Unveiling the Secrets of Stonehenge: From Cremation to World Grid Theories
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Ugliest footwear I've ever seen.
Can we respectfully get a slight 'volume raise' on Simon's voice, from the editor, please and thank you? Lol I'm listening on an S21 Ultra and really feel it shouldn't have to be maxed out in order to clearly hear from what's not even 3ft away😅
Much love tho otherwise!💯❤️🔥
I'm on my 4th pair of Vessis
@@Phatxual I have two cellphones. Both are the same type of Andriod but different models. the older model has MUCH better volume. I think newer phones/devices are getting worse. I'm listening to this on the older model now, volume seems good.
I'd like to request a video on the Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine. It was declared extinct ages ago, believing to have gone extinct in 1936 and yet some Australians believe that they are still alive. New evidence shows that they may not have gone extinct until 1980-2000. And the Australian government receives sighting reports every year. Some reports even have videos. It would make a great topic.
SECONDED!!
I agree
I want this as well!!!! Ever since I was a little girl I longed to see those animals that went extinct within human recollection - the Tasmanian tiger being #1
don`t forget they were also native to new guinee and it`s widely believed there is a healthy population living there!
I pray they are still alive, the Outback is vast wildlands, after all... there is an inkling of a chance, and if we can find some living specimens, we may be able to repopulate, or at the very least have a protected population that is kept safe and secure.Magnificent creatures, I lament that we did nothing to help them.
American here. I have always felt the friendliness is a bit of a cultural "hey I'm not a threat to you" exchange. You hear "hey wonderful day isn't it?!". While we are actually saying "hello. I'm just trying to get a drink and get back to my car. Please leave me alone I am not prepared for a fight"
I make it a point to talk to any British tourists I see in the US just because I know they think it's weird for me to come up and talk to them 😂
As a current archaeology student in the UK I can confirm that archaeological projects today do, indeed, leave a great deal of any given site un-excavated. In fact, the only site I've excavated thus far that has been completely excavated was at a site slowly collapsing into the sea, so there won't be anything left for future archaeologists to dig anyway.
US Archaeological Surveyor here. I'm pretty certain that's standard procedure everywhere, these days. I've worked a few digs where full sites were excavated, but they were usually recorded, artifacts cataloged, and then the site was buried at least partially. Doing so allows us to see and document the entire site, while still preserving its integrity.
When I studied archeology way back when, one of the things one my professors said stuck with me: we should avoid excavating sites as much as possible, because our goal is preservation, and the trend shows that non-intrusive data-collection methods are getting more sophisticated year by year. Therefore, we should preserve the sites for future generations, who would hopefully have the technology to analyze them much more precisely than we could, and by disturbing the soil, we are essentially destroying their ability to do so.
The real question here is : are you any good whit a whip?
@@meryamdjeghri7737 nah, but I'm a surgeon with a slingshot! More Dennis the Menace than Indy.
@@Horvath_Gabor I like that, doing a proper job later rather than a half assed job now.
My Grandfather was part of the restoration team for stonehenge in the 1920s. He said they didn't really know what they were doing and just tried to make it look interesting. He use to laugh when people thought they had mystical powers!
Funny how this wasn't mentioned at all in the 'unknown' script.. I was surprised it didn't get a mention as it poops on the alien and energy theories as it was rebuilt by the Anthrobus family who owned the land.. hey ho
That’s cool. I’ve heard that a lot of the site has been reengineered which makes a lot of the theories subject to errors. It would be interesting if we could find records of what was done at the time
I thought that old painting if it pre restoration would come up
Construction of the roof! 😂😂😂 If I had been among those American tourists, I would have been quietly dying of laughter at the back. Not only would my dad pull something like that, but I also am sure at least half of ANY group of tourists would buy that story hook, line, and sinker.
