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FOX: Stonehenge --
what was its true purpose?
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One of the great mysteries
of the world,
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and we're standing
in the middle of it.
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Was it a primitive calendar,
an altar to the gods,
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or was it something
otherworldly?
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It definitely feels sacred.
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A revolutionary new theory
has brought
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this 5,000-year-old puzzle
back into the headlines.
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And the truth could
be hidden...
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[ Stone ringing ]
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That's so cool.
- That is amazing.
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FOX:
...just below the surface.
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McKINLEY: It looks like
there may have been
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some surgical intervention.
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FOX:
That's amazing.
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FOX: It seems like there's
an ancient power at work here.
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Up to 30 ley lines
all converge at Stonehenge.
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And I want to find
the truth behind it.
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HANCOCK:
Megalithic technology is
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the missing piece
of the puzzle.
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- Whoa!
- That's what it's all about.
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FOX: All across the world,
our ancient ancestors
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left behind towering mysteries
and enchanting myths.
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That looks like
a magic wand.
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As an actress,
I've been lucky enough
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to peak behind the curtain
at some of these ancient sites.
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I've never been
in a crypt before.
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And it's ignited
an insatiable curiosity in me
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to know more about
these lost worlds...
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It's amazing that under our feet
there's so much history.
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...some of which are still
buried deep in our distant past.
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That is amazing!
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♪♪
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FOX: There's something epic,
exciting,
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deeply mysterious
about Stonehenge,
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and I am someone who's drawn
into fantasy and magic
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and these ancient mysteries.
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♪♪
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I've traveled over 5,000 miles
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deep into
the British countryside
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to Salisbury Plain,
and for the first time,
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I'll see the greatest unsolved
puzzle of the ancient world --
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Stonehenge.
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There's a strange feeling
when you visit.
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You know, there's definitely
energy and power,
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and it's such
an amazing thing
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to think
these people built this.
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I'm with Mark Conroy,
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a local historical expert
who is as obsessed
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with this ancient
stone monument as I am...
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I want to know why
they put it there.
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I want to get to a truth
if a truth exists.
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Places like this
hold a key.
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Get ready. It's gonna
appear on the horizon.
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FOX: For centuries, Stonehenge
has mystified the world
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with its logic-defying
construction
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and science-baffling
sophistication.
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Around 3000 B.C.,
construction began.
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That's 500 years
before the Great Pyramids.
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The stones, up to 30-feet tall
and averaging 25 tons,
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were shaped by hand and placed
with such laser-like precision
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that the monument
perfectly tracks the sun
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during the summer
and winter solstices.
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It tracks the lunar cycle,
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and it can even
predict eclipses.
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This is 2,000 years before
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the science of astronomy
was even invented,
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at least as far as we know.
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Okay.
Here I go.
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FOX: Humans have been
gathering here for 5,000 years,
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but we still don't know why.
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The mysterious people
who built this monument died
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with their secrets.
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It's almost like
being on another planet.
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Most visitors are required to
stay 30 feet away from the site,
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but today,
I have special permission
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to step inside the heart
of the monument.
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It's an honor to get to do this.
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We're very, very lucky.
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They're so massive,
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and also it just makes you aware
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of what a small part
of history
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your little life is
on this Earth
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and that we're a part
of this story
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that's been going for
millions of years.
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It definitely had some sort of
sacred purpose that was...
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divine.
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How did our ancestors
build Stonehenge?
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And why did they do it?
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Meet Si Cleggett, archaeologist
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and leather-jacket-wearing
wizard
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worthy of his own
Tolkien novel.
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He has given his life
to answering
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these centuries-old questions
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and has overseen some of
the most extensive excavations
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ever performed
in the Stonehenge landscape.
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- You must be Megan.
- Megan.
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- It's a pleasure to meet you.
- How are you?
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- How are you?
- Great to see you.
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- How are you, sir?
- Good, good.
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Welcome to Stonehenge,
the place to be.
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FOX: Si doesn't look like
what you would picture
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a mainstream archaeologist
to look like.
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He definitely has
at least visited
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Middle Earth once or twice.
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Right.
So from the very beginning,
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the very first part
of Stonehenge
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is an enormous
bank and ditch
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that runs 360 degrees
all the way around us.
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It's right here
just in front of it.
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CLEGGETT: Yep.
Right in front of you.
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Stonehenge was built
in phases.
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First, at about 3000 B.C.,
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they created a circular
enclosure out of earth --
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the bank and ditch that now
surrounds the entire monument.
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500 years later,
the stones come in.
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The huge stones, called sarsens,
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were placed forming
a horseshoe pattern.
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Then a massive ring
of these giant stones
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was added to create
the complete outer circle.
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300 years later,
the smaller stones,
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or bluestones,
were placed in the center.
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In total, it's estimated
this would have taken
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10 million man-hours
to complete.
