1 00:00:01,736 --> 00:00:05,504 FOX: Stonehenge -- what was its true purpose? 2 00:00:05,506 --> 00:00:07,239 One of the great mysteries of the world, 3 00:00:07,241 --> 00:00:09,108 and we're standing in the middle of it. 4 00:00:09,110 --> 00:00:12,644 Was it a primitive calendar, an altar to the gods, 5 00:00:12,646 --> 00:00:14,713 or was it something otherworldly? 6 00:00:14,715 --> 00:00:17,750 It definitely feels sacred. 7 00:00:17,752 --> 00:00:19,852 A revolutionary new theory has brought 8 00:00:19,854 --> 00:00:24,490 this 5,000-year-old puzzle back into the headlines. 9 00:00:24,492 --> 00:00:25,958 And the truth could be hidden... 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,259 [ Stone ringing ] 11 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:28,927 That's so cool. - That is amazing. 12 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:30,996 FOX: ...just below the surface. 13 00:00:30,998 --> 00:00:32,931 McKINLEY: It looks like there may have been 14 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:34,133 some surgical intervention. 15 00:00:34,135 --> 00:00:35,968 FOX: That's amazing. 16 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:38,937 FOX: It seems like there's an ancient power at work here. 17 00:00:38,939 --> 00:00:43,275 Up to 30 ley lines all converge at Stonehenge. 18 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:45,844 And I want to find the truth behind it. 19 00:00:45,846 --> 00:00:47,379 HANCOCK: Megalithic technology is 20 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:48,881 the missing piece of the puzzle. 21 00:00:48,883 --> 00:00:51,050 - Whoa! - That's what it's all about. 22 00:00:53,254 --> 00:00:55,687 FOX: All across the world, our ancient ancestors 23 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:59,024 left behind towering mysteries and enchanting myths. 24 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:01,460 That looks like a magic wand. 25 00:01:01,462 --> 00:01:03,195 As an actress, I've been lucky enough 26 00:01:03,197 --> 00:01:06,365 to peak behind the curtain at some of these ancient sites. 27 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:08,467 I've never been in a crypt before. 28 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:11,503 And it's ignited an insatiable curiosity in me 29 00:01:11,505 --> 00:01:13,772 to know more about these lost worlds... 30 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:16,942 It's amazing that under our feet there's so much history. 31 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:20,813 ...some of which are still buried deep in our distant past. 32 00:01:20,815 --> 00:01:23,082 That is amazing! 33 00:01:23,084 --> 00:01:30,556 ♪♪ 34 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:37,996 ♪♪ 35 00:01:37,998 --> 00:01:40,933 FOX: There's something epic, exciting, 36 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:43,735 deeply mysterious about Stonehenge, 37 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:48,907 and I am someone who's drawn into fantasy and magic 38 00:01:48,909 --> 00:01:51,110 and these ancient mysteries. 39 00:01:51,112 --> 00:01:54,446 ♪♪ 40 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,782 I've traveled over 5,000 miles 41 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:58,851 deep into the British countryside 42 00:01:58,853 --> 00:02:02,521 to Salisbury Plain, and for the first time, 43 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:06,558 I'll see the greatest unsolved puzzle of the ancient world -- 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,194 Stonehenge. 45 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:11,730 There's a strange feeling when you visit. 46 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:14,032 You know, there's definitely energy and power, 47 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:15,534 and it's such an amazing thing 48 00:02:15,536 --> 00:02:17,603 to think these people built this. 49 00:02:17,605 --> 00:02:19,071 I'm with Mark Conroy, 50 00:02:19,073 --> 00:02:21,874 a local historical expert who is as obsessed 51 00:02:21,876 --> 00:02:24,810 with this ancient stone monument as I am... 52 00:02:24,812 --> 00:02:26,712 I want to know why they put it there. 53 00:02:26,714 --> 00:02:30,115 I want to get to a truth if a truth exists. 54 00:02:30,117 --> 00:02:34,453 Places like this hold a key. 55 00:02:34,455 --> 00:02:36,855 Get ready. It's gonna appear on the horizon. 56 00:02:38,893 --> 00:02:41,527 FOX: For centuries, Stonehenge has mystified the world 57 00:02:41,529 --> 00:02:43,629 with its logic-defying construction 58 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:46,899 and science-baffling sophistication. 59 00:02:46,901 --> 00:02:49,968 Around 3000 B.C., construction began. 60 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:53,906 That's 500 years before the Great Pyramids. 61 00:02:53,908 --> 00:02:58,110 The stones, up to 30-feet tall and averaging 25 tons, 62 00:02:58,112 --> 00:03:02,814 were shaped by hand and placed with such laser-like precision 63 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:05,050 that the monument perfectly tracks the sun 64 00:03:05,052 --> 00:03:08,220 during the summer and winter solstices. 65 00:03:08,222 --> 00:03:09,922 It tracks the lunar cycle, 66 00:03:09,924 --> 00:03:12,191 and it can even predict eclipses. 67 00:03:12,193 --> 00:03:14,393 This is 2,000 years before 68 00:03:14,395 --> 00:03:17,696 the science of astronomy was even invented, 69 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:21,433 at least as far as we know. 70 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:25,237 Okay. Here I go. 71 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:28,607 FOX: Humans have been gathering here for 5,000 years, 72 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:30,976 but we still don't know why. 73 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:33,779 The mysterious people who built this monument died 74 00:03:33,781 --> 00:03:35,480 with their secrets. 75 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:38,250 It's almost like being on another planet. 76 00:03:38,252 --> 00:03:42,287 Most visitors are required to stay 30 feet away from the site, 77 00:03:42,289 --> 00:03:44,723 but today, I have special permission 78 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,593 to step inside the heart of the monument. 79 00:03:47,595 --> 00:03:49,061 It's an honor to get to do this. 80 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:51,463 We're very, very lucky. 81 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:58,570 ♪♪ 82 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:05,777 ♪♪ 83 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:10,115 They're so massive, 84 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:11,717 and also it just makes you aware 85 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:17,589 of what a small part of history 86 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:21,760 your little life is on this Earth 87 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,929 and that we're a part of this story 88 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:28,800 that's been going for millions of years. 89 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:33,572 It definitely had some sort of sacred purpose that was... 90 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:35,340 divine. 91 00:04:35,342 --> 00:04:38,143 ♪♪ 92 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:41,179 How did our ancestors build Stonehenge? 93 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:43,415 And why did they do it? 94 00:04:43,417 --> 00:04:46,551 Meet Si Cleggett, archaeologist 95 00:04:46,553 --> 00:04:48,487 and leather-jacket-wearing wizard 96 00:04:48,489 --> 00:04:50,889 worthy of his own Tolkien novel. 97 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:52,591 He has given his life to answering 98 00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:54,426 these centuries-old questions 99 00:04:54,428 --> 00:04:57,296 and has overseen some of the most extensive excavations 100 00:04:57,298 --> 00:05:00,198 ever performed in the Stonehenge landscape. 101 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,633 - You must be Megan. - Megan. 102 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:02,734 - It's a pleasure to meet you. - How are you? 103 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:03,802 - How are you? - Great to see you. 104 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:04,870 - How are you, sir? - Good, good. 105 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:07,539 Welcome to Stonehenge, the place to be. 106 00:05:07,541 --> 00:05:10,709 FOX: Si doesn't look like what you would picture 107 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:13,378 a mainstream archaeologist to look like. 108 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:15,881 He definitely has at least visited 109 00:05:15,883 --> 00:05:20,052 Middle Earth once or twice. 110 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:22,387 Right. So from the very beginning, 111 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:24,423 the very first part of Stonehenge 112 00:05:24,425 --> 00:05:26,491 is an enormous bank and ditch 113 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:29,428 that runs 360 degrees all the way around us. 114 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:30,929 It's right here just in front of it. 115 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:33,732 CLEGGETT: Yep. Right in front of you. 116 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:36,168 Stonehenge was built in phases. 117 00:05:36,170 --> 00:05:38,003 First, at about 3000 B.C., 118 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:40,939 they created a circular enclosure out of earth -- 119 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:44,710 the bank and ditch that now surrounds the entire monument. 120 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:48,246 500 years later, the stones come in. 121 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,082 The huge stones, called sarsens, 122 00:05:50,084 --> 00:05:52,551 were placed forming a horseshoe pattern. 123 00:05:52,553 --> 00:05:54,753 Then a massive ring of these giant stones 124 00:05:54,755 --> 00:05:57,856 was added to create the complete outer circle. 125 00:05:57,858 --> 00:06:00,025 300 years later, the smaller stones, 126 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:04,062 or bluestones, were placed in the center. 127 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:06,398 In total, it's estimated this would have taken 128 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,735 10 million man-hours to complete. 