Secrets of Stonehenge FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America

Investigations about Stonehenge have kicked off a dramatic new era of discovery and debate over who built Stonehenge, how, and for what purpose? Granted exclusive access to the dig site at Bluestonehenge, a prehistoric stone-circle monument recently discovered about a mile from Stonehenge, NOVA cameras join a new generation of researchers finding important clues to this enduring mystery.
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[@diabolicalartificer]

One of the best Stonehenge documentary's I've watched, thanks for posting.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

15:00 Or they just could be male sacrifices!

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

22:30 HILARIOUS using the wrong type of wood! What a pointless experiment! So this explains all the rock balls that dont exist! LOL They could just do it with trees laid down for support and logs for rollers!

[@ggyggg2272]

A

[@Cunning.Stunt7]

Stonehenge is outside my city, gathering with so many on Summer Solstice nights/mornings are the best! Never tire of going to the henge's all around Wiltshire

[@virginiafry9854]

I went there in 1965 when it was not fenced off - magical to walk under/around the stones!

[@DavyRo]

I visited stonehenge in 2019 & it's honestly difficult to describe the feelings I had while I was there. I was working not far away & decided to take a drive to it on a beautiful summers day. I was by myself but wasn't alone as there was a lot of people there. I stayed until the site closed & the visitors had left. There's a tack that runs parallel to the site called "The drove" where lots of new age hippies & general free spirits camp. I spoke with many as they were so friendly & spiritual. I mentioned at the time to the 1st people I spoke to, I said I don't know if its the beautiful weather or the friendly people around. But the feelings of Joy & that I was visiting a very special place will remain with me for the rest of my life. I was so taken I was constantly on the phone to my wife & kids. They were all jealous & I've promised ill take them this summer. I've got a lot of photo's but like I said seeing this place in a video or in photos, is honestly irrelevant. You have to visit the place if possible. It's surreal, spiritual, an amazing place. People who work on the site deserve a lot of credit & I love hearing the different theories. The truth be known there's no written records of its construction & we are clueless to what it really was & what it meant. Too many theories of any mysterious ancient buildings are labelled as tombs or sacrifice places of worship. It's always the same thing. I personally believe we need to start looking at the places from a totally different point of view. We in our arrogance always try & fit narratives to cultures & places from our views of things. It's what we think they should be like. It's ridiculous the cultures & people's who built these structures were nothing like us. We couldn't be more different so how the hell can we look at these places like they were created by an older version of us?

[@Foxglove963]

@@shemnetto4128 You have been brainwashed.

[@veestar9837]

@@shemnetto4128 Do tell me what all that "very misinterpreted" bible info has to do with Daveyro's comment OR Stonehenge??

[@patsysadowski1546]

We always look at it with a modern perspective and I think you are right. The Victorian Empire perceived everything as empire building. I’m sure this continues. Hope you made it with the family.

[@JensDIYMom]

One of my bucket list to see this places

[@balf1111117373]

Amazing how any ancient artefacts you have to dig to discover them. Yet stone henge is sat perfectly on top of a freshly mowed field.

[@liukang3545]

no shit

[@ggyggg2272]

U

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Not to mention how clean the found pieces are... always 😮

[@davidgray3321]

I really enjoyed that , thank you to everyone involved. I went there as a child, in those days people didn’t do such foolish things as to spray paint monuments, one could walk amongst the stones and touch them, I remember it well. It is a shame little children cannot do that today.

[@cathymacdonald1469]

I was there in December 1967. It was a cold day but we spent hours there.

[@sharonannlee1]

August 1975 as a teenager. I remember touching the stones and feeling amazed.

[@midnightspecial3827]

I also remember when it was open, no fences or gates

[@bikinggal1]

most ruins around the world used to be free to climb and touch, but vandalism and theft have ruined that! It's a shame like you say

[@cathymacdonald1469]

@@bikinggal1 it is a shame the people leave their manners at home.

[@neilhobson3624]

I’ve driven past it quite a few times. It’s so easy to miss.

