Is This The Oldest Road In Britain? | Ancient Tracks EP1 | Absolute History

[@laralynnewilliams7343]

I just love Tony. Every video he makes on Absolute History is in my watch list. I love his humor and the 'say it the way it is' attitude. Can't wait for the next series.

[@deviates1]

Thank god, something actually worth watching being posted again on this channel.

[@beckyblack2333]

I knew it was Phil when he said "my friend dug it up".

[@WP.Gore1]

He reminds me of John Deacon from Queen.

[@dansunder7minutebeerreview271]

Thank you for introducing me to Edward Thomas, I have ordered his book, that phrase speaks to me in ways I cannot explain other than to quote that other great poet of roads, J.R.R. Tolkien, who said, "All those who wander are not lost."

[@cindybogart6062]

That is my favorite quote.. I have it as my letterhead. @ Dan Jordan.

[@Pepperpotk]

Tony Robinson's enjoyment and excitement is truly inspiring

[@Bluechimpvr]

Tony is quite precious and his excitement and giddy nature is often palpable. His happiness makes me happy.

[@shelbreezyfebreezy7544]

Phil Harding is one my favorite archeologists! I was so excited to see him in this ^_^

[@stevelance6252]

Nothing beats a soite full of foine flint moines.

[@phoule76]

stone the crows!

[@Odo55]

This is so cool and I would love to walk the old paths and byways of England. Imagine coming upon Sam Lee along the path and taken back in time with his delightful folk songs. I'm glad he's helping keep those songs alive.

[@johnkeller6063]

I from the US enjoy watching these videos. I've learned quite a bit. Wish we shows like this in the US

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

Shows in the US suck🤣

[@dross24MA]

@@chrisa2735-h3z Not all - I think most of the pbs and history channel ones are excellent.

[@johnkeller6063]

@@chrisa2735-h3z amen

[@kinahloce]

Not only in the US. Even here in germany there aren´t that much interresting stuff like that. I even have to search by myself for any stuff related to any part of history exept the Nazi-time and that sucks! I also want to know what the live was like before!

[@StanSwan]

I would have thought there were roads much older than 5,000 years. I live in New England, USA and I am told we have native American trails around 10,000 years old that might have been game trails even before that. These trails were used to build modern roads we have today and many are still paths game and people walk in out woodland parks.

[@Bumula1]

I'm also from the US and wish we had a program like this and Time Team though there's not much history here. My great, great granddad was from Wales so I'm interested in Englands history, especially the Roman sights. Time Team showed up on my feed and out of boredom I watched. I was hooked. So sad it ended but I understand. This is also an amazing program. Loved seeing Tony and Phil back together. ❤

[@fingerboxes]

I mean there actually is thousands of years of history in the US, it just doesn't involve white people.

[@kasper-3099]

Great to see Tony Robinson and Phil - almost Time Team:) - More of that please.

[@onezerotwo]

Right!? Big smile when I heard Phil. :)

[@mangot589]

Phil?👏. Tony?🤔

[@awallner1]

They have a great dynamic and history between the two. Besides the superficial big guy little guy thing. They could do a show together.

[@cindybogart6062]

This series is so entertaining! I just love it. ❣️

[@lizzy66125]

love hearing Phil

[@jonathannelson103]

Who would have thought Baldrick would be such a good presenter.

[@therealpatriarchy]

Here is your answer, Tony. Necessity was the mother of their motivation. They needed non-weathered flint. The under-ground flint has never been frozen. The freeze and thaw cycle on the surface causes fracturing in stone. You can't make large tools and weapons with fractured flint. Sound right, Phil?

[@cuhurun]

Patriarchy... the sheer size of the floor-stone nodules was also a key to their laborious endeavours.

[@collinhunter9792]

thanks for that. i was trying to find an answer in the comments. but gees they must have had brains to work out that above ground flint wasnt as good as underground flint. and how did they know to jus keep digging, after finding stronger flint under ground. amazing

[@20greeneyes20]

Being from the US. I find this fascinating since our country is very young compared to yours. Never short of interesting facts amongst your land. I just loved it! Thanks for sharing

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

There's a lot of history here. It's just not European.