129 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:13,205 You end up with a massive cultural imprint 130 00:06:13,207 --> 00:06:14,973 that involves not just one 131 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:18,076 but a whole range of communities over time, 132 00:06:18,078 --> 00:06:23,915 finally ending around about 1800 B.C. to 1500 B.C. 133 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:26,485 Si and his colleagues believe the construction of Stonehenge 134 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:28,987 took about 1,500 years. 135 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:32,958 At that time, that meant over 50 generations of workers, 136 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,794 and even before construction could start, 137 00:06:35,796 --> 00:06:37,262 getting all these stones here 138 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:39,998 would have been a monumental task. 139 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,335 CLEGGETT: The sarsen came from anywhere between here 140 00:06:43,337 --> 00:06:45,904 and 30 miles plus to the north. 141 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:48,306 The bluestones are the smaller ones. 142 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:49,841 These had their origins 143 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:52,277 in the Preseli Mountains in Wales. 144 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,812 How far away is that? 145 00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:57,849 That's getting on for 150, 170 miles away at least. 146 00:06:57,851 --> 00:07:00,919 FOX: So the 90,000-pound sarsen stones, 147 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:02,854 the giant sandstones that were arranged 148 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:04,856 to create the outer ring, 149 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:08,427 came from as far as 30 miles away, 150 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:12,230 and the smaller bluestones, some weighing over 8,000 pounds, 151 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:16,735 came from southwest Wales, nearly 200 miles away. 152 00:07:16,737 --> 00:07:20,071 We're talking millions of pounds of stone, 153 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:23,475 and no one really knows how they transported it, 154 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:27,078 but to me, the most profound mystery of Stonehenge 155 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,914 isn't how they did it. 156 00:07:28,916 --> 00:07:31,516 It's why they did it. 157 00:07:31,518 --> 00:07:34,519 What drove them to build and perfect this spot 158 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:36,822 for over 1,500 years? 159 00:07:36,824 --> 00:07:38,557 So, what are some of the theories 160 00:07:38,559 --> 00:07:40,425 of what Stonehenge actually was? 161 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:44,196 Well, the landscape itself started out essentially 162 00:07:44,198 --> 00:07:48,166 as a place where people chose to bury their dead. 163 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:50,469 You could argue that this is a place 164 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:52,737 where shaman or priests 165 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:56,741 connected with the afterlife or with their gods. 166 00:07:56,743 --> 00:08:00,278 You can suggest this is a place for the worship 167 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,582 of celestial bodies -- the sun and the moon. 168 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:05,917 There could have been a whole load of things going on. 169 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:08,286 What do you think it was? 170 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:09,488 Ooh. 171 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:11,423 As an archaeologist or as a person? 172 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:13,158 [ Laughs ] Are archaeologists not people? 173 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,794 [ Laughing ] Depends what day it is, really. 174 00:08:15,796 --> 00:08:19,498 So, as a person, what do I think this is? 175 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:20,799 Amazing. 176 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:22,868 As an archaeologist? 177 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:26,104 Probably the biggest mystery mankind's got on the planet. 178 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:31,443 FOX: And on the front lines of deciphering that mystery 179 00:08:31,445 --> 00:08:33,411 is Wessex Archaeology, 180 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:37,249 just 10 miles south of Stonehenge. 181 00:08:37,251 --> 00:08:39,417 CLEGGETT: So, if you go through here... 182 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:42,254 For decades, some of the top scientists in the field 183 00:08:42,256 --> 00:08:43,855 have worked around the clock 184 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:47,425 trying to finally unlock the secrets of Stonehenge. 185 00:08:48,996 --> 00:08:50,795 What's the most far-out theory 186 00:08:50,797 --> 00:08:52,797 that you're willing to entertain? 187 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:57,102 [ Laughs ] I heard a guy during a conference, 188 00:08:57,104 --> 00:09:00,305 and he was suggesting the henges were designed 189 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:03,241 so that when the sun shines through the circle, 190 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:05,677 it comes out the opposite end of the Earth, 191 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,146 and that's why the Earth spins on its axis. 192 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,849 He presented that at an archaeological conference? 193 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:13,552 No, he presented it after a number of beverages. 194 00:09:13,554 --> 00:09:15,720 [ Laughing ] 195 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:19,724 But the really cool thing is we're slowly discovering more. 196 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,426 The Stonehenge landscape 197 00:09:21,428 --> 00:09:24,863 is a center point of humans' activity. 198 00:09:24,865 --> 00:09:29,501 Stonehenge is the most visible part of that landscape, 199 00:09:29,503 --> 00:09:32,904 but, actually, that's only 1% of the story. 200 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:36,575 It's saturated with structures beyond Stonehenge. 201 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,910 Shall I show you? Yes. 202 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:41,746 FOX: Stonehenge is just one piece of a massive puzzle 203 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:44,549 of mysterious structures that stretches for at least 204 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:47,152 30 miles in every direction, 205 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:48,453 like The Cursus, 206 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:53,191 a giant, two-mile-long, man-made oval; 207 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:54,593 Silbury Hill, 208 00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:57,295 the biggest prehistoric mound in Europe, 209 00:09:57,297 --> 00:10:00,732 equal in size to one of the pyramids in Giza; 210 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:02,834 and the Avebury Standing Stones, 211 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:07,138 a circle 10 times the size of Stonehenge. 212 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:10,609 It's a landscape was not only visited time and time again, 213 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:14,112 but people settled in and around the area. 214 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,481 Just two miles northeast of Stonehenge 215 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:17,983 is believed to have been a community 216 00:10:17,985 --> 00:10:20,418 of thousands of people and homes, 217 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:22,654 making it one of the largest ancient settlements 218 00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:24,522 in the world at the time. 219 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:28,093 This is a community barbecue on a grand scale. 220 00:10:28,095 --> 00:10:32,330 And at the center of it all is Stonehenge. 221 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:33,898 There had to be something that they were seeing 222 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:37,235 or experiencing there that they felt was profound. 223 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:40,438 We understand they're creating sacred spaces. 224 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,575 But the illusive bit is, what were they doing in there? 225 00:10:43,577 --> 00:10:46,811 Yeah. It's like an eternal Sudoku puzzle. 226 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:49,314 Ha! Yeah. Yeah. You're absolutely right. 227 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,650 What is it that keeps you from just, 228 00:10:51,652 --> 00:10:53,385 "Oh, I've been doing this for 40 years. 229 00:10:53,387 --> 00:10:54,619 We're never gonna know"? 230 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:57,589 It's because becoming an archaeologist 231 00:10:57,591 --> 00:11:01,459 has given me my own time machine. 232 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:04,929 It's like holding something in your hand 233 00:11:04,931 --> 00:11:07,799 and the last time somebody held that, 234 00:11:07,801 --> 00:11:09,934 the empire of Rome was collapsing. 235 00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:11,269 Yeah. 236 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:14,973 And what Stonehenge is about are the people, 237 00:11:14,975 --> 00:11:18,943 and that's also where you find the answers. 238 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:21,446 FOX: With no written records left behind, 239 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:23,982 Si and his team have turned to the real secret-keepers 240 00:11:23,984 --> 00:11:27,619 to decipher why the ancients built this mysterious monument. 241 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:34,325 Oh, my God. - Exactly. 242 00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:38,229 FOX: Human remains just recently pulled from the earth 243 00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:40,432 could finally provide the answers. 