[@mrdarren1045]

Yeah it looks it!

[@user-hy9nh4yk3p]

Interest - is the mother of research - inner and outer dimensions - included. Fare thee well.

[@boojay111]

Mike Parker Pearson (the big bear) is the most wonderful guy, his knowledge is amazing and his discoveries through patience and diligence awe inspiring. No ego no plumped up 'hey look at me' just a good accademic mind and intense research. Thanks Mike can watch you all day. Have watched all these expert archaeologists over the years on Time Team and many other BBC programmes revealing to us the mysteries of our past.

[@jonathonbod5721]

your comment says it . that god will come down to earth .just proves that he was an ALIEN..WHY HE HAS DONE FK ALL.WERE WAS HE WHEN THE JEWS WERE GASED.& pedos rape n kill children...NOWERE HES NOT REAL IN THE SENCE U BELEAVING IN.ALIENS MADE HUMANS FROM APES .GENE SPLICING,and the the proof their is why is their still ape/monkey. still on eath they would have died off once humans evolved Ie (to make someone change or something change & develop gradually ...and none of them have giving birth to other humans ever since we appeared on earth. and humans have 3 more genes than them mmm were did the 3 genes come from

[@jonathonbod5721]

Guess the bible thumper dont like the truth.i dont see their comment i repled to

[@CONEHEADDK]

"Fun" fact - they have been moved around recently.............

[@julianbrowne5562]

Yup he's a complete bore.

[@robinhooper7702]

This is for Parker Pearson, Andrew Young, Bruce Bradley, Mike Pitts and the the teams involved. Oh, and the videographer team. Just my two bits worth on how the stones were moved. I would look into the elevation of the river bed compared to the entrance or the end of the channel. If my suspicion is correct they also used buoyancy to transport the stones, as well as the fir/oak channels that you just used as guide rails, complete with the 75mm round ball stones. The round ditch was also filled with water to facilitate positioning before erecting them. But I'm a cabinet maker. Just something to chew on. Great documentary. I would also like to interject my take on the Summer and Winter solstices, but relative to the alignment of the great Pyramid. With polished limestone on each face, this would reflect our Suns' light in a triangular shape at a specific angle and a specific location into space. Much like a lighthouse would. Again, Thanks for the Great documentary.

[@stuartrooksby5760]

Despite the excess of adverts - although by today's sorry standards these are relatively few and mercifully brief - this is a good narrative, well spoken and thoughtfully researched giving a good informative and comprehensive scientific account of this famously enigmatic monument's origins. PBS mostly does a very good job... no hype, no myopic traditions aired here. Congratulations and thanks.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

I love Nova for exactly this kind of well-researched but still accessible material. While I do enjoy deeper university lectures about such subjects they can sometimes be a bit dry, so it's also very nice to have something more easy-going like this here. Great stuff.

[@roytonkin5929]

Thank you for this great documentary. Hope to see a few more like this.

[@als1023]

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this program. fascinating insights and discoveries, thank you for producing and a huge thanks to all the researchers and students that made this effort work!

[@SpuriousEmission]

Adverts every few minutes. I'm afraid I've given up with this. Sadly there's far too many adverts on KZbin these days.

[@fikent5252]

Yes, it spoils every single program!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@amkokokko-wd4ht]

Hey come back there are no ads now.

[@jannetteberends8730]

If you have VPN, just go to another country. I’m in Albany now. no advertising at all. But I also like to go to other countries to watch their advertisements. In most countries there is less than in the USA. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@aishite_imasu097]

KZbin Vanced is still alive for mobile. No ads at all.

[@Known-unknowns]

Pay for KZbin. I have Premium and there are no adds 😊

[@gardenaddict]

Winter in Britain, very little to do 🤔 I've often wondered if the stones were moved when the ground was frozen 🤔 water onto ice would enable a smooth surface for dragging with alot less effort ❄️🥶💪

[@stuartrooksby5760]

In the late 19th century Stonehenge was opened as a type of quarry where the landowner hired hammers and chisels to paying guests to break and tranport away as much as they required at a price. The site was finally prototected, but a huge amount has been broken up and carried away and lost. Access to the monumement was, in the 50s fully accessible and as children we played on the stones, thinking it a very magical and mysterious place.

