A solar observatory?
At June and December solstices 
Why 13 towers? One of the comments suggests: "...365 days and change when broken up into reasonably sized units (on order 10), divides most evenly into 13 yielding 28 day months. So, every 28 days, build a tower, mark where the sun shines and you have a calendar device."
1 posted on
08/23/2012 4:38:27 AM PDT by
rjbemsha
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
08/23/2012 4:41:45 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: rjbemsha
3 posted on
08/23/2012 4:52:49 AM PDT by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: rjbemsha
The leap day was really the only issue that the ancients had with creating a calendar. And that change is barely perceptable during an adult life span. However, resetting to zero every year solves that problem.
4 posted on
08/23/2012 4:54:30 AM PDT by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: rjbemsha
why there are 13 towers?
They wanted 15 but ran out of stones?
5 posted on
08/23/2012 4:57:47 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
To: rjbemsha
Looks like a small section of an analemma.
7 posted on
08/23/2012 5:06:51 AM PDT by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: rjbemsha
The Constitution speaks of months and years, but the Founders started off using ACCOUNTING PERIODS. These are 28 days long. There are 13 of them in a Federal Fiscal Year. With weekends wiping out half your problem (Over time) it is a very useful device.
The Post Office Department used that structure (and it had all the federal employees anyway) and the practice was continued at the USPS until about 2000 when they switched to the more cumbersome monthly system.
These people obviously saw the advantages and built accordingly.
8 posted on
08/23/2012 5:15:56 AM PDT by
muawiyah
To: rjbemsha
Pablo the Tower Builder must have been smoking too much peyote if that’s a straight line.
10 posted on
08/23/2012 6:46:21 AM PDT by
bgill
To: rjbemsha
yep, sounds like lunar months to me, no mystery.
11 posted on
08/23/2012 6:55:30 AM PDT by
Paradox
(I want Obama defeated. Period.)
To: rjbemsha
What's more, when there are no shadows the sun is at its zenith
Not only that, but when they're wet, it's raining!
(sorry; couldn't resist)
To: rjbemsha
The moon cycles every 4 weeks which means there are 13 cycles per year.
Maybe that is why there are 13 stones???
13 posted on
08/23/2012 7:44:36 AM PDT by
phockthis
(http://www.supremelaw.org/fedzone11/index.htm ...)
To: rjbemsha; SunkenCiv
Another perspective:
17 posted on
08/23/2012 6:55:08 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
(The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
To: rjbemsha; SunkenCiv
18 posted on
08/23/2012 7:06:27 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
(The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
To: rjbemsha
However, many questions remain, not least of which is why there are 13 towers? Hey, they took a shot, they weren't rocket scientist back then.
20 posted on
08/23/2012 7:16:26 PM PDT by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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