244 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:49,874 FOX: Stonehenge is an ancient Rubik's Cube 245 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:52,977 that has never been solved, 246 00:11:52,979 --> 00:11:55,447 but the scientists at Wessex Archaeology, 247 00:11:55,449 --> 00:11:56,781 like Si Cleggett, 248 00:11:56,783 --> 00:11:59,984 are leading the charge to decipher why it was built. 249 00:11:59,986 --> 00:12:02,620 These are the people that we're trying to understand. 250 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:04,689 - These are tiny, little bones. - Mm-hmm. 251 00:12:04,691 --> 00:12:06,925 FOX: They're looking for the answers in the people 252 00:12:06,927 --> 00:12:09,894 who lived and died here thousands of years ago. 253 00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:14,632 Mm-hmm. 254 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:20,338 FOX: People don't think of Stonehenge 255 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:23,274 as an active archaeological dig site, 256 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:26,177 but for these three recently excavated skeletons 257 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:28,747 pulled from the ground two miles from Stonehenge, 258 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:32,317 lab analysis has only just begun. 259 00:12:32,319 --> 00:12:33,718 I'm the first outsider 260 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,588 to be given access to see these remains. 261 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:37,622 - I'll introduce Jackie. - Yeah, of course. 262 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:38,990 Jackie, Megan. Megan, Jackie. 263 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:40,325 - Hello. - Hi. 264 00:12:40,327 --> 00:12:42,560 FOX: Jackie McKinley has been studying human remains 265 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:46,097 from archaeological sites for over 30 years, 266 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,233 and from her preliminary tests, 267 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:52,337 she's determined these children died about 4,000 years ago, 268 00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:56,641 1,000 years after construction started at Stonehenge. 269 00:12:56,643 --> 00:12:57,909 FOX: Do you know how old? 270 00:12:57,911 --> 00:12:59,377 Yeah, we've got a whole range. 271 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:01,679 This one is about 12 years of age, 272 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:04,816 10 years of age, about 3 to 4 years of age, 273 00:13:04,818 --> 00:13:07,786 and that's the order that they were laid in the grave in. 274 00:13:07,788 --> 00:13:09,320 We've got a video. 275 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:11,556 So if we look here, you can see, 276 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:14,492 first one in was the oldest one we've got here 277 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:15,927 who was laid on the right side, 278 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:17,929 curled up, leg tucked up there. 279 00:13:17,931 --> 00:13:19,430 Look -- going up there. 280 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:23,134 Then the second one, again, nicely tucked up inside, 281 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,371 and then placed over the top of them was the smallest, 282 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,907 the youngest one, lying here, tucked up 283 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:31,976 so that all their heads were sort of nestled together, basically. 284 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,178 [ Sniffles ] Stop. 285 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,079 I know. I know. It sounds awful, 286 00:13:35,081 --> 00:13:36,748 But it is almost like 287 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:38,683 you've kind of put them to bed, 288 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:40,118 and that's quite comforting 289 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,754 to think that they could be that close to each other. 290 00:13:42,756 --> 00:13:44,389 There's something very sweet about it, also, 291 00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:45,890 which is also very sad. Yeah. 292 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:47,225 I have three kids. 293 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:49,761 What you've got to bear in mind is people -- 294 00:13:49,763 --> 00:13:51,596 they didn't believe that was the end. 295 00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:55,533 Letting them lay together to go to the afterlife together 296 00:13:55,535 --> 00:13:57,602 was something that would have been seen as quite important. 297 00:13:57,604 --> 00:14:00,038 Yeah. That's the part that makes me cry. 298 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,406 - I know. - Yeah. 299 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:03,575 - Yeah. - [ Laughs ] 300 00:14:03,577 --> 00:14:06,477 Does it seem like an entire family, you know, became ill 301 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:08,713 or there was a plague of some sort, or... 302 00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:11,749 Both on the youngster and one of the older ones, 303 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:14,986 there is a condition we think is indicative 304 00:14:14,988 --> 00:14:16,588 of iron deficiency -- anemia -- 305 00:14:16,590 --> 00:14:18,156 and made them more susceptible 306 00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:21,926 to whatever it was that really did carry them off. Yeah. 307 00:14:21,928 --> 00:14:23,061 There's just something about it 308 00:14:23,063 --> 00:14:24,395 when you see it up close and in person. 309 00:14:24,397 --> 00:14:26,564 It's really emotional for me 310 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:30,768 because these bones are like a mirror. 311 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:33,738 They're people, and they had families. 312 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:37,742 I can feel what those parents would have felt. 313 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:40,111 If I had sick children, there's nothing 314 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:45,049 that I wouldn't do to try and save them or heal them. 315 00:14:45,051 --> 00:14:46,618 These newly discovered remains 316 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:49,153 are still swirling with questions, 317 00:14:49,155 --> 00:14:51,990 but another skeleton found in 2002 318 00:14:51,992 --> 00:14:55,360 could be the key to uncovering why this monument was built. 319 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:57,762 It's kept at the nearby Salisbury Museum, 320 00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:59,697 home to one of the largest collections 321 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:02,133 of Stonehenge artifacts in the world. 322 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:05,770 This is the Amesbury Archer. 323 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:07,805 When we found this guy, everybody was -- 324 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,240 well, jaw-dropping. 325 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:10,742 If we can open this up? 326 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:12,343 Gonna actually see inside. 327 00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:13,578 - That's cool. - Yes. 328 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:16,481 FOX: Wow! You're Hulking it. 329 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:18,816 That just makes it a bit easier for us to see. 330 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,318 The man himself -- 331 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,021 he was probably what I would call middle-aged, 332 00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:25,323 between about 35 or 45. 333 00:15:25,325 --> 00:15:26,891 FOX: The Amesbury Archer was discovered 334 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:29,127 three miles from Stonehenge, 335 00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:31,930 buried with about 100 objects, including arrowheads, 336 00:15:31,932 --> 00:15:36,501 wrist guards used in archery, and rare gold jewelry. 337 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:39,370 Using advanced DNA testing, Jackie and her team 338 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:43,207 have determined that he died around 2300 B.C., 339 00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:46,477 700 years after construction began at Stonehenge, 340 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:49,180 but he was born far from modern-day England. 341 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:52,216 We know that he probably came from somewhere 342 00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:55,520 in the Alpine region of continental Europe. 343 00:15:55,522 --> 00:15:58,022 How far of a journey would that have been for... 344 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:00,358 Probably Switzerland. 345 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,161 FOX: Switzerland is about 800 miles away. 346 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:07,799 Today, that's a 14-hour drive, but 5,000 years ago, 347 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:11,436 that would have been several months' journey on foot. 348 00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:15,473 Clearly, there was something pulling him towards this site. 349 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,343 He may well have traveled across just to see Stonehenge 350 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:20,545 because people -- word of mouth. 351 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:23,481 People would have known that it was there. Yeah. 352 00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:26,617 FOX: But the skeleton has one more story to tell, 353 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:28,353 and I think it's unlikely that he was 354 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:30,989 just traveling to see an impressive site. 355 00:16:30,991 --> 00:16:33,524 We're looking at the knee. 356 00:16:33,526 --> 00:16:35,393 Look at this one here. There's a knee cap there. 357 00:16:35,395 --> 00:16:37,362 - Mm-hmm. - There isn't one here. 358 00:16:37,364 --> 00:16:39,030 Now, that's not because it's gone missing. 359 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:41,699 It's because it was never there to start with. 360 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:46,270 He appears to have had congenital absence of a patella. 