[@Known-unknowns]

I went to Stonehenge as a kid in the 70’s. We were the only people there. Climbed on the stones, jumped off, messed around and went home. I drive past today and there’s hundreds of people kept away from the stones moving in a circle around it. I think, where the hell do they all come from ? What made them all suddenly interested in these stones? Nobody gave a dam when I was little 😂😂

[@bellebelle7868]

I drive past here on a regular basis to get my food shop it’s insane to think people travel all over the world to see these rocks

[@phoenixkb134]

I think it's the power energy of the ancient past that these monoliths represent, that makes people travel the World to stood in front of...IN AWE.

[@phoenixkb134]

Typo error. Stand in front of.

[@kathyhowarth2934]

Lol yeah it is,I grew up near stone henge and still live near by,I remember when the uni went they let us watch them doing the experiments

[@RolandRamirezTV]

Ya, I came from the other side of the world in 2011-2012 just to see these rocks. The computer screensavers really made me want to see that place.

[@Foxglove963]

@@phoenixkb134 Are you an energy seeker? Got the answer for you: EVERYTHING IS FORMED OF ENERGY.

[@tylerwatson8209]

nice story , i really loved it

[@rot265we384]

Stonehenge may also be part of the ancient beliefs of holed stones having healing properties. A form of a healing centre for the sick. Holed stones were often used by ancient people with ailments to pass through the hole of any large stone, believing they would be healed like a rebirth. Comparing it to the natural birth of an infant. Much like entrances of ancient churches of Ireland, Scotland and other places that were considered obscene because of symbolic carvings that have long since been removed.

[@paulmadigan5603]

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY VERY GOOD CHEERS

[@skt8480]

Here in south korea you can find also Stonehenge it composed of huge scattered stones with a giant flat stone believed to be the altar .Koreans believed it's a cemetery during stone age.

[@williamparker1085]

used to able to walk among the stones when i was a boy in england

[@chrisapperley2616]

Yeh my dad took me many times don’t think you could do the today👍

[@cornwallparanormalresearch2378]

Very interesting indeed 👌

[@robloxdoron6398]

i learnt this at school so i wanted to learn more

[@sapphicsx]

The plaque is a gift from the past🤯

[@user-de6io5fh6b]

Stonehenge looks great would like to go there one day as any one seen the mini Stonehenge in Masham ripon North Yorkshire its a nice little place

[@RolandRamirezTV]

By not skipping adverts is my way of saying thank you for sharing this great research for us. I visited Stonehenge way back in 2012 and it was really monumental, thinking it was made around 3000 BC. I feel privileged to have seen these stones.

[@johnsharman7262]

Good documentary, with fairly plausible definitions and interpretations, evolving to shape the evidence. Pitts and Pearson are like the Neolithic chieftains of Stonehenge archaeology.

[@favoursoffortune]

This was awesome

[@gamingtonight1526]

If PBS was funded, like the BBC in the UK, it would be the best Public Broadcasting Service in the world!

[@TheAdvencherContinues2022]

Refreshing

[@JensDIYMom]

Wow I love this kind of places 🥰😍😍😍

[@crs50]

Indeed, #Stonehenge is a great marvelous ancient monument from Archaeologist, Astrologist, Anthropologist, Mystics, Civil Engineers, Druids, Astronomist, Masons, Theologist, Philosophers, Architects and Gnostics . . .

[@mrdarren1045]

The question is what the hell is it?

[@Foxglove963]

@@mrdarren1045 It certainly is not hell.

[@mrdarren1045]

@@Foxglove963 you're probably right

[@hughesey009]

😂 All those people to build it but you/we still don't know what it is.

[@tylerwatson8209]

amazing

[@wildone8397]

23:10 Cheating! No! Not allowed!!! So the theory becomes dismissed instantly! How did they get the stones on the platform? Let alone without crushing/breaking the platform?