[@Odo55]

SANDY BROCKMEYER. I live in the US as well and enjoy studying history of the Americas. But I especially love the history of England and these shows give us an insight into where many of our English ancestors originted. The stories of common folk, not just the royals and aristocratics, I find really refreshing. For those with interest in other areas and genetic origins there are lots of other great videos on KZbin as well.

[@20greeneyes20]

@@Odo55 Yes it's true, it's fascinating to see as they lived to pieces their lives together with what they find. I watch many of the mudlarkers on the Thames River, they actually find Roman coins and very very old everyday items. The stories very interesting. I am from Maryland by the way

[@Odo55]

@@20greeneyes20 Thank you Sandy for your reply. Yes those are great shows too❗I now live in California but used to live in Delaware and have alot of paternal ancestry in the Delmarva region. Are you into genealogy ?

[@ELCADAROSA]

Newark, Delaware chiming in! At 2am in the morning. Couldn’t sleep. But watching almost anything containing Tony and Phil is interesting or fascinating! Those flint caves, for example ... how were they able to see what they were doing? Similar with the cave of Christian carvings. Beautiful work!

[@kpwaaattpadlastname9268]

Love stuff like this! Anything to do with history and you can count me in !

[@deadpancherry8658]

Dear old Phil!

[@phoule76]

I love when they refer to Imperial measurements, as was done on Time Team, as "the old money."

[@PieterBreda]

That cave is some serious next level shit and extremely fascinating

[@arkboy3]

Except for the Ley Line bullshit...

[@frofrofrofro900]

@@arkboy3 yes because religious are not simar bulshit 😅

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

This is absolutely the most *amazing* series. I've been on some of those tracks and had no idea they were that old. Finding this has made me just... there aren't words. But I really needed it.

[@jmitterii2]

Tony should have had the guy follow up somewhat far behind minstrel his walk on the trail. Would have been a cunning plan.

[@nigel900]

History... the Kryptonite of public education.

[@RuthD913]

Recently watched the late Terry Jones’ Great Map Mystery - I am enjoying this just as much

[@randa3.078]

LOVE seeing the boys back together again!

[@pattylevesque2601]

I love Brittain....I wish I lived there....the history is so rich..so incredible I would never run out of places to go just taking a ride to East Anglia or Wessex or York...forget it...I'd never be bored..I live in Rhode Island in the states...beautiful shoreline but...as far as real history??? BORING!!!!

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

I've got a cunning plan...

[@abeddelkey7962]

Blackadder

[@georgiewalker1069]

Fascinating. And what a treat to see Phil. Thank you from South Africa. The history is brilliant ⭐️🇿🇦 such good photography too

[@MontyDotharl]

Phil Harding has one of the most amazing country British accents

[@cidb.212]

I wasn't looking at the screen but I knew right away it was him:)

[@BirdWhisperer46]

I saw in another video that Phil is truly British, on both sides of his family, He can trace his lineage back over 4000 years. Pretty cool.

[@lohphat]

"In old money, it's about four'y feet."

[@THE3FATGUYS]

He really does have a drive to build this narrative that there’s something more devilish going on in these places than there actually is.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

TYVM 🦋 Absolute History Tony Robinson & Phil 🌟Listening from Mass USA🌟Hello🌟 everyone

[@rouasz7254]

45 min? I'm ready to watch it until the end!

[@BurritoMassacre]

1:24 “Wow’!” “Her name is Majesty.” “What other name could she have?” ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@rickphoenix5638]

I think they should have given Tony a higher quality torch.

[@hagbard72]

WTF? You're touching Hogweed? That stuff is worse than poison ivy!! Can actually lead to blindness.

[@worldtraveler930]

Somewhere there is a certain Steeple Jack smiling down on this episode. 🙂

[@jonrau5988]

Nice journey. Thanks for taking us along.

