The Secrets of our Sites | Stonehenge | with Mary-Ann Ochota

Stonehenge in Wiltshire is a wonder of the ancient world and perhaps the most iconic prehistoric monument on Earth. But to fully understand what this unique place meant to the people who built it, we have to look to the wider landscape... revealing some surprising connections.
Join anthropologist and author Mary-Ann Ochota as she uncovers some of the hidden secrets of this world-famous English landmark.
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[@matthewwillis5242]

Thank you so much for taking time to discuss Woodhenge and the surrounding landscape. I think it’s becoming more and more clear that Stonehenge was just one feature in a massive complex which evolved over thousands of years.

[@davestelling]

This was easily the best I've ever seen having to do with Stonehenge. Thanks...

[@shankhadipsett1674]

In dire need of a time machine

[@jeffreycraven8154]

As a once professional student with minors in anthropology and history, classes in archeology, plus a degree in something else, I'd say guessing the meaning of anything which is ancient is no more scientific than three witches stirring a pot. Only way to know would be a time machine.

[@raraavis7782]

The thing with the animal bones is fascinating. If only, there was a way to actually know for sure...

[@Pandorash8]

My late husband and I visited Stonehenge on our honeymoon (we’re from Australia) in 2013. We weren’t sure whether or not it would be touristy and overrated, but still we were drawn to it. It did not disappoint. We visited at sunrise in December and it was magical. What a special site. I hope to go back one day and bring my children. Great video too. I wish I had seen it before my visit as I would have liked to have explored more with the wider context. I can’t help but theorise that perhaps the area was a funeral rite. That the funeral/wake was celebrated at Woodhenge (perhaps meat left on the bones was a share for the deceased), followed by a procession to Stonehenge where people were laid to rest...

[@sashika6053]

I love Stonehenge!!! So beautiful!

[@Revelation18-4]

It's pagan.

[@sparklight0964]

@@Revelation18-4 Its a stone you don't know what happen there. If its pagan so what?

[@lucycarl6301]

The aerial view of WoodHenge looks like a giant loom

[@hilmir]

i am visiting on may 11th, 2022. so excited!

[@clairecar9390]

So interesting thank you! At first glance, the timber henge appears to be a building foundation of some kind? An ancient resort for the Stonehenge visitors perhaps? 🙂 Also, I’ve always wondered if the negative spaces between the Stonehenge stones have significance. Watching the winter solstice just now, there appears to be the rough shape of a pregnant woman silhouette. I’ve also wondered about whether there were any wild animal migrations being emulated. A particular “significant” bird migrated from the area where the stones were sourced, down to where they were placed every year?

[@BriarCrawford]

Loved this!! Thanks for the history on Stonehenge.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thank you for all of this information.

[@melfisher1683]

Happy Birthday Mary-Ann!!!

[@arundasmohandasgirija9577]

Thank you Mary, well explained.

[@Littlejoys24]

This is beautiful, thank you

[@walternicolas1734]

Hello how are you doing today 💕

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Thank you. Enjoyed this. Such a wonderful place

[@jronkowski4346]

Fantastic, informative, thank you

[@Rosenmone13]

Thank you for share your wisdom of stonhenge dear sister ♥☆

[@kaiabea280]

This was so wonderful 🤗

[@ArchaeoastronomyDatabase]

Very well done, thank you!

[@DIANA-rv7zn]

Very well done, Thank you!🙋‍♀️🇨🇭

[@jennglow4647]

Very cool 😀

[@e.e.s.6076]

Amazing! As usual :)

[@carveraugustus3840]

great stuff, thanx

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[@daisyxfaith]

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[@imranzazai7404]

@@daisyxfaith yes I am in Afghanistan. Thanks

[@kikidee3204]

I'm sure I see a documentary with my Dad when I was young where they found whole oak trees buried upside down along certain coast lines in the wet sand at certain beaches around Britain can anyone else confirm this for me ?

