What's the meaning of Stonehenge? I Curator's Corner S4 Ep2

[@thegingerbreadman5149]

This curator is so nice. Keep up the good work; one of my dreams is visiting the British Museum, so I absolutely enjoy all these videos.

[@magecraft2]

There are so many incredible museums and galleries in London I went for a week (just to visit them) and only scratched the surface :)

[@thegingerbreadman5149]

I also want to visit the Natural History Museum! One day I’m just going to hop on the Queen Mary 2 and make a transatlantic trip.

[@nicholascarter2640]

If your dream comes true, don’t spend one day, spend a week, and that’s still not enough

[@giantred]

I enjoyed this video so much that I turned the volume up to 11.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Well said! And the extraordinary thing is that the largest stones are only 18" high... ;-) [If anybody's not sure what Giantred and I are talking about, we're referring to a couple of stupidly funny scenes from the film 'This is Spinal Tap'.]

[@DirtyRobot]

Stonehenge, from a time when the UK traded with Europe.

[@azzymj]

Very interesting! I've never heard about the carvings on the stones before

[@labibbidabibbadum]

The guy just added them. For the lols

[@BrightSparksAsia]

I really enjoyed this. What a treat - thank you.

[@maureenrhysjones4643]

Fantastic! Please do more of these mini doco's on this area, I grew up in a village near Stone Henge! I love the stones, whenever I visit my solar plexus fairly sings!!

[@BrunoDeMarques]

I visited the Stonehenge last year. It has this sophisticated “Interpretation Center” - so that you pay to see it and go through the huge gift shop - and all I learned was that nobody really knows anything about it. And this video confirms it LOL

[@miekekuppen9275]

These are all so much fun!

[@secretagent86]

i visited both about 2000. thoroughly enjoyed the british museum... could spend weeks there. i always imagined the STONES to be much larger than they are in person though. still very very interesting. love this channel

[@emmamaclachlan1971]

Stonehenge could be a gathering place for all the tribes to come together... for religion, trade, festivities, all sorts of discussions and learning, strengthening bonds and vows between tribes.

[@cameronparham5067]

I love your excitement.

[@b3z3jm3nny]

Anyone else think of the Ylvis song?

[@floriantison519]

All that I am thinking right now is that I want to buy a Civic.

[@memorandom7484]

You spelt _Spinal Tap_ wrong.

[@kahorere]

I came here specifically for this comment

[@cerridwen20]

they probably named it like that because of the song :-D

[@duggiebader1798]

No!

[@dzcosimo]

What's the meaning of Stonehenge? It's killing me that no one knows, why it was built 5000 years ago!

[@willemvandebeek]

My bet is; gravestones of forgotten kings

[@stormsurge1]

@@willemvandebeek I think it's either a giant granite birthday cake or a prison far too easy to escape.

[@Elainerulesutube]

A place for weirdos to gather.

[@LorenzoCavallini90]

Cosimo Della Santina How could they raise the stones so high, completely without the technology we have today?

[@fredygump5578]

Watch the Time Team special about stone henge. It goes into a lot more detail about how it was used. An archaeologist proved that it is connected to another timber henge up the river...connected by roads that lead to the river, and of course rivers were like roads back then. And it's believed that the two monuments together represented life and the afterlife--the wood henge represented life, and the stone henge represented afterlife. (The same archaeologist discovered the thing about the "blue" stones being moved. Originally they were evenly spaced around the perimeter of the henge. Props to them for including that bit of info!)

[@Sirmellowman]

These people are so interesting and unique

[@BarbaraMerryGeng]

Wonderful presentation. I would love to visit one day, and to experience the PLACE .🙇🏻‍♀️

[@NatasaPantovic]

thx for that! Love the subject!

[@inessamaria2428]

Stonehenge is an amazing place! I am so gad I had the opportunity to visit it in 2018! I hope one day I can go back for a new visit.

[@kenc2257]

You could probably visit any time within the next 5,000 years or so; it'll still be standing...

[@danf1862]

The carvings of the tools is very likely where they poured the metal for a new axe while it was being hewn from the stone. At least thats what it looks like to me.

[@PeterGaunt]

Lovely video. I used to go to Stonehenge occasionally in the 1970s and 1980s when you could actually touch the stones and even sit on them. I visited again with an American cousin three years ago and the experience was underwhelming to say the least. It was no longer possible to get amongst the stones which meant it was like looking at Westminster Abbey (for example) from the outside only. A great shame. Yes, I understand that we want to preserve and conserve it but to the casual visitor it is a 'dead' monument and is kind of pickled at some point in the past 30 years. It's a pity you didn't mention the modern graffiti above the ancient dagger and axe carvings. Those carvings were maybe the graffiti of the day. Stonehenge somehow needs to be preserved as a living monument so that some sense of awe, wonder and romance remains. [ I'm not talking about 'mysticism'].

