Stonehenge's Richest Man | The Bush Barrow Chieftain | Curator's Corner S7 Ep2

[@britishmuseum]

Find out more about our Stonehenge exhibition here: bit.ly/3tZWtps And if you can't make it to the show, you might want to check out the exhibition book here: bit.ly/3IhiXaI If you're outside of the UK you can also buy the exhibition book here: bit.ly/3IchOBa

[@sean659]

Please return stolen artifacts around the world.

[@sean659]

Who the f@ck care about the Stone hedge?

[@sean659]

Do you feel proud of yourself display stolen artifacts? Do you not feel shame?

[@Wayzor_]

I greatly appreciate this channel and access the the British Museum it allows me. As a poor American living in the Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee. This is as close to the British Museum as I will be able to get. Thank you for your efforts.

[@ChristophersMum]

These remarkable artefacts and histories could quite easily be from your ancestors as well.✨ Hi from Scotland💌😁🖖

[@greengoblin876]

@@ChristophersMum very true , double greetings from Scotland , Edinburgh to be precise and as the pilot said after The first Scottish parachute jump " Jocks Away " lol.

[@BenjiMordino]

You could visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, sure not quite the same, but I would love to visit the Met (and the British Museum, living in neither the US or UK makes it a tad tricky).

[@melissaholley9448]

I'm in Appalachia in East Tn! Went to Stonehenge... couldn't get near it. Their chain link fence is identical to ours.

[@WholeHolyHole]

The American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium in NYC are both amazing places to visit! There’s a subway stop right under the museum so it’s very easy to get to.

[@stephenroberts9913]

This is a very nice video: straightforward, clear and easy to follow without being patronising. The presenter does not overact, but his professionalism and deep knowledge are evident. Thank you.

[@WiltshireMuseumDevizes]

Thank you!

[@PeterGasston]

Thank you for stressing the craft, artistry, and time that went into making these objects, understanding this care and attention is what brings history to life for me. The World of Stonehenge is exhibition is fantastic, highly recommended if you can make it along.

[@midmiddleton163]

Our ancestors do not get the credit deserved. Look at all the gold artifacts and megalithic structures. This is wonderous and beautiful.

[@jessl1934]

Are you serious? This place is called Stone Hedge. You know what we call a hedge made of stones where I live? We call it a bunch of rocks. Anyone can give a name to a pile of rocks like that. The only thing that's impressive is that people think it's something marvellous, as if they've never seen rocks before in their lives.

[@jessl1934]

@@ario4795 With your mom

[@vespasian266]

Our ancestors?.... thats stretching things, our ancestors came out of Ukraine. thats how we come to speak an indo european language. well to be fair the men migrated from Ukraine and took the women as they moved through Europe and into Britain. we are a mix of steppe nomads and Mediterranean farmers. the Mediterranean farmers built Stonehenge.

[@vespasian266]

@@ario4795 Well I didn't mention the WHG on account of trying to keep things simple. apparently the bell beaker peoples shifted a few stones to new positions.

[@MossyMozart]

@@jessl1934 - Are you speaking in "Drunk History"?

[@pippad531]

Planning to visit soon, I have a family connection to Stonehenge, my Great-Great Grandfather was the Caretaker during the 20/30's. They lived in a cottage which is no longer there, she'd go to the Stones daily by Horse and Cart with her 5 sisters and they'd play there. She is almost 103 and has such magical memories 🌸

[@NotAnAngryLesbian]

Be sure to go to Avebury as well. Free. No crowds. Touch the stones all you like.

[@grimmace9081]

amazing that your grandfather was a "she"

[@BestMods168]

@@grimmace9081 That's because the trend these days is to pretend that one has a personal connection/relationship to said events. I've been seeing such claims lately on youtube.

[@Oliviawww164]

Reading Bernard Cornwells "Stonehenge" at the moment. This is exactly how I see the Characters.

[@colinp2238]

My connection to the area started in early 1972, my first army posting, after training was in Bulford Camp. Later that year I was stationed in BAOR in Germany and a few years later I attehded a course at Larkhill, from my dormitory window I could see Stonehenge.