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Ramp. No lifting. Simple machines and Oxen or animal power. The team only used two runners, where they could have used 4 for the distribution of weight. If only we could draw on here...I still think it's possible. God forbid a person to use their imagination!

[@ArmanPeterson]

Beautiful🎉

[@bushrasharafuddheen9836]

Nice documentary

[@daveyr7454]

Well, for a American production that was well done I thought! Much of the footage has been on UK TV off and on but it was well presented here as a whole :) ……thank you.

[@christinamann3640]

There’s even earlier structures at the site, three very large pits in a line which possibly held up wooden poles. If you ever visit the site, look for the three large circles painted in the parking lot. People might not even notice if they don’t know to look for them.

[@shiveringsand]

Car park please, old fruit. We use the Queen's English here you know... I shall look for those the next time that I drive past there. Thank you.

[@christinamann3640]

@@shiveringsand “Old fruit?” I’ll have to remember that one 😂.

[@malpete]

Magical , been in Stonehenge around 10 years ago , lucky me I live in London 😁

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

The builders of Stonehenge had only one goal to make people proud of their achievement for the rest of the world.

[@howser1961]

Outstanding - very informative and engaging

[@Gyp79]

Thanks for 'NO WARNING' of flashing images .. The old movie effect strobes so needed to turn away.

[@colettemartin4824]

Loved the photo bombing goat.

[@Kit-Talon]

Some rather old footage - that road no longer runs so close by to the monument it was buried about 10 years ago. More up-to-date research has revealed that there were 100s of barrows/tumuli and henges scattered all around the site surrounding Stonehenge.

[@TheSilmarillian]

Best Stonehenge doco I have yet 2 see, could they not lay all the bone fragments out and scan them then let the computer software reconstruct the fragments ?

[@siphotheguy1870]

no

[@melshane862]

The ancient people are really something,, thanks God their craftmanship lasted a century.. Imagine the stones are so heavy

[@STX-BTC]

So they brought all them giant stones from wales, 150 miles away? that's mind blowing. it would be nice if it was reconstructed back to how it used to be.

[@owentaylor9884]

It is in this area that 300 kings and chieftains were murdered in a peace conference that is remembered as 'the night of the long knives'. Their burial sight is in the surrounding area of Stonehenge.

[@mrdarren1045]

There was hardly 300 Kings. More like 300 nobles with a handful of royalty.

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

[ facepalms ]

[@mrdarren1045]

@@joa8227 it's real title is the treason of the long knives

[@thomascurran3222]

Stonehenge is far older than we are being told, and the site was occupied by other people of a later age.

[@DToxXx]

Interesting

[@lordcommandernox9197]

They built something that had never been built before, except for the Cromeleque dos Almendres in Portugal which was 2000 years old when this was built.

[@BedboundME]

How interesting to view the Stone Age as communal and before humans got wrapped up with personal wealth

[@roybixby6135]

Interesting - but although the stone bearings are plausible the oak track would be difficult without machining...

[@newforestpixie5297]

I was fortunate to be amongst the 10 to 50 thousand freaks , mystics , punks , day trippers , acid trippers , lost soccer supporters etc whom enjoyed the annual Summer Solstice Free Festival which was held over about week since the early 1970s until its prevention by Mrs Thatchers’ orders in 1985. Fantastic . It puzzles me how folks in those days whom apparently only lived in tribes or family groups managed such a long - distance logistical feat such as this . ( the organisation & construction of the henge - not the festival ) For a race of folk whom lived in mud huts they certainly had some nifty techniques when construction of massive stone monoliths from quarries across the sea or 100 miles beyond the mountains became necessary . Maybe they combined smoke signals with herds of diplodocus 😁❤️🐢

[@avi10000]

Bones were reburied. Very good. Let the dead rest in peace.

[@uniivadeo8861]

Even in our place, there are stone a giant stone that is just impossible for human being to carry . What we heard is that, there's some supernatural, some kind of power which help them carry them.