361 00:16:46,272 --> 00:16:49,540 So that ligament is pushing into the bone, 362 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:52,677 so that would have been quite debilitating. 363 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:54,212 If your shoes are too tight, 364 00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:55,446 you don't want to walk very far. 365 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:58,216 Imagine if your bones are grinding 366 00:16:58,218 --> 00:16:59,650 on each other and your knee. 367 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:01,519 That's a long way to journey. 368 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,188 For me, I imagine he must have had, 369 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,024 you know, a good reason. 370 00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:08,526 ♪♪ 371 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,129 This is another one of the graves of the same date 372 00:17:11,131 --> 00:17:12,430 as the Amesbury Archer. 373 00:17:12,432 --> 00:17:13,498 Let's have a look. 374 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,834 Just lift his skull this time. 375 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:18,302 Right, okay. 376 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,971 Oh. 377 00:17:19,973 --> 00:17:21,572 These are the original teeth? 378 00:17:21,574 --> 00:17:23,141 These are the original teeth, yeah, yeah. 379 00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:24,409 They're whiter than my teeth. 380 00:17:24,411 --> 00:17:26,744 Well, it's the fact -- no sugar, no tea, 381 00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,679 none of that sort of stuff. 382 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:30,882 This is a little bit odd here. 383 00:17:30,884 --> 00:17:32,784 It looks like there may have been 384 00:17:32,786 --> 00:17:35,653 some surgical intervention as such. 385 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:37,955 They were doing that this long ago? 386 00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:39,290 Is that common? Yeah. 387 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,292 There's places where it was quite common. 388 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:43,394 I had no idea that they were performing 389 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:45,096 surgeries like that back then. 390 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,597 Blew my mind. 391 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:49,033 It's just so much more sophisticated 392 00:17:49,035 --> 00:17:51,235 than I realized people were back then. 393 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:52,503 Oh, yes. 394 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:55,873 So did he heal and survive that surgery? 395 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,743 Yeah. There looks to be some kind of healing there. 396 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:02,914 FOX: So 5,000 years ago, someone performed surgery here, 397 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,249 a man walked hundreds of miles to Stonehenge 398 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,685 in excruciating pain, 399 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:09,153 and three children were buried 400 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:12,790 whose lives were all cut short from illness. 401 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:15,359 It's all starting to add up. 402 00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:16,961 It makes a lot of sense to me 403 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:18,963 that people would travel to Stonehenge 404 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:20,765 if they had a strong belief 405 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,667 that there could be some sort of relief 406 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:27,171 from whatever pain or suffering that they may have had. 407 00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:29,907 Could Stonehenge have been a place of healing -- 408 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:32,043 some kind of ancient hospital? 409 00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:42,487 FOX: Makes a lot of sense to me 410 00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:46,724 that Stonehenge was some type of a healing center. 411 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:47,658 Oh, definitely. 412 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:50,595 FOX: As early as 2500 B.C., 413 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:53,164 people were traveling extremely long distances 414 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:57,635 to visit Stonehenge in the face of life-threatening injury, 415 00:18:57,637 --> 00:19:00,204 suggesting Stonehenge could have been some sort of hospital 416 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:02,740 for the ancient world. 417 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,610 The healing theory -- to me, it seems the most functional. 418 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:08,212 So for it to be a place where people can go 419 00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:10,248 and experience improvement in their health -- 420 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:13,451 I see how you could get people to sacrifice their bodies 421 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,987 and their time to do this. 422 00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:18,456 But what made Stonehenge so special? 423 00:19:18,458 --> 00:19:21,192 Was the stone circle an ancient operating room 424 00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:24,362 for advanced medical minds to do surgery, 425 00:19:24,364 --> 00:19:27,765 or is there some healing power that the monument itself holds? 426 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:30,134 One of the main archaeologists of that theory 427 00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:31,702 is Tim Darvill. 428 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,104 You've got all the connections. 429 00:19:33,106 --> 00:19:36,040 [ Laughs ] That's the way it is. 430 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,844 FOX: To search for answers, my local expert, Mark Conroy, and I 431 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,613 have traveled 200 miles from Stonehenge 432 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:45,516 to the Preseli Mountains in southwest Wales. 433 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:51,422 ♪♪ 434 00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:56,194 It's a land of myths and legends where kings rose to power, 435 00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,729 ancient gods were said to reign, 436 00:19:58,731 --> 00:20:01,899 spirits are still believed to linger, 437 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:04,702 and where the bluestones in the center of Stonehenge 438 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:08,306 were quarried before being carried hundreds of miles. 439 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:11,809 ♪♪ 440 00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:13,678 Megan, come and meet Tim Darvill. 441 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,912 - Hi, Tim. - Hi, Megan. 442 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:16,414 Really good to see you. 443 00:20:16,416 --> 00:20:18,115 Welcome to the magic mountain from the stones of Stonehenge. 444 00:20:18,117 --> 00:20:20,218 Wow. The magic mountain. 445 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:22,853 FOX: Timothy Darvill is one of the most respected minds 446 00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:25,089 on Stonehenge in the world. 447 00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:27,925 He recently led the first excavation in decades 448 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:30,895 inside the rings of Stonehenge. 449 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:33,798 Our idea is that the power of the place at Stonehenge 450 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,000 is based on the power of these rocks, 451 00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,335 and these rocks are powerful 452 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:42,106 because they have the potential to heal people. 453 00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:44,308 That's crazy. Shall we walk? 454 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:45,743 Let's walk up and have a look. 455 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,178 It's quite a climb. 456 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:50,848 ♪♪ 457 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:55,319 Is this the only quarry, or source, for these stones? 458 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:56,554 They're only in this part of Wales. 459 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:58,055 They're only on this mountain, in fact. 460 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,334 Wow. According to Tim, 461 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:12,103 these mountains are the only place 462 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,171 the bluestones from the center of Stonehenge 463 00:21:14,173 --> 00:21:15,506 could have come from. 464 00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:17,575 These stones are a type of metamorphic rock 465 00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:21,012 called spotted dolerite that turns a bluish hue when wet, 466 00:21:21,014 --> 00:21:23,447 hence the name bluestones. 467 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:25,349 DARVILL: What we're standing in front of now 468 00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:27,585 is an extraordinary stone 469 00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:29,754 they're gonna use at Stonehenge. FOX: Mm-hmm. 470 00:21:29,756 --> 00:21:31,822 They've started to shape it roughly into the form 471 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:33,424 that they want... Had it not broken... 472 00:21:33,426 --> 00:21:34,825 If this had not broken, 473 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:37,328 this could have been standing at Stonehenge. 474 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:39,530 Amazing. You can almost hear the swearing 475 00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:42,433 that must have come out of that crack when it first broke. 