00:00Stonehenge has long been a mystery to archaeologists, attempting to divine why ancient peoples would have built such a structure.
00:10For a while, experts have said they believe it's likely some form of Neolithic calendar, perhaps one that marks specific events during a 365.25 day year.
00:19But now mathematicians and astronomers from the Polytechnic University of Milan refute those claims.
00:25According to those experts, the previous hypothesis was all predicated on a series of forced interpretations, numerology and unsupported analogies with other cultures.
00:34It turns out Stonehenge is just one small part of the archaeological site.
00:38One science alert reports includes generations of burial grounds.
00:41The calendar claims are based on the fact that there are 30 horizontal stones resting atop others in the outer circle.
00:47Multiply that by 12 or the months of the year and you get 360.
00:51Adding the five stones of the inner circle gets you 365.
00:55But researchers Mali and Belmonte say the archaeologists added the number 12 for no reason, as it's something not present anywhere else in Stonehenge.
01:02Meanwhile, other numbers of significance that are present at the site are left ignored.
01:06The researchers also add that it's far more likely the builders of Stonehenge didn't look at the sun for keeping dates at all,
01:12as its Neolithic builders were more likely to keep a lunar calendar.
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