[@benblakemore4195]

WOW AMAZING DOCUMENTARY GUYS 😊 THAT BALL BARING TRANSPORT TECHNIQUE BLEW MY MIND. KIND REGARDS BEN FROM NZ

[@Eowyn3Pride]

I still like the Ball-bearing method of transport, no matter what the mod Archeologists say. I think it's possible, and was the precursor to the wheel for that society

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

Is this a rerun? I saw another doc featuring the same head archeologist who revealed that the blue stones had been part of a stone circle in Wales and that they were moved when the people moved to where they are now.

[@connieembury1]

TimeTeam did a special episode with the same man, very similar to this.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

No, it's more information added on. Last time the main Archeologist only had theories about the surrounding areas of Stonehenge. Now they have proof.

[@timrobertson2484]

This is certainly one opinion. Whether it carries weight or not is a long conversation. And one of many to be had today regarding the many opinions of experts.

[@salamkpo]

I visited there in Feb 2023 , Heard the story about Stonehenge is very embarrassing..I am really enjoyed

[@willorr1494]

UP in Scotland they used Kelp to move their stones for circles

[@stewartjones2370]

And they are older than stone henge

[@willorr1494]

@@stewartjones2370 Amazing to think that stone monoliths started way north of stone henge

[@syedaamirhussain6111]

Thanks for sharing ❤ stay blessed you all the team who are working such unique work. Great to watch. I am a Social Science Teacher and I like your research work.

[@D1722eieio]

Stonehenge, the last circle revealed

[@cindythompson9116]

I seen a documentary where they dug Stonehenge up and moved the stones along time ago

[@p24hrsmith]

What I find frustrating is that nobody appears to question why the lintels had tongue and grooves to fit together and ball and sockets to fit on the up rights. These would serve to lock the whole structure together but why? .. The only reason I can think of is that the uprights were freestanding at the time the lintels were placed on top this would then hold the uprights in place while the bases were secured so keeping the whole structure's shape exactly. The only way to place the lintels on top like this is to lower them and yes I know "Imposable they didn't have that technology" but look at Stonehenge everything about it goes against technology of the time and so must have been the construction methods used. If you still think the uprights were stood and secured first then the lintels would not need tongue and grooves and ball and sockets to stay in place look at other ancient structures around the would that still stand today where stone is just placed on top of stone. Plus it would have made construction far simpler. However you look at it the tongue and grooves and ball and sockets are so radical for the time their importance is being grossly undervalued.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

How dare those Neolithic people think in modern terms! The shame!!!🤣🤣😁🍻

[@user-yt8ls1nu7t]

Maybe they moved the stones via the water as it joins up with the river and there was a trench dug. Also thought Stonehenge itself may have been used as a funeral pyre at one point. Perhaps when the ground was frozen they stored their dead there, and when it thawed they could bury them, as it seems even after being cremated they were still buried.

[@bobdiaz1756]

Replicas are based on physical theories and they didn't consider the mental capabilities that were used backed then. Power of the mind.

[@bintangnaibaho6707]

For more information,,, visit of the detectif astral from Indonesia,,, they allready exploration from other dimension about the stonehenge story

[@Quantik53]

Could you date all this research please?

[@Willy_Tepes]

Its ritual importance is related to the fact that Stonehenge was located where the River Avon meets the sea. The sea level was once at about 90 meters. They demarked the shoreline in a peculiar way that allows you to see it very clearly in satellite images. Once you see it, you will not believe your eyes. There is not a single inch of this land which is not formed by human hands, there are massive harbors and cities. They must have had a fleet of thousands of ships. All those scattered stones make sense when you see where they are in relation to the water. All the islands where densely populated.

[@saishyamnilgiri1]

Huge logs were placed on top of the lintels in such a way so as to build/ create a wigwam or yuart. It was a shelter for giant people of the past!

