Stonehenge: England’s Megalithic Mystery

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

Source/Further reading:

[lellow]

"A collection of small hills with an inflated sense of self importance" that really got me 🤣🤣

[SlopedOtter]

Simon is quarantined in the studio, not his decision. Simon's a hostage to producers. Simon give us a signal.

[Overlord]

Imagine, you're a Neolithic englishman, and suddenly you wake up, and say to your other fellow neobois "oi bruv, let's build a fokin' sick monument"

[kevinrwhooley]

Hey Simon you should do Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques, lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation.

[Chef_PC]

“Bunch of semi-motivated, Neolithic hicks”. I needed that laugh today.

[twocvbloke]

They're doorways, ancient doorways, that lead to a slightly different part of the field... :P

[WatcherMovie]

You're telling me this isn't about a gigantic man-made defense mechanism designed to shoot down incoming meteorite with an oversized railgun that can also be used for anti-air warfare by launching area denial rounds to keep enemy air forces at bay?

[SuperCannibas]

Anyone else remember using Stonehenge as a desktop background in the early 2000's? :P

[aquilatempestate]

"We now know the builders had Welsh connections..."

The Welsh Mafia, I knew it!

[mikesands]

Well the Neolithic farmers who came from Anatolia and preceded the Celtic invasions would by default be “pagans” too, a rather broad term that glosses over literally thousands of religious cultures.

[keithhinke]

I was there as a kid in 1960. We drove right up to it and got out and walked among the stones. Being a kid I had to touch them of course. I didn't even think of damaging any or stealing anything. Just admired everything, and after all one piece of rock looks a lot like another. That was before I became a geologist.

[orngrnify]

Merlin did it!!
Medival version of 21 century lazy explenation, the Aliens did it!

[MasterMalrubius]

I don't understand why everyone is so impressed.


It's just an 18" model in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

[ignitionfrn]

1:15 - Chapter 1 - The dawn of time
3:50 - Chapter 2 - The work of giants
7:25 - Mid roll ads
8:55 - Chapter 3 - Here comes the beakers
11:45 - Chapter 4 - The medieval henge
15:10 - Chapter 5 - The king of stonehedge
18:45 - Chapter 6 - The people's henge

[JClark]

Your shows are great. I can't believe a TV network hasn't picked up your show. In depth research, different points of view and interesting topics. Keep up the good work.

[markpats]

I feel there should be a part 2 of this episode. There is so much more on what excavation has brought up regarding stories that surround the site.

[WildStar]

In case anyone wants to know, a "crap-ton" (11:10) is 288 units because it's just two gross.

[todddougherty]

Your closing is great!!!! We will never know why. And we never should. Just appreciate that it is there.

[koretmulder]

I've often wondered what SH looked like at its peak. It's been thousands of years of it existing as ruins, but clearly it was very important for a long, long time - and not as a historical ruin.

[CooooCoooo]

Man, you're my new teacher. Been finding different channels of yours tonight and they're all enlightening