When I was a kid, my dad would start telling us about various exhibits whenever we went to museums, especially aviation museums. It became a running joke to see how long it took him to attract an impromptu tour group, and how big it would get. He would be legitimately talking about the exhibits then,mind you. Sometimes there were over a dozen people by the end! 😜💖
oh my god! i never realised my father had another family lol hello sister from another testie! lmao dad was always making up crap, like when he told me that all the gunn clan went over and raped the keiths granny and thats why they had to leave scotland! i was 6 and went into school the following day and told my teacher (an elderly nun) the whole story! mom was called into the school and was asked very politely to tell my dad to behave himself! mom was regularly called into the school and normally it was because of my dad and not us! pmsl but, yeah he used to pull the "lets have fun with the tourists" crap as well like telling them pog mo hoan was an irish greeting and it was very important to say it when ever they met an irish person! that one was hilarious we continued doing it for years in the end i don`t think there was a person in the country hadn`t used it at least once on a tourist, you would be sitting down in a pub and they would come in shouting pog mo hoan at everyone and the whole place would crack up!!!
Your dad and mine would have been bff's :)
I love the times when Simon captures the befuddlement of Arthur Dent and combines it with the unfamiliarity and naïveté about earth of ford prefect.
When I visited England in 1970, going up to the stones was still allowed. Ten year old me was thrilled, and I enjoyed that day immensely.
I do envy ten year old you that experience. Bad apples chipping at something belonging to all of humankind as if it were theirs alone ruined it for us all.
When I went in 2017 the dawn tour was allowed between the stones, but not allowed to touch them
Fun fact: the oldest wheel yet discovered is in my home country of Slovenia and it was made in approximately the same time period as the supposed beginnings of stoneghenge - about 5k years ago.
I always find it really confusing when people say that things were done before the invention of the wheel. I mean, how do they know? How can we possibly know? 🤷♀️
I believe the American Indians were making toys with wheels around 10,000bc
But if the stones were moved using timber logs as rollers, wasn't that essentially using a wheel? They just didn't have the joinery skills yet to construct wheels.
@@he-landewalt9497 When people talk about things done before the invention of the wheel, unless it's a joke then the whole point is the fact that we don't honestly know. This is to inspire the imagination and just appreciate the fact that life did indeed exist before wheels were commonly known about and we were still able to survive. Therefore, place infinitely high value upon your own life and those of others, because people struggled their asses off simply to survive and further the human species. Being depressed is a luxury of such high value that 99.99% of humanity was never wealthy enough to even coming close to experiencing it.
@@sweetnumb wealth has nothing to do with whether you experience depression, in fact it’s worse in poverty situations. not a good comparison
My dad studied archaeology at Reading University many years ago, and he told me a theory one of his Professors had about why Stonehenge was so intricate and impressive. He believed that it was in competition with a different stone circle at Avebury, about 20-25 miles north.
Rafts are probably the most plausible method. Boats are really good at moving heavy stuff, because it takes almost no energy and (thanks to archimedes’ principle) you can float 1 ton per m3 of water displaced. Some of that obviously has to go to the raft’s weight, but a raft of dry wood only a few logs thick could easily float a couple tons.
7:30 - Chapter 1 - What is stonehedge ?
25:15 - Chapter 2 - Alternatives theories
28:20 - Chapter 2.1 - Aliens
Time team does an excellent deep dive on the entire landscape . I found it very interesting .
Tony Robinson appreciation comment here!
I haven't been to Stonehenge, or even England, but I have been to the astronomically aligned, full scale replica of Stonehenge located at Maryhill, Washington. The replica is of Stonehenge before it became a ruin.
I went to stonehenge for summer solitce and was on one of the stones with a drum circle in the middle ❤ the stones are warm to the touch which was surprising . Summer solstice was wild 🤘🏻🖤🤘🏻
Ideas for videos:
x Could the Pythia predict the future?
x How were the Easter Island statues created and transported?
x Were there flying contraptions in the past much earlier than the modern age?
x Is random chance a myth?
x Could certain people in the past live much longer than we do today?
x Can a serious hex cause psychic death?