[@Plasma-Rules369]

Mud flood of 1902.

[@tilila5780]

Thank you, its amazing. I think that the Amazigh from north africa, we call them berber who built those stones . Because we have like those stones in Morocco . In my village in souss, people made high stone to count by sun, if the sun rise on in this place its a time of an event.

[@thethaisananikonefamily4769]

Oh wow amazing 😻

[@lindalaw8368]

Fun to speculate! Maybe the holes held Timbers and people were buried there. Beginnings of an ancient Celtic culture that were attracted to forests?

[@fjell6543]

Which way up we're the trees inserted into the ground? I like to imagine the trees being excavated from the ground with great care to preserve the roots. The trees were then replanted bottom up, the rootstock splaying out skywards, creating a roof for the henge.

[@2l84t]

Seahenge only larger ?

[@TheRealBaxterslideralus]

Stonehenge has been rebuilt, twice at least, what is on display is a reimagined construct

[@joelmosier125]

Stonehenge is the 1st Mother symbol the same as the (Lingam) in India. (Earth, Erda, Erdan, Eden) German for dirt. The entire planet is Eden. All Terrans understand this I am J.Terran the only Terran to be born on Eden. Thank you for sharing your video.

[@jastheace03]

May I add that that the centre of Stonehenge was also a voting area??

[@jigold22571]

Salisbury Plain Forensic Anthropology at it's finest.

[@scottsaleff8848]

Lots of ifs and perhaps, still enjoyable

[@ajclements4627]

Not the last lol.

[@aidenshogun.5375]

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[@joelmosier125]

How do you approach (Unique) English Country sides? You (Uneeek) up on them. Lol 🤣

[@mariafarrugia1192]

This women is good example on how women should conduct themselves in the media...THANKYOU Marianne for being an intelligent example of a female.

[@keryldelrosario5258]

First ❤️❤️

[@joelmosier125]

You 2 woman your combined colors of (Red and yellow) are Taoist/Taoism colors representing Red- Sun/1st Father/ Sun-Sunlight causes gravity and Yellow- Earth/Eden/1st Mother. The (T/Tee shapes) found on some of the megalithic stones represent Taoism- Flow of the Universe. Sun-Sunlight causes gravity and has small magnets flowing from the Sun to the planet, Positive to negative (Dust, Dirt, Stone) is a negative charge. While opposites attract. (People, Plants and animals) have Big magnets flowing from Negative to positive, left to right and have a positive Aura and are connected to the planet. All Terrans understand this.

[@advanceringnewholder]

Second

[@bobblue_west]

How does Eng. heritage justify charging 19GBP to see the stones? "looked after" What exact maintenance is needed? Massive scam.

[@limelight1397]

Concrete. Renovation. There is a lot of damage from the elements.

[@mazzy8216]

@@limelight1397 yes, I've recently seen some footage of Obama visit, but the one that got me awake was a photo from way back, but to know that in 1700 was reconstructed? Or built then and this was a big bluff that stonehenge is not old at all?

[@limelight1397]

@@mazzy8216 No. The stones are coming from Wales as archeologist said/found but there are many opinions how and why Stonehenge was created. I've seen several docu's on history channel and they have different explanations. The latest I know about was that it was an ancient calendar for harvest time and so on. That make sense to me. But it is very old no doubt about that.

[@brendo7363]

Anthropology was invented because psychologists kept complaining about being the least credible science.

[@ellisctaylor74]

They are not YOUR sites

[@MaryAnnOchota1]

I meant 'our' in the widest sense - yours and mine, not English Heritage's. They have the specialist knowledge to help look after and interpret them, but they are OUR sites.

[@Shotzeethegamer]

Don't look very english.

[@england6013]

What does 'English' look like?

[@hetrodoxly1203]

Why?

[@Shotzeethegamer]

@@hetrodoxly1203 If you have to ask you are probably brown.

[@mrdarren1045]

So what. Why is that one bit relevant?