476 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:46,837 It's amazing that under our feet there's so much history. 477 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:50,241 This goes back 4,000 or 5,000 years. 478 00:21:50,243 --> 00:21:52,710 But still there's that question of, why? 479 00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:54,312 - Why? - Why trek all the way up here... 480 00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:55,913 - Why these? - ...for these specific stones? 481 00:21:55,915 --> 00:21:57,214 So what's special about these? 482 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,416 There's stones everywhere. 483 00:21:58,418 --> 00:21:59,950 What we do have is some really important 484 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:02,186 and interesting historical documentation. 485 00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:11,929 FOX: Geoffrey of Monmouth was a 12-century author 486 00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:15,333 famous for his legends of King Arthur and Merlin, 487 00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:17,368 and although his tales often blurred the lines 488 00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:20,371 between history and myth, he was one of the first people 489 00:22:20,373 --> 00:22:23,274 to ever seriously study Stonehenge, 490 00:22:23,276 --> 00:22:26,711 and all of his writings had one thing in common -- 491 00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:29,647 that Stonehenge was a place of unexplainable healing 492 00:22:29,649 --> 00:22:34,285 derived from the power of the bluestones at its center. 493 00:22:34,287 --> 00:22:37,021 Geoffrey of Monmouth, -- he says these are healing stones, 494 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:40,324 and the way you use them is to make a pool of water 495 00:22:40,326 --> 00:22:44,228 and use the water as a medium for healing. 496 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,963 This hillside that we're standing on now -- 497 00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:48,432 there are springs every few meters along here, 498 00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:51,335 and those springs are often regarded as holy springs, 499 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:53,938 as having curative powers. 500 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:55,873 The spring is up there above us somewhere. 501 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,141 Let's walk up and have a look. 502 00:22:57,143 --> 00:23:00,010 Okay. 503 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:01,078 Just here. 504 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,781 Okay. We did it. 505 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:05,983 DARVILL: What we've got is the natural spring, 506 00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:08,686 but to create a pool, they've built a pile of rocks -- 507 00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:11,021 a sort of very crude wall across there. 508 00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:12,656 It's like a modified spring here. 509 00:23:12,658 --> 00:23:14,492 FOX: And they put the stones in the water 510 00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:16,460 to create the healing effect? 511 00:23:16,462 --> 00:23:19,296 Yes. The stone and the water together. 512 00:23:19,298 --> 00:23:21,866 FOX: Although the idea of magic water healing the sick 513 00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:23,868 and injured is enticing, 514 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:27,405 Tim and his team have found no science to back it up. 515 00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,708 However, myths are often born out of some truth, 516 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:34,111 a kernel of ancient knowledge lost through the millennia, 517 00:23:34,113 --> 00:23:36,480 like a game of ancient telephone. 518 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:38,616 So is there some kernel of truth 519 00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:41,051 to the healing power of the bluestones? 520 00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:43,154 What other qualities do these stones have 521 00:23:43,156 --> 00:23:45,389 that could make them special? 522 00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:48,159 Well, maybe the stones are special 523 00:23:48,161 --> 00:23:49,827 because they make special noises. 524 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:52,596 We can find stones which, when you tap them... Yeah. 525 00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:54,265 ...they do, in fact, make a ringing noise. 526 00:23:54,267 --> 00:23:55,633 [ Stone ringing ] 527 00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:57,668 Did you hear it? - Yeah, I can hear it. 528 00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:59,270 They make a ringing noise. 529 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:01,172 - Oh, look at that. - That's so cool. 530 00:24:01,174 --> 00:24:02,339 That is amazing. 531 00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:04,442 [ Ringing continues ] 532 00:24:04,444 --> 00:24:09,547 ♪♪ 533 00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:11,215 - That one is so amazing. - It will ring. 534 00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:13,517 I do think we forget, when we're thinking about 535 00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:14,985 archaeological evidence, 536 00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:18,322 that sound is such an important part of life. Yeah. 537 00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:19,657 FOX: All across the world, 538 00:24:19,659 --> 00:24:23,093 there is evidence of ancients being drawn to sound, 539 00:24:23,095 --> 00:24:24,995 like on the island of Malta, 540 00:24:24,997 --> 00:24:27,164 where the oldest underground temple in the world 541 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:29,800 was built in 4000 B.C. 542 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:32,703 At its center is the oracle room. 543 00:24:32,705 --> 00:24:34,138 Carved from limestone, 544 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:38,409 it bounces and reverberates sound in unexplainable ways. 545 00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:40,644 In 2008, researchers at UCLA 546 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,813 tested the sounds from the oracle chamber 547 00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:45,816 and discovered that it altered brain function, 548 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,519 putting people in a trance-like state. 549 00:24:48,521 --> 00:24:52,056 1,500 years after the oracle room was completed, 550 00:24:52,058 --> 00:24:55,025 the first stones at Stonehenge were erected. 551 00:24:55,027 --> 00:24:57,561 Could those prehistoric builders have been creating 552 00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:00,631 their own super-acoustic healing chamber? 553 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:03,067 Now we know -- anyone that has a meditation app 554 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:06,070 or does any sort of meditation know that sounds 555 00:25:06,072 --> 00:25:08,739 can affect the frequencies in our brain and our brainwaves 556 00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:10,841 and can put us in a more meditative state, 557 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:13,244 and that could have gone hand-in-hand 558 00:25:13,246 --> 00:25:15,045 with whatever rituals were going on there. 559 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:17,581 Well, that's a really nice idea. 560 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:20,818 FOX: I want to examine this theory for myself, 561 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:24,388 so we're recording the sound of the bluestones, 562 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:26,223 and then we'll test how their frequency 563 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:29,360 affects the human body. 564 00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:32,930 And if you look at the way the Stonehenge is laid out... 565 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:37,535 ...it looks like it's been arranged in a way 566 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:40,271 to bounce sound. 567 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:42,706 Archaeologists believe the bluestones were rearranged 568 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:45,209 at least three times at Stonehenge 569 00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:48,946 between 2400 and 2000 B.C. 570 00:25:48,948 --> 00:25:50,414 Were they rearranging the stones 571 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:53,150 to tune it like a giant instrument, 572 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:56,220 getting the sound just right to heal the human body? 573 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,799 - Did you hear it? - I think so. 574 00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:10,935 That is amazing. [ Stone ringing ] 575 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:13,137 FOX: Could the strange acoustic properties of these 576 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:16,073 Preseli bluestones found in the center of Stonehenge 577 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:19,310 actually affect the brain in a way that promotes healing? 578 00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:23,180 CONROY: Time for the test. 579 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:26,350 No one has ever tested how the sound from these bluestones 580 00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:29,687 affects the human body, until now. 581 00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:31,422 Hi. - Hello, Megan. 582 00:26:31,424 --> 00:26:33,057 - Megan. - Nice to meet you. 583 00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:34,391 How are you? - Good. 584 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:37,761 FOX: I've enlisted the expertise of Dr. Ullrich Bartsch, 585 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:41,298 a neuroscientist from the University of Bristol. 586 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:44,635 So, we recorded the sounds of the bluestones. 