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You end up with a massive
cultural imprint
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that involves not just one
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but a whole range
of communities over time,
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finally ending around about
1800 B.C. to 1500 B.C.
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Si and his colleagues believe
the construction of Stonehenge
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took about 1,500 years.
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At that time, that meant over
50 generations of workers,
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and even before
construction could start,
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getting all these stones here
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would have been
a monumental task.
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CLEGGETT: The sarsen came from
anywhere between here
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and 30 miles plus
to the north.
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The bluestones
are the smaller ones.
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These had their origins
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in the Preseli Mountains
in Wales.
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How far away is that?
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That's getting on for 150,
170 miles away at least.
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FOX: So the 90,000-pound
sarsen stones,
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the giant sandstones
that were arranged
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to create the outer ring,
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came from as far
as 30 miles away,
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and the smaller bluestones,
some weighing over 8,000 pounds,
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came from southwest Wales,
nearly 200 miles away.
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We're talking millions of pounds
of stone,
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and no one really knows
how they transported it,
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but to me, the most profound
mystery of Stonehenge
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isn't how they did it.
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It's why they did it.
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What drove them to build
and perfect this spot
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for over 1,500 years?
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So, what are
some of the theories
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of what Stonehenge
actually was?
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Well, the landscape itself
started out essentially
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as a place where people
chose to bury their dead.
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You could argue that
this is a place
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where shaman or priests
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connected with the afterlife
or with their gods.
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You can suggest this is
a place for the worship
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of celestial bodies --
the sun and the moon.
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There could have been a whole
load of things going on.
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What do you think
it was?
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Ooh.
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As an archaeologist
or as a person?
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[ Laughs ] Are archaeologists
not people?
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[ Laughing ]
Depends what day
it is, really.
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So, as a person,
what do I think this is?
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Amazing.
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As an archaeologist?
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Probably the biggest mystery
mankind's got on the planet.
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FOX: And on the front lines
of deciphering that mystery
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is Wessex Archaeology,
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just 10 miles south
of Stonehenge.
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CLEGGETT: So, if you go
through here...
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For decades, some of the top
scientists in the field
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have worked around the clock
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trying to finally unlock
the secrets of Stonehenge.
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What's the most
far-out theory
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that you're willing
to entertain?
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[ Laughs ] I heard a guy
during a conference,
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and he was suggesting
the henges were designed
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so that when the sun shines
through the circle,
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it comes out the opposite
end of the Earth,
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and that's why the Earth
spins on its axis.
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He presented that at
an archaeological conference?
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No, he presented it after
a number of beverages.
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[ Laughing ]
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But the really cool thing is
we're slowly discovering more.
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The Stonehenge landscape
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is a center point
of humans' activity.
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Stonehenge is the most visible
part of that landscape,
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but, actually,
that's only 1% of the story.
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It's saturated with structures
beyond Stonehenge.
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Shall I show you?
Yes.
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FOX: Stonehenge is just
one piece of a massive puzzle
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of mysterious structures
that stretches for at least
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30 miles in every direction,
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like The Cursus,
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a giant, two-mile-long,
man-made oval;
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Silbury Hill,
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the biggest prehistoric mound
in Europe,
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equal in size to one
of the pyramids in Giza;
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and the Avebury Standing Stones,
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a circle 10 times
the size of Stonehenge.
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It's a landscape was not only
visited time and time again,
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but people settled in
and around the area.
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Just two miles northeast
of Stonehenge
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is believed to have been
a community
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of thousands of people
and homes,
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making it one of the largest
ancient settlements
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in the world at the time.
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This is a community barbecue
on a grand scale.
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And at the center of it all
is Stonehenge.
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There had to be something
that they were seeing
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or experiencing there
that they felt was profound.
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We understand they're creating
sacred spaces.
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But the illusive bit is,
what were they doing in there?
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Yeah. It's like
an eternal Sudoku puzzle.
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Ha! Yeah. Yeah.
You're absolutely right.
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What is it that keeps you
from just,
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"Oh, I've been doing this
for 40 years.
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We're never gonna know"?
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It's because becoming
an archaeologist
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has given me
my own time machine.
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It's like holding something
in your hand
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and the last time
somebody held that,
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the empire of Rome
was collapsing.
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Yeah.
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And what Stonehenge is about
are the people,
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and that's also
where you find the answers.
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FOX: With no written records
left behind,
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Si and his team have turned
to the real secret-keepers
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to decipher why the ancients
built this mysterious monument.
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Oh, my God.
- Exactly.
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FOX: Human remains just recently
pulled from the earth
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could finally provide
the answers.
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FOX: Stonehenge is
an ancient Rubik's Cube
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that has never been solved,
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but the scientists
at Wessex Archaeology,
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like Si Cleggett,
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are leading the charge
to decipher why it was built.
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These are the people that
we're trying to understand.
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- These are tiny, little bones.
- Mm-hmm.
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FOX: They're looking for
the answers in the people
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who lived and died here
thousands of years ago.
