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  • Octagon Earthworks' Alignment With Moon Likely Is No Accident

    02/13/2007 11:24:32 AM PST · by blam · 77 replies · 1,547+ views
    Dispatch.com ^ | 2-12-2007 | Bradley T Lepper
    Octagon Earthworks’ alignment with moon likely is no accident Tuesday, February 13, 2007 BRADLEY T. LEPPER The Octagon Earthworks in Newark is one remnant of the Newark Earthworks, recently listed by The Dispatch as one of the Seven Wonders of Ohio. Earlham College professors Ray Hively and Robert Horn demonstrated in 1982 that the walls of this 2,000-yearold circle and octagon were aligned to the points on the horizon, marking the limits of the rising and setting of the moon during an 18.6-year cycle. The implications of this argument for our understanding of the knowledge and abilities of the ancient...