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Goonch

(3,607 posts)
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 05:42 PM Jul 2021

STONEHENGE: THE LOST CIRCLE REVEALED



Using cutting-edge research, a dedicated team of archaeologists has compiled the evidence to fill in a 400-year gap in man's knowledge of the bluestones of Stonehenge. By combining innovative 3D scanning techniques, traditional field archaeology and novel laboratory analysis, the team has discovered where the stones were quarried and where they first stood.
Professor Alice Roberts shows how the team made its discoveries and joins Professor Mike Parker Pearson to piece together the final parts of the puzzle, solving one of the toughest challenges ever faced by archaeologists.
https://www.documentaryarea.tv/player.php?title=Stonehenge:%20The%20Lost%20Circle%20Revealed
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STONEHENGE: THE LOST CIRCLE REVEALED (Original Post) Goonch Jul 2021 OP
I started watching it NJCher Jul 2021 #1
How did Stonehenge sound? QED Jul 2021 #2
What an amazing site! Thank you! Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #3
Fascinating place. I'll definitely check the whole documentary KPN Jul 2021 #4
Such an interesting video! Thanks for thinking of sharing it. What an accomplishment! Judi Lynn Jul 2021 #5

NJCher

(35,669 posts)
1. I started watching it
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 05:52 PM
Jul 2021

but decided it looked so good that I'm watching it tonight in bed on my iPad.

TY for posting it!

QED

(2,747 posts)
2. How did Stonehenge sound?
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 06:16 PM
Jul 2021

The Smithsonian Magazine reports on a study describing how sound traveled within the Henge.

What Did Stonehenge Sound Like?

"Despite the lack of a roof, the research team has found, the original circle of 157 standing stones (only 63 complete stones remain today) once acted like a sound chamber. For people in the inner sanctum 4,000 years ago, the placement of stones would have amplified and enhanced human voices and music in a way that must have been spellbinding. If you were outside the circle, though, the sounds were muffled and indistinct. This finding has added credence to the growing consensus that rituals at Stonehenge were for a small elite."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/listening-stonehenge-180977956/

KPN

(15,645 posts)
4. Fascinating place. I'll definitely check the whole documentary
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 08:29 PM
Jul 2021

out later. Thanks for posting this. What a find that site is.

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