably when there's time for a full edition update)
Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists
British team says new study ‘radically transforms’ understanding of bronze age trade networks
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is exciting because it now gives two corroborating pieces of evidence for the [potential] sequence described in the book.
No idea when it'll be added (there's 50 other evidential pieces on the list lined up to add to the book, so probably when there's time for a full edition update)
No idea when it'll be added (there's 50 other evidential pieces on the list lined up to add to the book, so probably when there's time for a full edition update)
Reposted by A Neolithic Universe (project)
Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
October 5, 2023 at 1:32 PM
Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
Reposted by A Neolithic Universe (project)
A gentle reminder you can get the initial works (2012) on the "A Neolithic Universe" project for free (end of this mini-thread).
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
Happy Solstice (lowest "wheel of the sun" day) to those who celebrate it.
January 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A gentle reminder you can get the initial works (2012) on the "A Neolithic Universe" project for free (end of this mini-thread).
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
This question & reply work a retweet. Fred Hoyle said you must have traces in myth to be a valid hypothesis (those do exist), but the spectacularly successful result perhaps explains why we don't know the details of it.
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Well, it must have done something for the several different societies that lived around it, but in the end you have to wonder how lugging 40-ton chunks of stone distances in the tens of miles helped them live their lives. At least with a bridge, you end up able to cross a river.
March 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This question & reply work a retweet. Fred Hoyle said you must have traces in myth to be a valid hypothesis (those do exist), but the spectacularly successful result perhaps explains why we don't know the details of it.
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
Happy Equinox (1/2)
For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.
For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Happy Equinox (1/2)
For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.
For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book
It was Zeus who fathered her. That made Helen desirable.
from #Helen🏺
#WritingCommunity
It was Zeus who fathered her. That made Helen desirable.
from #Helen🏺
#WritingCommunity
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book
This week at least, my first line is:
“I didn’t run from the ballroom. I walked quickly.”
From A Greek God Got Me Pregnant
#writingcommunity #writesky
This week at least, my first line is:
“I didn’t run from the ballroom. I walked quickly.”
From A Greek God Got Me Pregnant
#writingcommunity #writesky
February 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A gentle reminder you can get the initial works (2012) on the "A Neolithic Universe" project for free (end of this mini-thread).
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
Happy Solstice (lowest "wheel of the sun" day) to those who celebrate it.
January 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A gentle reminder you can get the initial works (2012) on the "A Neolithic Universe" project for free (end of this mini-thread).
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on).
#1 of 5
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As an engineer, it's marvellous to see the work is still recognised after so many generations.
It's an odd comparison: if this place were the result of research by generations of intellectual giants, that assembly of life-works is now largely interpreted as being devoid of intellectual substance?
It's an odd comparison: if this place were the result of research by generations of intellectual giants, that assembly of life-works is now largely interpreted as being devoid of intellectual substance?
With winter solstice fast approaching, here is an old photo from inside Stonehenge taken in 1987 showing the sheer size of the enormous Sarsen stones.
You really do need a human scale to show the incredible engineering feat this monument represents
📷 My own
You really do need a human scale to show the incredible engineering feat this monument represents
📷 My own
December 19, 2024 at 9:52 AM
As an engineer, it's marvellous to see the work is still recognised after so many generations.
It's an odd comparison: if this place were the result of research by generations of intellectual giants, that assembly of life-works is now largely interpreted as being devoid of intellectual substance?
It's an odd comparison: if this place were the result of research by generations of intellectual giants, that assembly of life-works is now largely interpreted as being devoid of intellectual substance?
A Stonehenge theory explained without having to mention Stonehenge. Detail in the Alt Text.
Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice (lowest "wheel of the sun" day) to those who celebrate it.
December 21, 2024 at 9:29 AM
A Stonehenge theory explained without having to mention Stonehenge. Detail in the Alt Text.
Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice!
If anyone from a learned Institution wants to have a go at the hypothesis, and is willing to publish why they think it's not the most likely explanation, usually happy to provide copies for free.
Please don't use websites and/or a google search again.
(you may laugh.. but this happened)
Please don't use websites and/or a google search again.
(you may laugh.. but this happened)
If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know?
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
December 5, 2024 at 2:27 PM
If anyone from a learned Institution wants to have a go at the hypothesis, and is willing to publish why they think it's not the most likely explanation, usually happy to provide copies for free.
Please don't use websites and/or a google search again.
(you may laugh.. but this happened)
Please don't use websites and/or a google search again.
(you may laugh.. but this happened)
Highlighting this as is never addressed by proponents of "alignment hypotheses":
The choice of an unsuitable location could be explained as something we'll never know, but it seems to be a very thin argument given the amount of effort, and detailed engineering, that went into this monument.