[@christianfrommuslim]

I was there in '77. So glad I too had a chance to walk with the stones.

[@comface]

How did they build the stones so high? Even without the technologiiiiiie... ...We have todiiiiie?

[@fredygump5578]

Well, because the JCB hadn't been invented back then, it had to have been aliens. Definitely aliens. There really is no other possible explanation.

[@theZCAllen]

Are you having a right giggle m8?

[@sent4dc]

same as pyramids -- piled up dirt in a low slope, pushed those stones up on it and then took the dirt away. (Sand for pyramids.) If you have a lot of time and slave power you can do it too.

[@voidremoved]

@@sent4dc that is insane. the pyramids were taken apart by slaves not put together. the Egyptians moved in after the Giants who built it had left and cleared most of their technology out. that's why there is Egyptian carvings of them exploring, but no instruction of how they built it, because they did not. high tech alien giants did all the pyramids all around the world and its free power like tesla, wtf ppl… damn.

[@TheSaneHatter]

At least it's not in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

[@williamblount5199]

Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.

[@heden1460]

Have you all seen the British Time Team tv show and the excavation they did on StoneHenge? They uncovered a lot of of what was Stonehenge.

[@zhain0]

that was awesome, ganna have to rewatch that tbf. all i remember was lots of burial sites/pots/holes/bones

[@dirkbonesteel]

There is a connected "Wood Hendge" associated, with a trackway. The Woodhendge area was about life with evidence of some major feasts and parties. Surprised they didn't mention it here, interesting enough to look up

[@GildaLee27]

Yes, it's at Durrington Walls, ~1 mi from Stonehenge. It's the largest henge in Britain, and as you said, made of wood rather than stone. There's a great Time Team episode about this: Time Team Special 21 (2005) - Journey to Stonehenge (Durrington Walls, Wiltshire) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHa7YqhpjJeim6M Super interesting.

[@yogumba5259]

big rocks innit

[@DoctorCymraeg]

1:23 Didn’t find the Mold Cape in those barrows though, huh? 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@tizanenr]

I only went on this video to see if someone would mention Ylvis in the comment section. I was not disappointed 😂

[@ilariamatteoni8353]

Same! HAHAH

[@zappawoman5183]

I thought he worked down the chip shop?

[@ecurewitz]

I was hoping for Spinal Tap, also not disappinted

[@juliaconnell]

interesting - but - what is the meaning of Stonehenge?

[@kenc2257]

No one really knows--as the 2 presenters said, Stonehenge predates "history." Still, lots to learn from studying it, and the human activities that surrounded it.

[@vaneast411]

don't expect those two to know...

[@davidevans3227]

can't get over bringing stones from Wales..

[@sherylcrowe3255]

I recently heard a theory about those round "artifacts" were actually a component to the device used to transport the stones to their present location. A kind of ball baring?

[@egparis18]

Ball baring is rude.

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

Sorry, we finns just had some fun the summers 2495-2 BC. It's a circular sauna. Thanks for the upkeep celtic friends.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Otto Lehikoinen Got any photos?

[@StoicChav]

Lol

[@fraglast6809]

I heard it was either a giant granite birthday cake, or a prison that’s somewhat easy to escape from. If only I had a Honda Civic!?

[@nikogrujic6807]

Stonehenge was a hardware store something like lows or Home depot !!!? People would come from all around England to trade tools and seeds !!!?? And probably had a hot dog stand JUST in case you travel a long ways and starving !!! So yeah that's my version of Stonehenge . Greetings from LAS Vegas

[@guytiips3906]

How they installation the stone ?

[@jameshardison5618]

I’m disappointed that they did not mention the fact that what we see today is an educated guess that was reconstructed in the 1950’s. Many of these stones were tipped over and/or laying on the ground and crews came in and “put it back together”. While they very likely knew what they were doing and the rehab may be close to accurate - it should have been acknowledged in the video.

[@davidf2281]

Exactly this. It's so weird that it's not mentioned. I think in a decade or two there'll be a kind of confessional event where the conservators of that period acknowledge and apologize for today's sweeping-under-the-carpet of such well-documented and obviously significant reworking.

[@MrVevlet]

I’m so glad you made this comment! I was so confused as how stone remained upright for millennia. Reconstruction makes way more sense. I wish archaeologist conservators would openly acknowledge this maintenance like art conservators do. I LOVE ancient history but it’s hard to shift fact from fiction especially when reconstructions aren’t acknowledged.