I can absolutely understand that feeling of having a "religious experience" even though you're not at all religious or spiritual. Atheist here and yeah I remember whilst at a Natural History Museum they had a iron nickel composite asteroid/meteor that would have landed on earth something like a few million years ago and was estimated to be something like 3 billion years old; and you could touch it! Realising I was touching something in nearly the same state it has been since it landed on earth millions of years before any of our species was even born and flew around in space as a once much larger object for billions of years was like getting to touch the material of a prophet's or god's robe or something. Not enough to necessarily have you "on your knees worshipping" it, but enough to put you into a state of "awe" that you're getting to make physical contact with something that ancient and important. There are few things on Earth I could ever be allowed to touch with my hands directly that would anywhere near as old as it was as an unprocessed chunk of ore, even now that is a little mind blowing; everything I had ever touched before that moment and everything I have touched since is made of materials exponentially newer or more recently composited than that meteor.
I'm from the US and I totally know what Stonehenge is. It was in Spinal Tap.
Thought I was the only who kept thinking of that throughout this whole video 😂
@@SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish. Nah, man, we're both old. You can tell because your name and my reference were both from the 80's. :D
@@Marauder99991 They just don’t make ‘em like they used to… am I right?? 😂
Really enjoyed this one. I’ve never been to stone henge, but we have the Longstone on the isle of wight (6000 year old burrial site from the Neolithic period). I am not religious but I’m open to spirituality and religion I guess? Anyways, when I went to that site, and felt the age of the area… it was definitely very powerful. I totally get what Dave means!
12:33 Yeah back in the day we had to move blue stones uphill both ways in a snow storm.
Funny how nobody ever mentions Bru na Boinne, the megalithic tomb complex in the Boyne River Valley, North of Dublin. This site has three huge passage tombs and dozens of smaller ones but there is never any stupidity about alien builders, ley lines or other such rubbish. Anyone visiting Ireland, it's a must to see and I think Simon covered the most famous passage tomb, Newgrange, on one if his other channels. Whatever the case, I always have to laugh when these fringe theories completely miss it and other passage tomb complexes in Co. Meath, Co. Sligo and other locations across Ireland
Whoa! I have family in Ireland that live just the other side of Dublin from Brú na Bóinne, I think I now have an excuse to travel! :D
@paul wilson It's amazing mate. You'll love it. I make a trip there every year and it never gets old... excuse the pun 😳
not to mention that it`s older!
I'd like to see him cover the famine roads.
I've been there, it's beautiful! It was my favorite part of my trip to Dublin
I've been to Stonehenge and according to Google maps it's 5,388 miles away. This makes it basically in your backyard you should definitely go. I went on summer solstice and so too was granted permission in the circle and was able to touch the stones. I had a similar overwhelming feeling and I definitely think it was do to time. I’ve never seen anything this old or incredible.
Like, without the wheel, I can't imagine how difficult it would be to raise the stones, let alone place the ones on top. Absolutely mind blowing.
The thing is, people tend to have this idea that the wheel was "invented" out of thin air by some smart guy. In reality, it was the result of a long strings of inventions. When you put a heavy thing on a bunch of tree trunks and roll it, it is mechanically the same as a wheel, just less efficient and more cumbersome, so the process got optimized over a long time until you get the first "proper" wheel, most likely attached to some kind of rudimentary cart.
For bonus points, since rolling like that uses "unworked" wood, it wouldn't be preserved, and unless it's an already established civilization with writing and/or paintings depicting the process, there's literally no way to tell whether the technique was used. Sure, it's considerably less sexy than alien anti-gravity devices, but infinitely more probable.
The carnac stones in France would be a nice follow up. Thanks for the content as always Simon and Co. 🍻
If Simon decides to start a new channel, it should be a medical channel and describe different interesting medical things.
He's done a couple of horrid diseases on Into The Shadows.
He's gonna learn so many new words
Simon trying to remember the name for Taj Mahal is like anybody asking me ANY QUESTION UNDER PRESSURE, and my mind PANICS, even though I know the answer! 😂😂😂 Loving the quiz show music that Jen (I assume it's Jen editing) put on this for that segment!