[@alangardner8596]

It's just a thought but I remember seeing a documentary about an excavation on a Norfolk beach where they found a neolithic wooden structure in the form of a circle and the centre was a tree that had been turned upside down and the roots must have formed a canopy. Could the 'Woodhenge' have the same feature and instead of wooden posts have trees embedded upside down their roots as a canopy? It certainly would have looked far more impressive than wooden posts and it probably could have some ritual significance?

[@socrabe]

If I recall properly, they found the remains of a woodhenge near Stonehenge. It also has an alignment with the sun.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Yyggdrasil...the Norse tree that connects all realms...

[@rezapahlevi3493]

😊

[@liukang3545]

@@Eowyn3Pride l0l thats just myth

[@jsi4064]

​@Eowyn's Pride how the fig do you pronounce that?

[@svetlanasvetlana1800]

🕊

[@wildone8397]

Theories!!! #Fact⬆️

[@jamesbraun7709]

Isn't there lay lines under stonehinge ?

[@JoaoCoelho101]

But how do they make the stones and from where?

[@alexhayden2303]

Ball Bearings: Russia's Thunder Stone move! A sphere on a plane surface is a point load.

[@clivegrayston1939]

A landing pad for space ships

[@allanbillington3770]

I have heard that these two circles are both part of a super structure - as a ring of post holes have been found encircling both henges....more to come I hope.

[@PuffingTheHerbs]

What people don't realise is that this entire structure is not how it originally stood untouched. It was taken down and put back in 1958, repairs made with concrete and steal to hold up the stones.

[@bunzeebear2973]

"WE SPECULATE" aka "WE GUESS" as we are not thinking they are flucking with our minds. I am amazed the Romans did not take it apart.

[@mrdarren1045]

For what purpose? The Romans had a policy of not getting involved in religious matters. The exception they made was the druids cause they didn't like their practice of human sacrifice

[@Chexsum]

I'd imagine they would wait for the ice to form before they moved boulders

[@gilperalta4068]

Nice archaeological try to "unravel" the ancient history of magnificent feats of human ingenuity, but ends just in unresolved hypothesis and speculations!

[@phil3038]

I live a mile away from Stonehendge and never actually visited the stones. Sometimes, I feel a bit disrespectful given people travel the globe just to see them!! 😂😂

[@pegasus6724]

There are bodies deep down under the center of the monument about 20 feet

[@terezasantana8178]

Alô! Permitam legendas traduzidas ao PT-BR. Agradecerei caso aconteça.

[@michaelmokotong]

Stonehenge should be moves to Limpopo South Africa. Maybe rebuilt at the entrance of a big Casino.

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

Stonehenge is a 4 dimension portal the ancient build for their dead to cross over

[@Eowyn3Pride]

...ok, try this... The people of Stonehenge used that natural "roadway" from the River, and managed to make it muddy or watery and pull the stones in from either side with animals...? All the modern stuff wouldn't be there, so very little would get in their way... The idea of the stones coming by river is still a good one.

[@freedomseeding]

Scarab beetle..😂

[@hakanyilmaz1984]

The ancestors of those who made stoneage must have lived in Gobeklitepe, Turkey. Gobeklitepe B.C 9600

[@RizaldeBiyong-cv2tv]

So close to the real motives..... the birth of metal age.... the start of the road to the modern era...🤨✌️

[@toddzillasimon876]

Who built it? How was it built? And Hawaii … 😂😂😂. I always chuckle when I hear the different ways people (want to perfectly) say the word, “why”

[@Shlin1]

I suppose there are some of those big stones missing, what happened to them?

[@saraharcher9908]

Good question

[@mjorr3081]

Q. how did those far away "communities" come to know about this place and why choose this place and not the "special" places in there own localities?

[@reddwing4368]

A "sarason" rock Is an old english word meaning "An unmovable stone"

[@dizzy6277]

The scientists are trying to work out how people 1000s of years ago built Stonehenge with materials available to them at the time, but the scientists have 21st centaury education and experiences, and as much as they would like to think they are trying to think like ancient people, they just can't. We are the sum of our experiences and what we have learned. It's easier to learn something than unlearn it.