587 00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:45,903 [ Stone ringing ] 588 00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:48,072 DARVILL: I'm glad you're here to record it. 589 00:26:48,074 --> 00:26:51,208 And I'm interested to see how those may or may not 590 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:52,776 have some sort of affect on my brain, 591 00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,712 and that would be very interesting... Yeah. 592 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:56,947 ...some science that shows maybe Stonehenge was used 593 00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:59,650 as a healing center or a healing facility. 594 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:02,586 There's definitely evidence auditorial stimulation 595 00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:04,421 can influence brainwaves. 596 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:06,123 FOX: There are lots of studies that have shown 597 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:07,558 certain sound frequencies 598 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,494 can cause the body to lower its blood pressure, 599 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:15,332 dull pain, and in some cases, even help heal wounds. 600 00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:19,069 So there's a possibility that that might just work, yes. 601 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:20,971 - Okay. - We can try and have a look. 602 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:24,441 What we're gonna use today is this EEG net. 603 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:25,876 It's a bit like a cap 604 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:27,444 which will pick up your brainwaves. 605 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:29,747 - Okay. - It's gonna be quite snug. 606 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,548 I have a little baby head, so... [ Laughs ] Okay. 607 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:34,151 ...I think it'll be easier to get on there than you think. [ Laughs ] Yeah. 608 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:36,220 Everyone in the small town that I'm from 609 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:37,888 used to call me Peahead. 610 00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:40,224 The size of the brain doesn't have anything 611 00:27:40,226 --> 00:27:42,559 to do with intelligence. 612 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:44,061 You ready for this? Yeah, I'm ready. 613 00:27:44,063 --> 00:27:46,296 Okay. 614 00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:49,366 ♪♪ 615 00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:51,568 There you go. 616 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,904 We're gonna compare different frequencies first. 617 00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:54,838 FOX: Okay. 618 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,206 And then we're gonna play 619 00:27:56,208 --> 00:28:00,077 the sounds from the bluestones 620 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:04,048 and see what it does to your brainwaves as they happen. 621 00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:05,783 - All right. - Just relax. 622 00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:07,351 Close your eyes. 623 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:11,221 Concentrate on your breath, and here we go. 624 00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:15,325 [ Low tone plays ] 625 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:20,230 FOX: We often think of sound in terms of its volume, 626 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:23,000 but its frequency is way more powerful. 627 00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:26,070 Fire alarms are calibrated to a specific frequency 628 00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:27,905 that triggers the fight-or-flight response 629 00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:30,841 and releases a jolt of adrenaline through the body. 630 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:33,043 [ Lower tone plays ] 631 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,579 By playing a range of different sound frequencies 632 00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:37,448 in addition to the bluestones, 633 00:28:37,450 --> 00:28:38,849 Ullrich will be able to determine 634 00:28:38,851 --> 00:28:41,518 how my brain activity is affected. 635 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,855 ♪♪ 636 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:47,524 And now we're gonna play you the bluestones sounds. 637 00:28:47,526 --> 00:28:48,692 Okay. 638 00:28:49,929 --> 00:28:52,830 [ Stone ringing ] 639 00:28:55,101 --> 00:28:57,735 FOX: The sound of Tibetan monks humming has been proven 640 00:28:57,737 --> 00:29:01,305 to put the brain in a meditative state. 641 00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:03,507 Could the frequency of the Preseli bluestones 642 00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:05,375 have their own unique power? 643 00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:08,112 [ Tapping continues ] 644 00:29:08,114 --> 00:29:14,752 ♪♪ 645 00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:21,391 ♪♪ 646 00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:22,593 That sounds good. 647 00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:24,027 That was two minutes of bluestone sounds. 648 00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:26,897 This is us done for the experiment. Okay. 649 00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:29,500 I will have to go and analyze the data now. 650 00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:32,936 FOX: Ullrich needs two days to analyze the results, 651 00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:35,272 so while I wait for the science, 652 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:37,207 I'm gonna investigate an oral tradition 653 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:38,909 that tells of a more mystical source 654 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:40,778 of Stonehenge's healing power, 655 00:29:40,780 --> 00:29:44,748 which flows through this entire landscape. 656 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:47,985 I think it's important to seek out alternative theories 657 00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:49,720 or alternative knowledge 658 00:29:49,722 --> 00:29:52,489 because we can't just close the door on that 659 00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:55,225 because it "isn't science." 660 00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:57,995 FOX: That brought me to the Avebury stone circle, 661 00:29:57,997 --> 00:30:02,299 a 1/2-mile-long monument located 24 miles from Stonehenge, 662 00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:04,168 and many believe these two ancient sites 663 00:30:04,170 --> 00:30:07,404 are connected in a way that science can't explain. 664 00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:10,340 Sharing this belief is Maria Wheatley, 665 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,376 a modern-day Druid. 666 00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:13,744 Maria, hi. How are you? 667 00:30:13,746 --> 00:30:14,778 Megan, meet Maria Wheatley. 668 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:15,646 - Hi. - How are you? 669 00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:17,414 Nice to meet you. 670 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:20,250 FOX: The Druids were an ancient order of Celtic priests 671 00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:23,487 believed to possess profound ancient wisdom. 672 00:30:23,489 --> 00:30:26,256 It was even believed that they could see the future. 673 00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:28,792 The Druids today and of yesterday 674 00:30:28,794 --> 00:30:32,729 knew the importance of these ancient sites. 675 00:30:32,731 --> 00:30:36,033 Avebury is holy ground where people came and respected, 676 00:30:36,035 --> 00:30:37,301 and they still do today. 677 00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:39,203 You know, you get thousands of people. Yeah. 678 00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:41,705 So this has always been deemed special. 679 00:30:41,707 --> 00:30:44,241 So why do you think these ancient people 680 00:30:44,243 --> 00:30:47,744 and the builders of this site chose this site specifically? 681 00:30:47,746 --> 00:30:49,613 Because of what you can't see, 682 00:30:49,615 --> 00:30:52,282 and that's ley lines that carry energy. 683 00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:55,686 FOX: Some believe that ley lines create an invisible power grid 684 00:30:55,688 --> 00:30:57,988 that crisscrosses the entire globe, 685 00:30:57,990 --> 00:31:01,291 intersecting at places of power from the Pyramids of Giza 686 00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:04,461 to right here in the Stonehenge landscape. 687 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:05,762 This healing energy is said 688 00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:08,165 to sit just below the Earth's surface 689 00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:10,634 and can affect anything it touches, 690 00:31:10,636 --> 00:31:12,236 like these giant stones. 691 00:31:12,238 --> 00:31:13,604 As I understand it, 692 00:31:13,606 --> 00:31:15,472 the energy could possibly be harnessed, right? 693 00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:17,908 Definitely. Stonehenge is really special. 694 00:31:17,910 --> 00:31:21,645 It's a kind of meeting point of numerous ley lines, 695 00:31:21,647 --> 00:31:23,881 all converge at Stonehenge, 696 00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:28,452 up to 30 lines converging at one energetic point. 697 00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:31,622 Those currents are said to be the most healing. 698 00:31:31,624 --> 00:31:33,523 I think that the ancients knew this, 699 00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:35,559 and I think today we can still detect that 700 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:36,994 by using dousing. 701 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:38,662 I would like to see that very much. 702 00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:40,330 CONROY: Yeah, I'm game. 703 00:31:40,332 --> 00:31:42,566 FOX: Dousing is an ancient technique 704 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:46,036 said to date back as far as 6000 B.C., 705 00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:49,473 used to find water, minerals, or invisible energy currents 706 00:31:49,475 --> 00:31:53,243 by observing the subtle movements of a pointer. 