[@StefanMilo]

Simply incredible

[@SunnyOddny]

based stefan milo moment

[@kc3718]

Devizes is an excellent museum, superb for the bronze age locality, really worth a visit.

[@melissah4515]

I just discovered your channel and am so happy I did! Now off to binge-watch! -Happy New Subscriber

[@britishmuseum]

Welcome to the channel!

[@welshpete12]

A remarkable story , you bring a window into a lost world . Thank you for posting !

[@casteretpollux]

Glorious. Such a shame we don't have textiles from that time: judging by the metalwork they would have been very fine.

[@ge2623]

Teacher: "Billy do you know what they make in a textile factory?" Billy: Yes, around $12 an hour"

[@RocLobo358]

There are a few tiny examples.

[@casteretpollux]

@@RocLobo358 Where are they?

[@lechatel]

I understand that neolithic textiles have been found in good condition in central Asia/western China. I remember watching a presentation on it. basically the land was very dry and salty. It preserved the fabric which was found to be complex weaves such as twill. And these people were also discoved to be Europeans.

[@tristanbareham5638]

Stunning artefacts presented with great clarity.

[@glennwheeler749]

Thanks for doing these. I would so love to be able to visit the museum in person but grateful to be able to enjoy this thorough and thoroughly interesting story. More please!

[@richardcolbourne6151]

Me and my girlfriend just visited Stonehenge today for the first time. It was a pleasure and an honour to be there. English heritage have done a great job preserving the area. We've got some fantastic pictures 🙂

[@Mrch33ky]

It's a cemetery luv. Didja say a prayer or did you empty ye bowels in ye ancestors ditch?

[@richardcolbourne6151]

@@Mrch33ky oh look. I seem to have attracted a c**t.

[@jessicaredman1115]

The detail of these artifacts amazes me. Such incredible work and technological expertise over 4,000 years ago.Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Humans have always been creative. We used to make beautiful everyday objects beautiful. Sad we lost that.

[@lechatel]

We didn't. There are amazing craftspeople working today too. You simply have to look past all the mass-produced tat.

[@ciaragrey5523]

So wonderful to see the artifacts and have the story behind them. Thank you.

[@garysmith3173]

Thank you. A wonderful presentation.

[@DipityS]

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing these wonderful finds.

[@Eudaimonia88]

Fascinating talk. Thank you. 🙏

[@davidevans3227]

must visit this museum! thankyou so much for sharing this 🙂

[@karyne826]

I enjoyed this talk, so very interesting. Would be good to hear more from Devizes Museum.

[@WiltshireMuseumDevizes]

We are on KZbin at kzbin.info . Drop by and say hello.

[@oscresson]

Could the lozenge (with its 81 degree angle) have been used as a sextant to predict solstices by holding flat at eye level with the long axis pointing from your eye due east and seeing how close the sunrise is to the left point in summer and right in winter?!

[@MossyMozart]

@Os Creson - Whether it was or not, that is a thoughtful, intelligent question. Keep thinking!

[@ophelias4172]

Goddamn it British Museum! You're going to make me have to save enough money to go back to the UK so I can check out all this stuff!

[@patriciahartner7336]

I'm lucky to have seen these items at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, thanks for bringing such rich context to them for me!

[@Foxglove963]

Ah, that marvellous museum of Devizes! During my second visit I could not find the Bush Barrow Template. When I asked, they said it is locked in a safe. Oh well...

[@WiltshireMuseumDevizes]

Make sure that you come and visit us again! After the BM exhibition closes, then Bush Barrow will be back on display along with objects form the other important burials in the Stonehenge landscape.

[@ColdHawk]

Love this video series! That was great

[@aspektx]

Another great one. Thanks for the quality education.

[@KernowekTim]

Superb presentation. Many thanks.

[@Pembroke.]

This is incredible story into amazing lost world, and the burrowing rabbits stole the show. Thank you everyone for sharing all your hard work. Cheers 🍺

[@eric2500]

"Do go and see it." Yes, I can't wait to travel again, and the UK is at the top. Invitation accepted!

[@FinarfinNoldorin]

Amazing!! I LOVE this history! So fascinating to learn about these ancestors :)

[@grahamturner1290]

Excellent, thanks!

[@movingpicutres99]

Thank you for this wonderful presentation.

