“The circle and octagon at High Bank’s form a remarkable pair with Newark’s the only other such combination the Hopewell ever built. High Bank’s main axis is at exactly 90 degrees to Newark’s and the cross-axis of it octagon points to the moon’s northernmost rising at this latitude”
“The circle and octagon at High Bank’s form a remarkable pair with Newark’s the only other such combination the Hopewell ever built. High Bank’s main axis is at exactly 90 degrees to Newark’s and the cross-axis of it octagon points to the moon’s northernmost rising at this latitude”
“Newark’s Octagon Earthworks are the most astonishingly precise of the Hopewell ceremonial sites in both form and function.”
“it aligns to the place on the horizon where the moon rises at its northernmost point- every 18.6 years.”
“Newark’s Octagon Earthworks are the most astonishingly precise of the Hopewell ceremonial sites in both form and function.”
“it aligns to the place on the horizon where the moon rises at its northernmost point- every 18.6 years.”