[@wegarnett]

ley lines? Dowsing? bunch of crap, but a good program anyway

[@afkguy3754]

good to see Phi,l he was my favorite on time team

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

That flint site is absolute magic.

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

Who else thinks the guy on the thumbnail looks like Jacque Pepin? The cooking guy if you don't remember🤣

[@zebracorne]

The "Ley lines" hypothesis is all nice but the first step would be to prove they actually exist. And there is no scientific evidence that they do... :(

[@cindybogart6062]

There are series that prove Kai lines exist. They are on The History channel, in the USA.

[@zebracorne]

@@cindybogart6062 Because a "documentary" aired on History Channel US does not mean it's legit. We've had ""documentaries"" about fake things airing on science and history channels in my country, does not make them real. If you have peer-reviewed articles about Ley lines feel free to share them with me, THIS is data I trust and I'll be more than happy to update my knowledge about Ley lines based on peer-reviewed articles.

[@pickle7056]

Time Team reunion! :D

[@nikolaisafronov3452]

Mixing up scientific and historic acords with the dowser bullshit? Why? Such a dissapointment.

[@hoseinqadam]

I am calling shenanigan's with that guy at 30:00 min. That rod on a bearing is being controlled by him by just slightly tilting his hand. Because the end is so heavy, it will swing very easily when you tilt your hand.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

He makes all his walks and history so fun!

[@fingerboxes]

18:38 -- The Devil's Dyke? Didn't know Tony had met my mother.

[@cryptoenthusiast724]

''Absoulute History'' you inspired us to create our KZbin Channel!🙏

[@ayo7321]

Subtle plug for your channel

[@Odo55]

TheLuxurious- You're channel looks far removed from this topic and genre. Unless I missed something, how has Absolute History inspired you to create your channel ?

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

@@ayo7321 Nothing subtle about that plug.

[@nickychimes4719]

The bard... ...ufff Class

[@cmdrTremyss]

Me: Oldest Road In Britain? Hm, might be a few nice pics and anecdotes. AbsoluteHistory with a full 45 min documentary: Hold my shovel!

[@macrossactual]

LOL Dowsers. bunch of doofuses. Love me some Tony and Phil, though.

[@jasargyle9682]

Tony is always such a pleasure to watch

[@hedgehog3180]

It's not quite Full Steam Ahead but it seems interesting.

[@susihughes]

Ick = I / nield = lucky - victorious

[@johnhillside9105]

Yes, my gosh, such time.

[@BryonLape]

Dang, Baldrick got old...so did I....

[@kaptainkaos1202]

OMG! I had no idea he played Baldrick! My day is made.

[@DruidicRifleman]

soo basicly a soberversion of tony and phils bar tales.

[@leafpratt]

22:30 yo this guy got a Spotify or something

[@MomoAnn]

Not everyone has spotify

[@tomshaw661]

the preservation of the reality of christ under the earth by ancient men is heartwarming

[@shechaiyah6869]

Mu father, Edward Windsor, survived 3.5 years in the trenches of WW1. But what he lost was his entire generation of Peers and companions; so when it was time to rule, he was alon, deposed and fled. No, the Abdication was not real; it was a staged event to justify his brother's takeover.This is what I know about it.

[@phoule76]

as are most abdications, surely

[@Atomy111]

But where's Black Adder

[@007vsMagua]

I wonder if there where any plants to eat which makes one feel really good and ready to go. While dowsing appears to just happen, no consideration is given to the tilt of the hand. The rod appears to be of heavy weight and with a well greased palm, I'm sure gravity will do all the work. It's magic and many have lost money over this trick. That is one beautiful WWI Veterans Memorial Park.

[@sylviaparraz6963]

I was all prepared to watch this then like 5 mins in I realized that Ruth, Peter and Alex aren't in it so I'm no longer interested

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

Same!

[@kinahloce]

i´m also a fan of them but you´ve missed a great episode here

[@collinhunter9792]

@@kinahloce exactly kina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@susanhuntley9262]

The intro almost made me run away. Really guys (nvm, I'm done at 3 min)