[@tim3tRav3l3RR60]

Imagine someone 4k years ago coming back and watching this say," that was ted, he stole my walking stick lol"

[@IslandGirlKelly]

😂 Hilarious.

[@barryconway]

excellent. would that every display cabinet might have a curator in the corner.

[@princecharon]

Did anyone else wince a little at the bit about the trowel scattering the gold pins? Good illustration of why modern archaeologists and paleontologists use so many brushes, though.

[@MossyMozart]

@princecharon - And then sift the soil they excavate.

[@ChristophersMum]

A fascinating journey back in time...it was too short, I could have listened to more about what was discovered about ''The Chieftain''...there wouldn't by any chance be remains in his barrow?

[@martywanlass4774]

I'd be interested in DNA studies. My family on both sides is from all over Britain, and I'd love to know if this ancient chieftain was an ancestor.

[@pralinesouffle]

At 2:14, the labels for winter and summer solstice appear to have been reversed. Just a nitpick, but given the significance of these events to the builders of Stonehenge, it seems worth noting. A fascinating video, thank you.

[@fraujohnsen6189]

If I look to the east (sunrise) and north is on my left then the labels should be correct.

[@serendipity7749]

@@fraujohnsen6189 The labels are wrong. The sun rises in the north-east (approximately) at the summer solstice, and in the south-east at the winter solstice. So the left-hand sunrise is summer, and the right-hand is winter.

[@fraujohnsen6189]

@@serendipity7749 Sorry, you are absoloutly correct. :)

[@ActualHistory123]

Very interesting. I wonder if there is a connection to the burial mounds of Scandinavia, from the Funnelbeaker to the Nordic Bronze age, to Classical Antiquity and the Germanic tribes. The weapons and jewelry are especially similar.

[@WiltshireMuseumDevizes]

There are links across Europe at this time (c. 200BC) including the use of amber (from the Baltic) and walrus ivory (perhaps Norway).

[@ActualHistory123]

A great history of long distance traders.

[@fleshen]

Just amazed me! Thank you!

[@rcrawford42]

I thought Salisbury Museum was the museum of record for Stonehenge. Looks like I have another stop to make in England when the world gets back to normal.

[@Ater_Draco]

Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, is the museum for the whole county, which includes Stonehenge, & the city of Salisbury

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Great showcase. I'm sorry I won't be around for the BM exhibit but next time we're in Wiltshire we'll be sure to stop by.

[@RaulEdu33]

Mesmerized by the metallurgy and craftsmanship 😲🥇🪨🛸

[@laurenmary9296]

These are absolutely stunning artifacts, and a priceless amount of history held therein.

[@edgeeffect]

It's nice to see Curator's Corner going out on the road... especially to just down the road from me.... Be nice to see more from smaller local museums in the future.

[@TheFreshSpam]

Great video. Top watch

[@rhondahuggins9542]

Miraculous that these burials remained unlooted for so long...apart from the rabbits who could not give a toss about some long dead human.😉

[@k8eekatt]

So much time and care taken to shape these items.

[@fins59]

Wow fascinating, I went to Stonehenge before they fenced it off, touched the stones and took photos, one of which had a sort of light bolt through it!

[@martywanlass4774]

I visited it earlier also, and badly wanted to go back and join the Druids for a summer solstice event. Its still on my wish list.

[@DarkBardess]

Fascinating, thank you!

[@123456wasp]

That was very interesting. Thank you. 😎👍

[@alayneperrott9693]

Really interesting short talk. I find it fascinating that the Bronze Age (?Celtic, steppe) invaders continued to revere the Neolithic monument.

[@ChristophersMum]

You don't want to be going around disrespecting the gods of the earlier population...they could still be listening⚡

[@aroutledge9565]

The people and the gods were alike

[@tomg5187]

Incredible!

[@JimmyBagOfDonuts]

Fascinating! In many ways, were are no more than a half-step advanced than these folks.

[@katrussell6819]

Hoping there is more to see of the Stonehenge show at the BM somewhere on line. I heard it is amazing. Wish I could go to see it myself.