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Mm-hmm.
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FOX: People don't think
of Stonehenge
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as an active
archaeological dig site,
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but for these three
recently excavated skeletons
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pulled from the ground
two miles from Stonehenge,
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lab analysis
has only just begun.
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I'm the first outsider
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to be given access
to see these remains.
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- I'll introduce Jackie.
- Yeah, of course.
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Jackie, Megan.
Megan, Jackie.
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- Hello.
- Hi.
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FOX: Jackie McKinley has been
studying human remains
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from archaeological sites
for over 30 years,
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and from her
preliminary tests,
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she's determined these children
died about 4,000 years ago,
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1,000 years after construction
started at Stonehenge.
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FOX:
Do you know how old?
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Yeah, we've got
a whole range.
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This one is about
12 years of age,
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10 years of age,
about 3 to 4 years of age,
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and that's the order that
they were laid in the grave in.
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We've got a video.
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So if we look here,
you can see,
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first one in was
the oldest one we've got here
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who was laid
on the right side,
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curled up,
leg tucked up there.
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Look -- going up there.
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Then the second one, again,
nicely tucked up inside,
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and then placed over the top
of them was the smallest,
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the youngest one,
lying here, tucked up
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so that all their heads
were sort of nestled
together, basically.
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[ Sniffles ]
Stop.
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I know. I know.
It sounds awful,
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But it is almost like
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you've kind of
put them to bed,
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and that's quite comforting
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to think that they could be
that close to each other.
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There's something very sweet
about it, also,
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which is also very sad.
Yeah.
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I have three kids.
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What you've got to
bear in mind is people --
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they didn't believe
that was the end.
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Letting them lay together
to go to the afterlife together
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was something that would have
been seen as quite important.
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Yeah. That's the part
that makes me cry.
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- I know.
- Yeah.
299
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- Yeah.
- [ Laughs ]
300
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Does it seem like an entire
family, you know, became ill
301
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or there was a plague
of some sort, or...
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Both on the youngster
and one of the older ones,
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there is a condition
we think is indicative
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of iron deficiency --
anemia --
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and made them
more susceptible
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to whatever it was that
really did carry them off.
Yeah.
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There's just something about it
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when you see it up close
and in person.
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It's really emotional for me
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because these bones
are like a mirror.
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They're people,
and they had families.
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I can feel what those parents
would have felt.
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If I had sick children,
there's nothing
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that I wouldn't do to try
and save them or heal them.
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These newly discovered remains
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are still swirling
with questions,
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but another skeleton
found in 2002
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could be the key to uncovering
why this monument was built.
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It's kept at the nearby
Salisbury Museum,
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home to one of
the largest collections
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of Stonehenge artifacts
in the world.
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This is
the Amesbury Archer.
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When we found this guy,
everybody was --
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well, jaw-dropping.
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If we can open this up?
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Gonna actually
see inside.
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- That's cool.
- Yes.
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FOX: Wow!
You're Hulking it.
329
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That just makes it
a bit easier for us to see.
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The man himself --
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he was probably what
I would call middle-aged,
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between about 35 or 45.
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FOX: The Amesbury Archer
was discovered
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three miles from Stonehenge,
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buried with about 100 objects,
including arrowheads,
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wrist guards used in archery,
and rare gold jewelry.
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Using advanced DNA testing,
Jackie and her team
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have determined that he died
around 2300 B.C.,
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700 years after construction
began at Stonehenge,
340
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but he was born
far from modern-day England.
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We know that he probably
came from somewhere
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in the Alpine region
of continental Europe.
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How far of a journey would
that have been for...
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Probably Switzerland.
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FOX: Switzerland is about
800 miles away.
346
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Today, that's a 14-hour drive,
but 5,000 years ago,
347
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that would have been
several months' journey on foot.
348
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Clearly, there was something
pulling him towards this site.
349
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He may well have traveled
across just to see Stonehenge
350
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because people --
word of mouth.
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People would have known
that it was there.
Yeah.
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FOX: But the skeleton has
one more story to tell,
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and I think it's unlikely
that he was
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just traveling
to see an impressive site.
355
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We're looking at the knee.
356
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Look at this one here.
There's a knee cap there.
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- 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
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It's because it was
never there to start with.
360
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He appears to have had
congenital absence of a patella.
361
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So that ligament is
pushing into the bone,
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so that would have been
quite debilitating.
363
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If your shoes are
too tight,
364
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you don't want to
walk very far.
365
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Imagine if your bones
are grinding
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on each other and your knee.
367
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That's a long way to journey.
368
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,188
For me, I imagine
he must have had,
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you know, a good reason.
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♪♪
371
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This is another one of
the graves of the same date
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as the Amesbury Archer.
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Let's have a look.
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Just lift his skull
this time.
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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
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This is a little bit
odd here.
383
00:17:30,884 --> 00:17:32,784
It looks like there
may have been
384
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
♪♪
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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
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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.
73955
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