I have a suggestion for a video on DTU Simon, It's about the Maco Light, an anomalous ball of light that appeared near the railroad tracks near Maco, North Carolina. According to the legend which goes back to the 19th century it's the ghost of Joe Baldwin, a railroad conductor who was decapitated in a train collision and returns to search for his missing head. Through out the years many have witnessed the light and explanations range from ball lightning to swamp gas, what is known is that the light disappeared in 1977 when the rails were pulled up and has never seen since.
I'll admit, I actually did kind of assume it was just some sort of elaborate stone calendar. But then when Simon mentioned aliens and the world energy grid, it just makes so much more sense and was so obvious that I feel like a total smooth brain now..
Oh hell yeah. Just finished work. Perfect timing!
I remember going there as a kid, you could basically park next to it, go up, run around it etc.
Telling the time seasonally speaking must have been very important when to plant, when to harvest and at Christmas, Dec 21st, assess your stores of food, the number of animals you have, knowing how long you needed to feed them before the spring. Slaughter the excess and have a feast?
You should do a video on Skara Brae and The Knap of Howar, actual houses, 5700 years old.
And also one on the origins of Easter and Christmas which go back long before religion?
"I'm definitely going to know some of this stuff *IF* I remember it" is basically the running theme of my life.
I am absolutely also a sceptical person and I believe the science/archaeology decisions about how Stonehenge came to be…… but if you are interested in Arthurian/Merlin legends the series of books by Mary Stewart has a wonderful realistic depiction of Merlin. He doesn’t have any magic powers (apart from some scrying/second sight type things very occasionally!) but is just a very intelligent man who received the absolute best possible education for a man in that time frame. The books say he didn’t build Stonehenge but instead raised the lintel stones from where they had fallen and laid a huge stone in the centre as a burial site for a king (not Arthur!) She describes him using a large workforce with ropes, pulleys and huge supporting framework to achieve what looked like (to the somewhat uneducated local workforce!) magic. She also talks about choosing to place the grave where it would be illuminated by the summer equinox. So no magic, no mysticism….. just a REALLY smart man surrounded by idiots! 😂
And if you're ever near Yakima Washington USA, there is an exact replica of Stonehenge as it would have looked complete. Definitely worth a visit too.
Goldendale washington, I visited a few years back. They also have a nice rodin art collection in the museum. Well worth a visit, not to mention great hiking.
Ah! Simon! You are always entertaining!
I'm inclined to believe several ton stones were moved using simple machines. There is a video I love that shows this guy who specializes in moving this tonnage for a living making his own Stonehenge. One thing he shows at the beginning is a track built with hills and valleys such that a certain sized block moving into a valley with little starting momentum would have the momentum to climb the next hill and fall into the next valley and so on. If it stopped, a slight push would get it to continue.
He set one of his blocks on a pebble and rotated it with a giant, wood caliper. To lift it,he ratcheted it up on a stack of 2X4's he stacked one at a time as he tipped the block to one side and then the other to slide in another 2X4. For the vertical pieces, he dug the hole and then made a diagonal chute from it to slide in and fall into the upright hole. The cross piece could also be lifted by the seesaw ratchet lifting tool.
Most of his work used levers, but one used an inclined plane and pulleys, roped pails of concrete attached to the vertical piece which he could release to let the vertical piece slide into place.
Lever. Pulley. Inclined plane. Three extremely powerful simple machines!
I got to go inside the circle on a university trip when I was 18 and I could literally feel the energy of the place. It’s still one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I’m 35 now
As an American myself I can sympathize with someone being taken aback by how talkative we tend to be in random situations. It is something about us that drives me completely up the wall. Whenever I'm just trying to do a bit of grocery shopping and some random lady starts talking to me for thirty minutes about her grandchildren, I want to jump right out of a window.
for most youtuber ads it’s pretty clear when they’re just reading the script or saying whatever, but when it comes to vessis, you can tell simon is saying everything with his whole chest. my guy likes his shoes
I'm so happy there was a Ylvis reference 😂
Also I feel like the English speaking world knows of Stonehenge at least.