707 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:55,445 Imagine that the stone is rooted in the ground 708 00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:56,947 by about two to three feet, 709 00:31:56,949 --> 00:32:00,684 and it has two energy bands beneath the ground 710 00:32:00,686 --> 00:32:04,087 and energy bands coming up the face of the stone, 711 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:05,389 and these are energy points 712 00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:08,659 which releases electromagnetic energy. 713 00:32:08,661 --> 00:32:10,494 Let me show you how it works. 714 00:32:10,496 --> 00:32:13,297 You just hold the rod parallel to the ground... Okay. 715 00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:16,600 ...and then slowly lift it up, 716 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:19,403 and when it picks up on the energy band, 717 00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:21,038 the rod will move. 718 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,272 That's amazing. 719 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:26,510 And where it hits an energy band, it moves. 720 00:32:26,512 --> 00:32:29,246 And let's get the top of that energy band now. 721 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:31,214 There we go. So that's one band. 722 00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:33,817 Okay. I want to try. 723 00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:35,252 [ Laughing ] Is that okay? 724 00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:36,954 What if it rejects me? 725 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:43,293 ♪♪ 726 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,828 There we go. - There it is. 727 00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:46,296 CONROY: So can you feel anything when that happens? 728 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,531 I could feel that. 729 00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,199 When I hit the top, I could feel that. 730 00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:50,701 WHEATLEY: This energy band here 731 00:32:50,703 --> 00:32:52,636 is called the third energy band, 732 00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:55,572 and a lot of people, when they stand against the stone, 733 00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:57,941 feel a force that pushes them away. 734 00:32:57,943 --> 00:32:59,509 Mm-hmm. 735 00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:02,813 FOX: I definitely think there's something different here. 736 00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:06,049 To me, I believe that the people who built Stonehenge 737 00:33:06,051 --> 00:33:08,585 were very connected to their bodies 738 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:11,955 and very connected to the Earth. 739 00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:14,224 You know, people maybe are so desensitized now 740 00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:16,927 because we always have a cellphone in our hand. 741 00:33:16,929 --> 00:33:19,896 Everybody's always trying to distract themselves. 742 00:33:19,898 --> 00:33:23,066 That keeps you from being connected. 743 00:33:23,068 --> 00:33:24,901 Being out here without a bunch of people around 744 00:33:24,903 --> 00:33:27,971 and being quiet and having to be still, 745 00:33:27,973 --> 00:33:30,707 I do feel... 746 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:33,677 it's something special. 747 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,979 There a hundreds of ancient sites and monuments 748 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:37,147 dotting this landscape, 749 00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:40,050 with Stonehenge right at the center. 750 00:33:40,052 --> 00:33:41,585 Could all these sites be channeling 751 00:33:41,587 --> 00:33:43,487 a powerful invisible energy 752 00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:47,257 that all converges at Stonehenge? 753 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:51,995 If so, the ancients were more advanced than we ever imagined. 754 00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:02,906 FOX: If Stonehenge was an ancient healing center... 755 00:34:02,908 --> 00:34:05,742 The power of Stonehenge is based on the power of these rocks. 756 00:34:05,744 --> 00:34:08,645 ...or a conduit for mysterious Earth energies... 757 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:10,147 FOX: That's amazing. 758 00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:12,749 FOX:...the ancient people that erected it would have been 759 00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:16,386 much more advanced than previously thought. 760 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:18,688 To shed some light on this possibility, 761 00:34:18,690 --> 00:34:20,323 I've traveled to Bath, England, 762 00:34:20,325 --> 00:34:23,226 to meet with one of my personal heroes. 763 00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,929 [ Knocking ] 764 00:34:25,931 --> 00:34:26,930 - Hi. - Hi. 765 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:27,764 - Good to see you. - How are you? 766 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,266 - Good to see you. - Welcome. 767 00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:32,702 FOX: Graham Hancock is a world-renowned investigator 768 00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:35,372 of ancient mysteries. 769 00:34:35,374 --> 00:34:37,908 His books have sold more than 5 million copies 770 00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:41,244 and have been translated into 27 languages. 771 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:42,646 Although controversial, 772 00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,581 his theories on megalithic monuments, 773 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,184 or ancient monuments made from giant stones, 774 00:34:47,186 --> 00:34:50,487 have challenged decades-old established history. 775 00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:53,123 He's one of those guys that has inspired me 776 00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:54,624 and inspired this journey. 777 00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:56,593 I'm excited to get to talk to him. 778 00:34:56,595 --> 00:35:00,230 So, I keep my office down in the basement of the house. 779 00:35:00,232 --> 00:35:01,965 FOX: Your wife has you keep the office 780 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,567 in the basement of the house. Well, yes. Yes. 781 00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:07,804 I can't have this mess exploding all over the house. 782 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:10,107 We're looking into Stonehenge and the new things 783 00:35:10,109 --> 00:35:11,675 that they're discovering around it. 784 00:35:11,677 --> 00:35:13,543 Is there a theory that resonates with you the most 785 00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:15,745 about what Stonehenge's purpose was? 786 00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:19,783 What's interesting about Stonehenge... Yeah. Mm-hmm. 787 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:22,853 ...is I think that megalithic technology 788 00:35:22,855 --> 00:35:26,890 was the technology and knowledge of a lost civilization. 789 00:35:26,892 --> 00:35:29,559 I think this is the missing piece of the puzzle. 790 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:32,329 Where did that come from? 791 00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:34,498 I think that there's been a forgotten episode 792 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:35,999 in human history. 793 00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:38,135 I've made a case over quite a long time now 794 00:35:38,137 --> 00:35:42,873 that the Earth encountered a comet 12,800 years ago. 795 00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:45,008 Suddenly, there's flooding, 796 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,877 and then a huge deep freeze occurs, 797 00:35:46,879 --> 00:35:48,178 and it's a devastating period, 798 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,647 and there's enormous extinctions. Mm-hmm. 799 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,616 This is not some fantasy of mine. 800 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:56,253 This is based on extremely solid science. Yeah. 801 00:35:56,255 --> 00:35:57,420 And what I'm suggesting is 802 00:35:57,422 --> 00:35:59,656 there were survivors of that cataclysm. 803 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:01,958 They settled around the world, 804 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,060 and they tried to restart their civilization, 805 00:36:04,062 --> 00:36:05,562 and part of the package of ideas 806 00:36:05,564 --> 00:36:08,465 that they brought was megalithic architecture. Mm. 807 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,233 And I see evidence for that all over the world, 808 00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:11,535 and I think the British stone circles 809 00:36:11,537 --> 00:36:13,436 are a part of that story. Yeah. 810 00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:14,905 FOX: Graham's theory is new, 811 00:36:14,907 --> 00:36:16,339 and many in the scientific community 812 00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:19,042 are resistant to its claims 813 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,610 that about 13,000 years ago 814 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:22,779 there was an unknown civilization of humans 815 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:25,115 that possessed advanced technology, 816 00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:27,717 but a comet hit the Earth, killing most of them 817 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,187 and extinguishing animals like the woolly mammoth 818 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,389 and the sabre-toothed tiger. 819 00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:35,659 However, a small group of these humans survived 820 00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:37,394 and used their advanced technology 821 00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:41,464 to help build sites like the pyramids and Stonehenge. 822 00:36:41,466 --> 00:36:43,900 This is a gigantic episode. 