Secrets of Stonehenge
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2023
- It had long been thought that the famous site of Stonehenge served as an ancient calendar, given its alignment with the solstices. Now, research has identified how it may have worked.
New finds about the stone circle’s history, along with analysis of other ancient calendar systems, prompted Bournemouth University prehistorian Professor Timothy Darvill to take a fresh look at Stonehenge. He identified a solar calendar in their layout, suggesting they served as a physical representation of the year that helped the ancient inhabitants of Wiltshire keep track of the days, weeks, and months.
“Finding a solar calendar represented in the architecture of Stonehenge opens up a whole new way of seeing the monument as a place for the living. A place where the timing of ceremonies and festivals was connected to the very fabric of the universe and celestial movements in the heavens.” Professor Timothy Darvill
Thank you very much! Deep and at the same time understandable and accessible even for a non-professional.
This is a great lecture - there should be more views. Dear algorithm: do something about that.
I find it wonderful that so many university lectures are filmed and shared online these days. Precisely what I was looking for, a wide ranging exposition of the current theories about The Stonehenge calendar.
Can't understand why no more comments. This is in a class of its own with benign speculation backed by research and SO informative. Very grateful....from one of the stonehenge hippies who used also attended the 'illegal' festival and used to stand and sing in a niche between an outer Sarsen...vibing with the stones. A1 brilliant...shared
A brilliant lecture by Professor Darvill... Lots of solid facts, examined history, and brave common sense help to take the mystery out of the subject. This has to be the best talk I've heard on the subject!
Brilliant presentation. Have you noticed the distribution of the random ground stones at Preceli ? Interlacing circles. Hundreds them , average 6 feet diameter. I believe that I am the first to observe this phenomenon
Fascinating
Very enjoyable, thank you.
as a German Biologist -
Amazing presentation 👏
Thank you.
I hadn't paid much attention to Stone Hinge until I saw an overhead pic of it. What jumped out at me was Pi. Some of the stones look like the symbol Pi. In the inner circle you have 2 Pi. Coincidence?
Merci infiniment.
super chat about the healing stones thanks😊
Music, dancing and nearby feasting: mushrooms? I picture a cousin to Glastonbury.
I heard the army core of engineers built Stonehenge. Heard that information was on Dr William Mounts you tube channel.. wonder if army core engineer’s would give out more information about designer’s work.
What really interests me is that all these thousands of years ago people were using stones as a memorial to the Dead. What do you see in graveyards today? Little mini versions of Stonehenge. We are still using stones to Mark the place where we have buried our dead.
Blue stones must have been important to the builders of Stonehenge, maybe they originated in that area and when they stopped being hunter gatherers they wanted the blue stones to represent where they were from. 10 thousand years of activity in the landscape it would of been used for many purposes. Ibelintels were used for people to decompose on, it’s a hospital and cemetery at this point. The natural lay lines must of made the place interesting to the people of that time.
The harvest festival happens after the Grain has been harvested. Calendars allow people to meet up at the same time.
Interesting theory, but I can't help thinking that if the sun disappeared behind the clouds approaching the solstice, there would be nothing to measure against. For a calendar to work in relation to the sun's position at Stonehenge, four possible conditions had to be met. One, at the time of the stone settings, the sun always shone during the day. Two, the weather was unpredictable and the calendar worked off approximate sun positions about the solstices (negates the use of a calendar). Three, the sun's appearance was not necessary at any time for the calendar to function. Four, the the people of Stonehenge had the ability to control the weather, thus enabling perfect observational conditions to be met