I grew up an hour away and it was our go to place for French exchange students or any visitors. I always preferred Avebury. I love that I am watching this at the same time my partner is interviewing for a new project at Stonehenge
It wasn't aliens. It's never aliens. Or lupus. Except that one time it was lupus. 🤔 😂
Lupus always lies.
Wait...
My only experiance with British tourists was a pair of ladies that I shared a bus with going into NYC, we got to talking and the big thing they were interested in is they wanted to get a typical American breakfast.
"That's going to change the world." dramatic pause "And it did." That is the single best delivered line I've ever heard.
30:41
Simon if I was taking a drink when you said this, my drink would be all over my phone and bed..😭
In 2022, Stonehenge was illuminated to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. English Heritage stated they "wanted to show different aspects of the Queen, of her personality, of her interests and just really show what a special lady she is." The display is just one of many ways in which the UK came to together to mark 70 years of the Queen sitting on the throne.
Here's a hint for "trilithon" - tri means 3 and lith means stone. It means "has three stones"
"Time is really long."
-Simon Whistler, 2023
"'Time is really long.'
-Simon Whistler, 2023"
-Steve Boyd, 2023
A+ video!
Great topic.
I love history. Im old enough to remember, when the History Channel was about actual history. Suffice it to say, I havent watched the "History" Channel for many many years. RIP.
In the 90s, it had some great programming.
Stone henge is a beautiful place. I sat amongst the stones at sun rise on summer solstice. Unforgetable. ❤
Aw man I miss the longer episodes
Last night I listened to a few of his Uber long ones
Seeing you with that caffeine buzz makes me want some of that coffee. Great video BTW
I was about 6 when I went to the Henge with my parents. Many many years ago now! But I remember it vividly. It's so... out there. It has an impact
I just laughed so hard when Simon joked "WHAT DOES SEAMLESSLY MEAN?! Just kidding. It means without a seam. WHAT'S A SEAM?!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Idk why that was so funny to me, but I laughed so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi from America! I have a cat and enjoy hiking, boxing, yoga, and dancing. I also enjoy reading true crime and mystery thriller books. I had french toast with strawberries for breakfast! ❤
Im glad Simon is here to knock me back down to reality with this channel😂
We could make this hilarious episode a drinking game by drinking every time Simon says, "bro". We'd all be wasted right now. Ordering that coffee TODAY!!!
I’m American and not always friendly.
But I love Stonehenge. I lost my passport there and a lovely Englishwoman found it and returned to me.
I know you read some comments. I have been listening to you on spotify. I have not figured out how to rate and review yet or you would have positive reviews for me. I enjoy you work. You have a great voice for it. You have amazing writers working with you. I hope you are about to post more of your channels as podcast.
As an American and a light Southerner (Virginia is barely the south) my favorite thing is to strike up conversations with strangers. 😂
It seems to be quite easy to move stone slabs using only pebbles. Just throw a ton of pebbles in front, have several people pick up the ones in the back, etc, etc ;)
I love how i discovered Simon through warographics where hes super serious (rightfully so) and now im here watching him ask what seemless means haha i love it.
You should check some of his earlier brain blaze videos. Completely different person.
Hello, let me talk to you about business blaze, our Lord and saviour. Well, maybe not Lord, and absolutely no saving. Rather lockings up of people in the basement. Still. Business blaze. Check it out ^_~
I was raised less than an hour from Stonehenge and yes, way back when you could go up and climb over the stones. This was back in the 70s
I am very happy that i was able to see both Stonehenge and Carhenge.
I imagine the invention of the wheel being a separate event from the person who married two with an axle.
Almost a Bill & Ted's stoned evening.