[@garygalt4146]

Andrew Kendall nonsense. I was taught in junior school 67 68. I would of been around 8 years old. About the restoration work between the wars and in the 50s. So how where/are the government hiding these facts when it was taught in school. Stop being a conspiracy nut

[@garygalt4146]

Andrew Andrew Kendall nonsense. I was taught in junior school 67 68. I would of been around 8 years old. About the restoration work between the wars and in the 50s. So how where/are the government hiding these facts when it was taught in school. Stop being a conspiracy nut

[@philmcdonald4778]

People from all over the world turn up to gaze at a lump of rock in Mecca............... People , it seems have been turning up at lumps of rocks for ages.

[@baetoven]

Great hashtag joke!

[@um-vl6on]

Even the stone henge is vandalized

[@supergolfdude]

Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well Stonehenge! Where a man's a man And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan

[@ecurewitz]

and we had a stonehenge monument in danger of being crushed by a dwarf

[@systlin2596]

It was actually me. I invented time travel, went back in time, and built Stonehenge just to mess with all of you :) But all jokes aside, I would love to go there someday; I find it fascinating. Stonehenge and the British Museum. Greetings from the USA!

[@jsmcguireIII]

The meaning of Stonehenge is to sustain an industry dedicated to endlessly concocting more myths about it. Bean going on for thousands of years now.

[@devtogoru]

Bean

[@tentringer4065]

Who's idea was it to do Stonehenge?

[@joannamallory2823]

Tent Ringer Eugene Stone Dragger...

[@dschonsie]

2:55 maybe stonehenge was just the world's oldest quidditch arena

[@paultambakis8171]

6:25 when the editor forgets to embed a link

[@Portondown]

The Truth is - Stonehenge is a ruin of a Magnificent Building!

[@Dreymasmith]

Pity Highways England and English Heritage think shaving a few minutes of a car trip is more important than anything we can learn from the surrounding landscape.

[@labibbidabibbadum]

When I went there as a kid they let you go in and walk through the stones. When I took my kids back there, it was fenced off. I think the meaning of Stonehenge was to let it sit there beckoning all humankind, and test which generation would put a fence around it. Thanks boomers. You did it again.

[@Duhya]

Look at the background at 6:00. Such interesting ancient carvings. What do they mean?

[@labibbidabibbadum]

@@Duhya They were instructions from the Druids to the boomers. The one at the top translates to: "One word - plastics."

[@bennyfactor]

Where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face.

[@worldofwoolol6082]

be nice ! she can't help what she looks like... sometimes she has a nice personality... : )

[@lazypizzaguy]

10 points to whoever posts a link to the song.

[@paulwiggins183]

" reaction to things that are about to come." ? What? Mmm.

[@vaneast411]

ridiculous

[@helmet2019]

beaker B/S

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Duncan built Stonehenge.

[@theholyghost]

Strange he didn’t mention the fact that Merlin built Stonehenge with majick

[@thedwightguy]

I thought we had already figured out it was an excuse for a twice a year BOINK FEST??? We don't want those genetics back in the small village to get too close together.

[@catrr2194]

Looks like the face of a watch

[@cultellus915]

That's because it is, a sundial to be precise.

[@michaelbooher3793]

I thought you were the young Graham Hancock

[@royalbloodedledgend]

Ancient Astronaut theorists say Yes

[@dan79600]

How do you know for certain the stones haven't been reconfigured over time? The oldest images of stone henge are 150 years old and it's obvious the stones have been reconfigured since then.

[@rubendez]

axis or axes?? academics.

[@BlackKettleRanch]

I hate when they title a video as thought they are going to have information to answer a question and they never answer the question!

[@BlackKettleRanch]

@ Retarded analogy.

[@kenc2257]

Because they/the British Museum--actually no one living today--knows precisely what Stonehenge was, or why it was constructed. It's still interesting, and an amazing monument (if it's meant to be a monument).

[@lallyoisin]

That's not an axe, it's a 🍄! I would like to know the company's name that does the carbon dating? Who's in charge? Who funds them? These dates are incorrect I feel and there should be more transparency with these tests! Just a feeling!

[@DenverDeathrock]

You didn't really tell us the meaning.

[@Mark16D]

I learned in school, that stone hendge was moved (stolen) from Ireland!.... Can you give it back please!!

[@cultellus915]

School doesn't teach anyone shit

[@bubarowe]

Bit of an odd title. It's like saying "what is the meaning of Birmingham?". It's nonsensical. "why was Stonehenge built?", "what was the porous of the Stonehenge complex?" either would have made a lot more sense.

