| Clive Ruggles, emeritus professor of archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester, said it was already clear that Stonehenge was one of the earliest examples of a monument aligned on the winter and summer solstices. |
| Archaeoastronomy, the alignment of structures with the heavens, is usually associated with such ancient wonders as Machu Picchu in Peru or Newgrange chamber in Ireland. |
| Some early work in archaeoastronomy was harmed by too great a reliance on conjecture, but methods have greatly improved. |
| Megaliths found at Nabta Playa are overt examples of probably the world's first known archaeoastronomy devices, predating Stonehenge by some 2,000 years. |
| Other experts would satisfy my need to know about xeriscaping and feng shui, archaeoastronomy and copper mines. |
| This all started when I was an archaeology under-graduate doing an essay on archaeoastronomy. |