29:36 in fact, they test them so much that they've even tested an alternate hypothesis that needs even less people for the carrying, but a bit more of ingenuity, based on probable circumstancial evidence (ancient carved rock spheres found in the area, which combined with a set of double wooden rails allow for the rocks to be moved with less than a couple dozen people); not to mention that there's the "dancing moai" style that allows just slightly over a dozen people to transport large pillar-like rocks by making them "walk" (also tested, but not with Stonehenge).
I'm with you on the small talk thing, Simon. I gew up in the Vancouver area, and people minded their own business there. Now I live on the east coast of Canada and everyone wants to talk to you for no reason, especially when you're working.
I remember going there in the 70's when you could touch the stones. I can remember seeing the writing on the stones from the 1800's lol.
Thanks for mentioning Ylvis. Never heard of them, so curiously I checked the song Stonehenge. It’s really funny, and it also sounds good.
They also did "What does the fox say?"
WHAT DOES SEAMLESS MEAN. Thanks Simon, I laughed so loud I woke up my napping 8 month old. Now I have to pause and come back to the video. Worth it, that was hilarious
I think it is understated how much people in the past had nothing better to do but sit around and think about the nature around them. People in the past had far more free time to tinker around with things. They also didn't have the internet, tv, or even books taking up their free time.
Just want to say me and the girlfriend absolutely love all your videos and channels and if I see a new one I save it so we can both watch together lol keep them coming especially the casual criminalist 🤘🤘
We been dumbed down physically we watch others do amazing things around us all the time but we go to dentist and stop at grocery then go home and gat out devices out to find out what somebody we have never met do something in a place we doubtfully will ever go.
And it’s great😀
i love Simons Vessi sponser reads i know Simon is pretty good at not taking sponsers he doesnt use but Vessi seems to be his spiritual moment ... i love my shoes 😮
17:18 Simon comin at us with how the Stone Age was built! 😂
American here: can attest that most of us love being overly friendly and chatty with strangers. A lot of joy is felt when exchanging little details about our day in an elevator or dog park, etc... and obviously cracking a joke and wishing someone a lovely day. Unless you're in like, NYC or Chicago, then you're going to get a very nasty look or worse.
I started listening to you on spotify. I enjoy your work.
7:52 saying Taj Mahal before he even says that palace in India because it was the first other Civ 6 wonder to come to mind
I loved this episode, Stonehenge is a place close to my heart, I love it's history. I recently watched on YT a video: The Astronomy Of Stonehenge | Simon Banton | Megalithomania; (3yrs ago, 2019/2020); where Simon discusses the discipline of archaeoastronomy and how through it's use they'be been able to confirm some of the possible uses of Stonehenge over time. Absolutely fascinating to watch & not a single alien in sight. Definitely worthwhile following up & watching for those interested , & googling Simon as there are quite a few articles about the work that is currently going on at SH. Do as to what all good archeologists do: Diggy dig dig :)
I think that the Arthurian legend was considered to have some truth to it until fairly recently. I'm not sure if Geoffrey's book actually mentions historical people, but at least some of the Arthurian legends do mention some historical events and people. However, Arthur, Merlin, and the round table didn't exist.
Got a great photo of my mum and dad on their honeymoon in 1970 standing right by the stones (Stonehenge, not Keef and Mick) wearing fabulous matching Arran cardigans. You can see kids climbing all over the monoliths in the background.
Also it’s my personal belief that Americans true partners are Northerners as we do all love to chat to basically anyone. ❤
The continuation of the joke at 17:00 made me laugh IRL lmao classic whistle boy
American here; seeing Stonehenge is definitely on my “bucket list”
Don't flog me shit, Simon.
It's getting like the Rusper car boot sale in here.
Love you ❤
lol that coffee sounds fun.... Dropped 2 Vivarin in my cup today
I went to Stonehenge when I was a kid, with my parents and my older cousin. It must have been in the late 70s. Yes, they let you walk around among the stones and touch them as well. It didn't do a thing for me, TBH.
It was even worse for my father. He said "You know, I bet a bunch of guys just decided to put stones in a circle one day just to troll (even though that term wasn't invented yet) people in the future."