The choice of an unsuitable location could be explained as something we'll never know, but it seems to be a very thin argument given the amount of effort, and detailed engineering, that went into this monument.
If an alignment to winter solstice were as important as argued, the chances of it being erected to block the view is extremely small. However, this seems to be a circular argument based on an initial presumption?
To counter that, more suitable nearby locations were available. Detail in Alt Text:
To counter that, more suitable nearby locations were available. Detail in Alt Text:
December 1, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Highlighting this as is never addressed by proponents of "alignment hypotheses":
The choice of an unsuitable location could be explained as something we'll never know, but it seems to be a very thin argument given the amount of effort, and detailed engineering, that went into this monument.
The choice of an unsuitable location could be explained as something we'll never know, but it seems to be a very thin argument given the amount of effort, and detailed engineering, that went into this monument.
If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know?
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 PM
If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know?
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens.
(More detail in Alt Text)
(More detail in Alt Text)
November 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM
This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens.
(More detail in Alt Text)
(More detail in Alt Text)
Reposted by A Neolithic Universe (project)
Off the beaten track, but the "A Neolithic Universe" project started out as research into a very obscure form of renewable energy (solar) and ended up with a viable explanation for Stonehenge.
The only claim is that it is the most parsimonious of explanations offered to date
bsky.app/profile/aneo...
The only claim is that it is the most parsimonious of explanations offered to date
bsky.app/profile/aneo...
Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
November 9, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Off the beaten track, but the "A Neolithic Universe" project started out as research into a very obscure form of renewable energy (solar) and ended up with a viable explanation for Stonehenge.
The only claim is that it is the most parsimonious of explanations offered to date
bsky.app/profile/aneo...
The only claim is that it is the most parsimonious of explanations offered to date
bsky.app/profile/aneo...
Fun Fact #3
Many recent archaeo texts place Stonehenge in the Stone Age (before the age of metals). But research from The Institute of Metals puts the date of Tin Mining earlier (p182-184).
If correct, Stonehenge's sarsen structure wasn't built in the Stone Age.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Many recent archaeo texts place Stonehenge in the Stone Age (before the age of metals). But research from The Institute of Metals puts the date of Tin Mining earlier (p182-184).
If correct, Stonehenge's sarsen structure wasn't built in the Stone Age.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Tin in Antiquity | Its Mining and Trade Throughout the Ancient World w
'Tin in Antiquity' is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the
www.taylorfrancis.com
August 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Fun Fact #3
Many recent archaeo texts place Stonehenge in the Stone Age (before the age of metals). But research from The Institute of Metals puts the date of Tin Mining earlier (p182-184).
If correct, Stonehenge's sarsen structure wasn't built in the Stone Age.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Many recent archaeo texts place Stonehenge in the Stone Age (before the age of metals). But research from The Institute of Metals puts the date of Tin Mining earlier (p182-184).
If correct, Stonehenge's sarsen structure wasn't built in the Stone Age.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Altar Stone sourced to NE Scotland. Long shot, but "Firsprofen" might be real. For anyone interested in that, go to firsprofen.com (a domain taken out well over a decade ago and redirects into the Megalithic Portal).
Above is related to this paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Above is related to this paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge - Nature
Mineral ages and chemical analysis of fragments of the Altar Stone from the Neolithic stone circle at Stonehenge suggest that it was transported from northeast Scotland, more than 750 km away, probabl...
www.nature.com
August 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Altar Stone sourced to NE Scotland. Long shot, but "Firsprofen" might be real. For anyone interested in that, go to firsprofen.com (a domain taken out well over a decade ago and redirects into the Megalithic Portal).
Above is related to this paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Above is related to this paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fun fact #2
Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.
Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.
August 8, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Fun fact #2
Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.
Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.
Fun fact:
There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights.
30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels).
Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.
There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights.
30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels).
Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.
August 6, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Fun fact:
There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights.
30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels).
Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.
There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights.
30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels).
Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.
If fear of a changing climate once existed, people would want to test if it will become a problem for them. With no modern technology, an umbral chamber can be used for that test.
So my next step was to see if any Neolithic remains could be used as an umbral chamber (link uses Newgrange as example):
So my next step was to see if any Neolithic remains could be used as an umbral chamber (link uses Newgrange as example):
(PDF) Umbral method of tracking the limit of the Sun's movement (Newgrange: interpretation as a sent...
PDF | Umbral method of tracking the Sun's movement including a discussion on features found at Newgrange, Eire. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
October 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM
If fear of a changing climate once existed, people would want to test if it will become a problem for them. With no modern technology, an umbral chamber can be used for that test.
So my next step was to see if any Neolithic remains could be used as an umbral chamber (link uses Newgrange as example):
So my next step was to see if any Neolithic remains could be used as an umbral chamber (link uses Newgrange as example):
Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
October 5, 2023 at 1:32 PM
Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos