Stonehenge Aotearoa

A video from the E=mc2 website regarding a modern day stonehenge in New Zealand. Source- http://www.eequalsmcsquared.au... Aotearoa Astronomy Centre is a full-scale working adaptation of Stonehenge. It is intended to inspire New Zealanders to explore and experience for themselves how technologies of ancient times were used, and still can be used, to give practical and detailed information on the seasons, time and navigation. For millennia people have gazed in awe at Stonehenge, often totally unaware of how structures such as this were used. Stonehenge Aotearoa is not a replica of the ruin on Salisbury Plain in England. It is a complete and working structure designed and built for its precise location in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand. The henge stones, viewed from the centre, mark the daily rise and set positions of the sun, moon and bright stars. The henge also forms a Polynesian star compass marking the bearings taken by Polynesian sailors to and from Aotearoa.'

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: stevebd1

Length: 04:34
Rating: 4.61
Views: 1580

Tags: new  region  stonehenge  sun  wairarapa  zealand  

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