You should ask one of your contributors to do a piece on "Wood Henge" ... and that did have a roof!
You're right. In the 60s you could wander around the stones and have a picnic on them! Been there, done that 😅
It was rebuilt three times in the 20th century. The last time was 1958 when the stones were reset up and set in concrete. Rebuilding would probably reconfigured how the stones were aligned but who can be sure. So much for being using it as a calendar and probably the reason I can’t refuel my spaceship
I am obsessed with ruins, but for some reason I was not super interested in Stonehenge when I visited. I think it was partially the fellow students I went with were from my theatre background, not environmentalism so they cared more about the stylistic and production aspects of Stonehenge, while I get very uninterested when people speculate on how it was built. I love thinking about culture and traditions regarding prehistoric people/monuments. They sold mead in the gift shop though so I was still very happy
In 2003 my then roommate and I went to London for a Tomorrow People party. While we were there, going to Stonehenge was high on her "to do" list. I had gone there in 1995 with my mother and I was more than happy to return with her. Because of her vision, she was allowed to go into the stones and touch them - I was SO jealous, but I got a picture of her in there. There were things we did that I had done years before with my mother, The British Museum, the Tower of London, and there were things we didn't do, go to the Sherlock Holmes Museum and pub. She wanted to go to the Wax Museum and I had heard of a street that is kind of a ongoing flea market. In fact, on that street, I was asked several times if I would sell my suitcase - that I had painted to look like the Tardis... I was told I could make money selling them, but I live in Texas.
221 B Baker st, went there when I was 10 as I am a massive Sherlock fan (I'm from Australia so not an easy trip to make).
That flea market street is called Portobello Road :)
The film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" has a fantastic song about it :D
@@CatnipBanana That's right... it has been 20 years since I was there... and instead of being 49.5 years old at the time, I'm now going to be 70 at the end of the year.
Simon was buzzing on that coffee, lol! 😂 It’s a shame tourists aren’t allowed to get close to the site anymore, but I understand why not.
You guys should look into the origins of Enochian, the Angelic Languange. It has a con man, infidelity and the chosen prophets questioning angels about buried treasure.
Wanna hear something wilder about how little Simon says he remembers about Stonehenge? He literally did a geographics about it 3 years ago. Simon is my spirit animal
I was in a weird situationship a couple of years ago with this guy who believed wholeheartedly that Stonehenge was made by aliens, for aliens, and I was like, in my head, “Well, that’s a red flag.”
Because I know for a fact that it wasn’t aliens. Well, it wasn’t aliens in the first century BCE anyways, before the Romans invaded. It was a place for honoring the dead, for seasonal celebrations and for community gatherings between the British Celtic tribes. And I know this to be true because I did a past life regression and I was there.
Then again, I also think that my 4yo is the reincarnation of my favorite cat, so take my theory with a grain of salt.
Let the big brains with degrees and, you know, evidence, guide your opinions. Not some random crazy person on the internet. Or on the “History Chennel”
You and your former situationship sound equally insane,y’all made a mistake breaking up
@@oldworldpatriot8920 Fairpoint.😂😂😂
I was there too.
@@cassandraunheeded nice!
I thought the alien theory was wacko….
when i visited stonehenge for the first time, um around 2000, i wasn't surprised at how big it was. i was shocked at how _small_ it was. i expected it to be taller. walking around it is what made it feel large. that takes a while.
I felt a same sense of peace at Stonehenge, but even more at the top of Glastonbury Tor. I guess I should see if you’ve done a Geographics video on that. Or a Decoding the Unknown?
I love the silly background music during the 'aliens' bit. XD
My dad went on a school trip to Stonehenge & the only thing he remembered about it was losing his nice pen.
I didn't realise teleprompters were so cheap. I have no use for one, but nice to know they're affordable. Thanks!
Aliens: "It was a long 350 million LY trip: We cannot land because some tourists have taken some of the landing pad stones."
Luckily Dave's dad is supervising the completion of the (roof) landing pad; It is totally true because I saw it on CNN.