[@rickbear7249]

David, Thank you for creating a video about the Barrows that surround the Stonehenge site. Since first visiting the iconic stone circles, I've long had a yearning to hear more about the incredible number of Barrows that encircle the henge. If those massive stones didn't exist, then those Barrows would be a visitor attraction in their own right; drawing people from around the globe. Discussions about removing the A303 road, possibly through a tunnel, often make mention of the "landscape" around Stonehenge. This video of yours, David, barely scratches the surface of why that 'landscape' is so historically and culturally important. Please, would you consider making a few more Curator's Corner videos to explain even more about those Barrows and their place in the landscape? I'm sure you have so much more to tells us. So, next time we visit this site, our eyes will be turned outwards from the monolithic stones, and we'll look out with new vision to gaze in awe across our ancient landscape. Thank you, Rick

[@rickbear7249]

By the way, David, when I requested a follow-up video about the wider landscape, I was referring to the immediate area around Stonehenge. There is plenty of material about the wider landscape, including Avebury, Durrington Rings, Silbury Hill, the avenue, etc., but a dearth of information about Stonehenge's immediate neolithic landscape, especially the hundreds of Barrows. Thanks, Rick

[@mrbutch308]

Wonderful! I was especially impressed by the fine workmanship of the gold objects. I wonder where they got their gold? Was it found within their own region, or was it imported from the continent?

[@Samouraii]

I believe there were gold reserves in Britain and Ireland at the time but also across in France and Brittany. I imagine given its rarity they would rework old gold object obtained through trade or passed down from their ancestors

[@CodCats]

too interesting it's unbelievable!

[@sybilvane645]

I love the way he talks.

[@wendywobbles1]

And we think humans today are clever and more intelligent than people from thousands of years ago, I think not! great video thank you for sharing]

[@jinz0]

just same with better access to info and technology

[@MontyCantsin5]

I don't know anyone who thinks that. Our cognitive capacities haven't changed for about 50,000 years.

[@theinqov]

I didn't know Philip Scofield worked at the British Museum.

[@patriciajrs46]

Thank you for a wonderful video and explanation. We, homebodies, don't know much about England and why these places wete created. Thanks again.

[@geraldcapon392]

Thank you.

[@josephskiles]

I really enjoyed this, thank you.

[@llc1976]

Fascinating

[@edgardocarrasquillo9]

Thank you Sir. Very interesting find.

[@barbarahuff117]

Good show.

[@kidkong637]

He resembles Yogurt from Spaceballs!! Lol😂😂😂✌️

[@Alanoffer]

Somehow I get the feeling that those days could have been the peak of human civilisation ,

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Not if you got a now easily treated disease it wasn't.

[@markhand4530]

What is interesting is how unlike egyptian tombs these mounds were never robbed by people which must mean the people living either never knew about the practise of burying grave goods or they had some much reverence of the chieftains they choose not to touch them, but obviously later generations must have forgotten about this mounds purpose as surely theives would have robbed it. Would welcome more knowledgable theories on this from others as i just curious about archeology but have no formal studies.

[@malcolmtudor8039]

"It is the rabbit! Look at the bones!"

[@chuckhillier4153]

Thanks

[@jinz0]

wonder what it would be like to talk to one of those people

[@spicehedge]

Do we know if he was heavily tattooed as show in the painting?

[@kbarbee3212]

Why would you not recessed the bone into the shaft?

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Why were there not cities in Britain at that time? Was there written language? Or what language did they speak?

[@RoganGunn]

There was no written language at that time, sadly. (*In Europe; writing existed in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley at that time!) The language was likely one of Indo-European origin - the Wessex Culture were probably descended from (or at least related to) the Hilversum, and Bell Beaker cultures. The language they spoke was likely pre-Celtic/Germanic split, and is called (by modern scholars) _nordwestblock_ - a German word meaning North West Block, unsurprisingly! Lots of caveats there as we of course don't know for sure, but it was probably Indo-European and related to modern PIE tongues. As for cities, I do not know for sure. The population was very small at the time, and people were quite spread out, only coming together at religious sites like Stonehenge for festivals etc.. People lived in villages made from wood that have not survived the eons, few stone structures survive. This was a largely agricultural society - there probably _were_ towns, but these would be small by modern, or even contemporary Mesopotamian standards, as the population was so low.

