Was Pythagorean Theory Used To Build Stonehenge 2,000 Years Before He Was Born?

Researchers have claimed that thealienspeople who built Stonehenge did so using Pythagoras ’ Theorem , a well two millennia before he was bear .

The title was made in the novel bookMegalith : Studies in Stone , released yesterday to coincide with the summer solstice . Looking at the geometry of the Stone that make up Stonehenge , they say they found grounds for this idea .

Pythagorean possibility states that the square of the longest side ( hypotenuse ) of a right - angled triangle is equal to the square of the two shorter side . It was devised by the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 5th one C BCE . Stonehenge , however , was build a good 2,000 years earlier .

“ hoi polloi often think of our ancestors as rough cave dweller but they were also sophisticated astronomers , ” John Martineau , a contributor and editor in chief toMegalith ,   toldThe Telegraph . “ They were use Pythagorean geometry over 2,000 days before Pythagoras was born . ”

The title made by the researchers are that there is a rectangle of Sarsen Harlan Fisk Stone in the Stonehenge roofy ( around the fundamental Stone ) date back to 2,750 BCE that , when split diagonally , forms a perfect Pythagorean triangle . The eight pedigree radiate from the rectangle and triangles ostensibly align with important dates on the Neolithic calendar , such as the solstice and equinoxes .

It ’s probably deserving noting at this point that this is a Koran , not a peer - reviewed paper , so take it with a grain of salinity . Also , some of the eight authors have rather odd views along the lines ofgiantsoraliensbeing ask in the building of Stonehenge . So , yeah .

A mass of secret remain about Stonehenge , let in how the stones were raised , and why they ’re there in the first spot . Was it really constructed with some fancy math behind the scenes ? It ’s claimed that Woodhenge , near Stonehenge , was also constructed using Pythagorean theory .

“ These solar day it ’s seen as hippy - dippy or New Age , but actually it ’s a colossal omission to the account of skill that we do n’t see these monuments for what they are , ” Robin Heath , one of the authors , toldInverse .

“ People see the Neolithic builders of Stonehenge as howl barbarians , when they were very well-read and it has been forgotten . ”