Location of pillars has to do with 'auditory illusion' of sound waves
(NEWSER) - The solution to the riddle of Stonehenge could be music, proposes a California researcher. It's a little abstract: Steven Waller says the people who laid out the mysterious monuments may have been inspired by their perception of sound, reports the BBC . If you put two people playing flutes in a field, their sound waves would interfere with each other, creating an "auditory illusion" of loud and quiet zones for a listener who was circling the musicians, says Waller. More»