823 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:47,270 Historians are not taking it into account at all... 824 00:36:47,272 --> 00:36:48,705 No. 825 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,407 ...in their construction of the house of history. 826 00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:54,711 Why do you think there's such resistance to new ideas 827 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:57,781 that lie outside of the consensus? 828 00:36:57,783 --> 00:36:59,349 We can't help it as human beings. 829 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:02,819 We interpret things according to what we already know. Mm-hmm. 830 00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:05,422 But in the vast story of human experience, 831 00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:07,224 anatomically modern humans have been around 832 00:37:07,226 --> 00:37:10,160 for at least 350,000 years. 833 00:37:10,162 --> 00:37:12,395 Our civilization -- what is it, really? 834 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:15,966 It's just, like, a sort of outgrowth... Mm-hmm. 835 00:37:15,968 --> 00:37:17,834 ...from the vast story of humanity, 836 00:37:17,836 --> 00:37:20,503 and how arrogant of us to say that 837 00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:22,839 the little bit of knowledge that we've accumulated 838 00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,941 in this tiny pimple on the forehead 839 00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:26,910 of the giant that is the human past -- 840 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:29,212 that that's what it's all about. 841 00:37:29,214 --> 00:37:32,148 Let's pay attention to the giant, not the pimple. 842 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:34,317 FOX: His theory is very exciting to me 843 00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:37,287 because it's changing how we view ancient humans, 844 00:37:37,289 --> 00:37:41,958 and it's a disservice to assume that ancient people were stupid 845 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,294 or didn't know as much as we do. 846 00:37:44,296 --> 00:37:46,596 There's just more to discover 847 00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:50,033 that's really worth investigating. 848 00:37:50,035 --> 00:37:53,103 I really, truly believe that the builders of Stonehenge 849 00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:57,173 were far more sophisticated than we ever imagined, 850 00:37:57,175 --> 00:38:01,711 and today it might become a lot more than just a gut feeling. 851 00:38:01,713 --> 00:38:04,748 I have a call with neuroscientist Ullrich Bartsch 852 00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:06,850 to find out if the sounds of the bluestones 853 00:38:06,852 --> 00:38:11,554 used at Stonehenge altered my brainwaves. 854 00:38:11,556 --> 00:38:15,225 If my brain reacted to the bluestones 855 00:38:15,227 --> 00:38:16,793 in a "positive manner," 856 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,962 I think it's too much of a coincidence 857 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:22,565 if they do prove to have, like, healing sound properties. 858 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:23,733 They were chosen. 859 00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:25,635 I don't think it was an accident. 860 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,470 [ Computer beeping ] 861 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:30,006 Hi. How are you? 862 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:31,775 Hi, Megan. I'm good. How are you? 863 00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:34,010 [ Laughing ] Good. Good to see you again. 864 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:37,547 I've finished the analysis of your data. 865 00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:39,582 And I have to say, 866 00:38:39,584 --> 00:38:42,218 I was extremely skeptical when you came in, 867 00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:47,157 and I wasn't quite sure how this was all gonna pan out, 868 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:50,560 but in the end, I was positively surprised. 869 00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:52,529 Well, that's interesting. 870 00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:54,731 Have you got the files? I do. 871 00:38:54,733 --> 00:38:56,833 FOX: I am really excited. 872 00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:58,635 FOX: It's so cool. Oh, my God. 873 00:38:58,637 --> 00:39:01,137 You made my life a little bit better. 874 00:39:10,549 --> 00:39:13,049 BARTSCH: I wasn't quite sure how this all was gonna pan out. 875 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,918 I was extremely skeptical, 876 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,354 but in the end, I was positively surprised. 877 00:39:17,356 --> 00:39:18,755 FOX: Dr. Ullrich Bartsch, 878 00:39:18,757 --> 00:39:21,691 a neuroscientist from the University of Bristol, 879 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,793 tested the sounds of the Preseli bluestones 880 00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:25,862 from the inner circle of Stonehenge 881 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:28,798 to determine if they can affect human brainwaves 882 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,500 and could promote healing. 883 00:39:30,502 --> 00:39:34,204 [ Stone ringing ] 884 00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:36,673 And I'm just about to hear the results. 885 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:38,975 Have you got the files? I do. 886 00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:42,345 We've analyzed about 30 seconds of your brain activity 887 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:44,247 during each of the sounds. 888 00:39:44,249 --> 00:39:45,615 Okay. 889 00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:49,085 We can look at figure 2, which has a comparison 890 00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:51,187 between the different frequencies 891 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:52,655 and the bluestones. 892 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,168 FOX: When compared to the other frequencies Ullrich played... 893 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:06,636 [ Stone ringing ] 894 00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,938 ...the bluestones produced the only sound 895 00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:11,875 that increased alpha waves in my brain, 896 00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:14,277 and that is very exciting. 897 00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:16,479 You increase the amplitude of alpha waves, 898 00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:18,715 which means the stone sound 899 00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:21,184 seems to be very good for relaxation, 900 00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:24,854 and this might be beneficial to reduce stress 901 00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:26,689 and beneficial for regeneration 902 00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:30,960 and maybe even healing or recovery from infections. 903 00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:32,729 That's so interesting. 904 00:40:32,731 --> 00:40:34,831 So it seemed to have worked. 905 00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,367 Do you have any opinions on what that could mean 906 00:40:37,369 --> 00:40:39,569 about Stonehenge using these stones? 907 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:41,204 Do you think that it's possible 908 00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:43,006 they were chosen for that reason? 909 00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:45,341 I think that definitely warrants 910 00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:46,943 further investigation, 911 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:49,379 so there's a lot of things that we can learn 912 00:40:49,381 --> 00:40:53,183 from ancient buildings and ancient civilizations. 913 00:40:53,185 --> 00:40:54,384 Oh, my God. 914 00:40:54,386 --> 00:40:56,252 You made my life a little bit better, 915 00:40:56,254 --> 00:40:58,421 and I made your life a little bit better. 916 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:06,996 Awesome. Thank you. 917 00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:08,631 FOX: I am surprised. 918 00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:12,035 I thought science was gonna come in and crush my dream, 919 00:41:12,037 --> 00:41:17,841 so it's unexpected and really encouraging and cool 920 00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:21,411 that this sort of lines up and validates the theory 921 00:41:21,413 --> 00:41:23,880 that these were used for healing. 922 00:41:23,882 --> 00:41:27,183 While my brain-scan results do strengthen the theory, 923 00:41:27,185 --> 00:41:30,420 we'd need way more data for anything to be definitive. 924 00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:35,291 For me, this investigation has revealed 925 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:39,496 why Stonehenge is such a seductive mystery. 926 00:41:39,498 --> 00:41:41,698 People were willing to walk hundreds of miles 927 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,834 in excruciating pain just to see it. 928 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:47,804 It sits on land that is believed to be pulsing 929 00:41:47,806 --> 00:41:50,874 with an invisible and powerful energy, 930 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:52,775 and the massive stones themselves 931 00:41:52,777 --> 00:41:54,644 carried hundreds of miles 932 00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:57,280 because they have the ability to heal. 933 00:41:57,282 --> 00:41:59,582 Like expanding your consciousness 934 00:41:59,584 --> 00:42:03,253 just by being here and taking it in. 935 00:42:03,255 --> 00:42:06,389 With every step we take towards the truth, 936 00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:09,325 we unravel more of humanity's story -- 937 00:42:09,327 --> 00:42:14,097 where we come from, who we are, and where we're going. 938 00:42:14,099 --> 00:42:16,466 Maybe one day Stonehenge will reveal 939 00:42:16,468 --> 00:42:18,868 its deepest, darkest secrets... 940 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:20,670 One of the great mysteries of the world, 941 00:42:20,672 --> 00:42:22,338 and we're standing in the middle of it. 942 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:24,274 ...and I hope I'm there when it does.