[@sav7568]

These people make the false assumption that the people who were hanging around Stonehenge were the ones who built it. Not so. Stonehenge was built thousands of years before those people, sometimes called druids, came along. It was built to be an astral calendar.

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

So.. What's the meaning of stone henge then? 🤷‍♂️

[@nathanbritto568]

Its a party place, obviously

[@Kira_Yoshikage959]

Ylvis crying from distance

[@armchairwomanmao2922]

I thought Stonehenge is a replica as the original one was long gone??

[@owendewaal9805]

Ehm... no? It's rock, that stuff is quite durable, there used to be a second circle though, made of wood, that one has long since rotted away, but the stone one isn't a replica of that.

[@cultellus915]

@@owendewaal9805 Circles made of wood are thought to represent life while the stone henges represent death

[@owendewaal9805]

@@cultellus915 Interesting, didn't know that I think, although now you say it that does ring a bell, may have come across it in a documentary somewhere...

[@cultellus915]

@@owendewaal9805 I got it when I was researching the tragic fate of the Tisbury Stone Circle

[@DonHavjuan]

The video you all came here looking for. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Pcq5qbmsplo8k

[@readmylisp]

Why would Beaker people be attracted to Stonehenge ? ..There is no shortage of absurd rockery on mainland Europe .

[@ancientmariner7473]

Axes...or magic mushrooms......they've been eating magic mushrooms thinks I. They forgot to mention stone henge was completely rebuilt with mechanical excavators and cranes in the 20th century..... Nom nom nom magic mushrooms ........

[@MrDelvoye]

go and ask Ylvis

[@holmesholmes.8784]

First ?

[@ericohm9474]

This sounds really cool, until you realize that most of the stones where actually found toppled and scattered around only to be moved into place by SOME GUY in the 1920s with heavy machinery because he personally thought that's how the site was suppose to look. That would be like someone finger painting the inside of an Egyptian tomb because they thought that's what its suppose to look like. These "archeologist" of the 19th century had no respect for the history of the site, they just wanted to get famous for a discovery. Just look at all the countless hoaxes and fakes forged in the Victorian era for examples.

[@alexmarshall4331]

exactly Eric....it's smacks of archaeo-fashion moda 2000..give it 25 years🚫🕺🍒

[@cultellus915]

The victorians also had no respect for the preservations of archeological sites. The grotto at Wardour Castle, Tisbury is built out of the rubble of the castle and three stones from an ancient henge long lost known as the Tisbury Stone Circle. Just goes to show how much we've changed about our view on history.

[@liquidpig]

Well that’s not true at all

[@8460437]

So it wasn’t made in a fit of absent-mindedness.

[@jonathanryals9934]

Hypothetical Stonehenge narrative: the blue stones were seized as a trophy of war, and to circumvent revenge, they assembled a sacred circle of extreme size along with the blue stones at the new location.

[@cristerowarrior1450]

Stone henge was just at the death of the Neolithic Farmer and Aryan invasion and takeover

[@caninecurry5823]

Imagine placing you're self worth, or place in the world/ identity, on a set of 4000 year old rocks... sounds like the English are desperate to still feel special.

[@hensonlaura]

Not the meaning of Stonehenge. For academics you are very sloppy in your labeling practices.

[@fast1nakus]

we don't know. deal with it

[@Fiscacondaniel]

Its the place where king Arthur shall return and al england will be united

[@cultellus915]

where did you get this infomation from? As far as I know, King Arthur was born a couple thousand years after this was built P.S if this is true, I think now's a good time for King Arthur to return due all the B R E X I T

[@zhain0]

we all know its the druids portal to another dimension of pure natural balance, nice try

[@turinhorse]

5:50 is that fucking modern graffiti? some humans are shit

[@chrisjacobsen8473]

Disappointing stone henge is much much older the ruins were picked up and configured like that in the 1950s

[@borimirtheboring]

Looking through the comments for Spinal Tap references. I am very disappointed.

[@alexmarshall4331]

Not impressed wiltin Neil...it's fashionably appropriate with current mindsets but give it 25 years and we will see👎🚫👜😖

[@panama-canada]

Don’t like the rambling. Want the answer to the question that’s in the name of the video.

[@golDroger88]

Why do the British always say "Britain and Europe"? Britain is physically part of Europe, you know.

[@Phonite]

why do people say europe and asia when its all part of Eurasia?

[@golDroger88]

You're right, these days Britain feels more like part of Asia than Europe, with its draconic laws and ramping crime.