[@Kim-lc3fv]

@@RoganGunn thank you for your answer.

[@brlvper4]

Man dropped his whole inventory on death and we're just looking at it

[@BobMonty99]

Stone Henge used to be the centre of this country also look up ‘doggerland ‘where the UK was joined onto France Holland Scandinavia until the big comets came along ?

[@craigthomas652]

Shows how we where more advanced than the Romans made out! thousands of years before they even arrived.

[@StefanScripca]

Now all I wish for is a show about the Stonehenge's ruling family. Preferably made by the same people who made Rome.

[@JamesBarraletMusic]

It is likely that sophisticated society existed in Britain before Egypt. Most likely sourced in Orkney (the very ancient Ring of Brogdar).

[@OddLeah]

We have been 'human' for a VERY long time.

[@albundy9597]

If you stand outside a pub on a Friday night at closing time you wouldn't be so sure.

[@RoganGunn]

@@albundy9597 Nothing more human than getting drunk and beating seven shades of ... out of your neighbours, sadly!

[@salrivera7578]

He wasn't only a teacher a philosopher he was to a shaman well respect and admire by all such things can be follow to the iberian peninsula celts and he to was a warrior when time came i think people are wrong I see philosopher and shamans abilities were the key to success in every ancients civilizations but special the celts and besides that came down to the second step the warriors with heart in the battlefields here is two different steps that it nd each others to survive and made a civilization they go hand to hand even today real simple

[@letiekllib]

We love the British Museum it is a place of UnCommon Merit! We visit two or three times every other year when we visit London (our favorite city). billkeitel USA

[@Haseri8]

More local museums!

[@shiddy.]

I believe this man would be proud to know that he ended up being the richest person to be buried there maybe he wondered and worried about someone else richer then him coming along in the future and taking that title from him 👍 bravo man, you did it - you won also, bravo to everyone who knew what he was buried with and kept it secret so it wouldn't be looted

[@warrenwalker8170]

It also tells us that he had a straight edge when he made the marks?

[@davidbenner2289]

Sounds like my fire & rescue station. I kept my firefightrers busy. Anything for their lieutenant.

[@copyrightcharacter1166]

These artefacts are as impressive as those daggers found in Egypt... If these were on display in the Egyptian hall no one would batter an eye.

[@cowlevelcrypto2346]

Stunning find. I often ponder what the legal passage of time is required before our archeology is no longer considered grave robbing?

[@Foxglove963]

CowLevelCrypto. That's a good question. In the Netherlands for instance, so many digging companies have a license to dig and ruthlessly wipe ancient barrows and Celtic temples. The diggers don't love the places and hence don't fully understand them and miss obvious features solidly linked to measure and astronomy. Some barrows have been excavated three times!

[@hetrodoxly1203]

I think it's 99 year lease in a cemetery in the UK, many cultures dig up the bones and store them communally to make room for more people to be buried.

[@gonefishing167]

So interesting, thank you. ‘Wow’ just doesn’t cover it. 👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@jameswalker3980]

Why was Stone Henge moved and why don't you know where the original site is...?? I An J-1022.

[@charlescoult]

It's interesting how the way it was discovered is considered 'history' now as well, albeit more recent.

[@patrickskelly7520]

In other words this guy was just like all other leaders and more than likely had the gift of gabbing. Our politicians are the same today.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

These were the black Rasta Kangs of the Wilshire hood.

[@adventussaxonum448]

Plot spoiler for the new BBC series.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

And understood astronomy and mathematics. Again not so much today among ordinary folks.

[@geezzerboy]

Burying great wealth in the ground is a pretty weird custom. Was the treasure expected to remain there forever? Did they expect the objects to be found in the future? No one who knew where it was, stole it. How would burying treasures commemorate a great chieftain?

[@martywanlass4774]

It was mentioned that these were buried with the Chieftain to go with him to the afterlife. Much like the ancient Egyptians.

[@geezzerboy]

@@martywanlass4774 What kind of after life would require wealth of some kind? What would it be used to buy? If the deceased was taking it with them, why bother with elaborate security? The people who stole the treasures knew they were real, with no 'spiritual' consequences for stealing them.