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Secrets of Stonehenge Documentary
PBS America presents a NOVA investigation into the enduring mysteries of Stonehenge. Archaeologists use excavation, landscape research, and analysis of cremated bone to examine the monument's construction, its stones from Britain and Wales, and the society that created it.
Investigating Stonehenge's origins
Follow archaeologists as they investigate who built Stonehenge, how it was constructed, and why it mattered to prehistoric people.
Ancient engineering and monument design
Explore the engineering of the sarsen stones, lintels, bluestones, ditches, banks, pits, and processional avenue.
Discovering the Stonehenge dead
Learn how cremated human remains from the Aubrey Holes provide clues about burial practices and the people associated with Stonehenge.
New theories from archaeological evidence
See how archaeological research is reshaping ideas about Stonehenge, its builders, and the meaning of life and death in the Neolithic world.
Topics
Stonehenge mysteries
Archaeologists investigate the enduring questions of who built Stonehenge, how its stones were moved and raised, and why the monument was created.
Stonehenge construction
The documentary details the monument's sarsen sandstone pillars, fitted lintels, circular ditch and bank, bluestones from Wales, and processional avenue.
Aubrey Holes and cremation burials
Research into cremated remains from Aubrey Hole 7 examines the age, sex, health, and social selection of people buried at Stonehenge.
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and rearranged among the sarsens. Several other stones completed the monument. And later, parallel banks would define a processional avenue that stretched all the way from Stonehenge to the River Avon. 20th-century excavations also uncovered the dead of Stonehenge.
In the 1920s, nearly 60 human burials were excavated here, many in that outer ring of 56 pits known as the Aubrey Holes.
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Viewer Reactions to Secrets of Stonehenge
Viewers describe this NOVA documentary as an engaging exploration of Stonehenge, with personal memories of visiting the monument, attending summer solstice gatherings, and reflecting on how access to the site has changed. Several comments also discuss theories about moving the stones and the preservation of the monument.
Comment themes
A monument that continues to fascinate
Comments focus on the mystery, atmosphere, and lasting impact of Stonehenge.
How Stonehenge was built
The documentary prompts discussion of archaeological theories about transporting and raising the stones.
Changing access to Stonehenge
Several viewers compare historical access to the monument with modern visitor restrictions.
Audience signals
Strong documentary recommendation
A viewer calls it one of the best Stonehenge documentaries they have watched.
Personal connections to the monument
Commenters share emotional memories of visiting Stonehenge, including trips in childhood and in 2019.
Interest in Stonehenge traditions
Some viewers mention summer solstice gatherings and the wider group of stone circles around Wiltshire.
Ongoing questions about construction and preservation
Viewers debate how the stones may have been transported and discuss the site's protection and past damage.
Representative public comments
Stonehenge is outside my city, gathering with so many on Summer Solstice nights/mornings are the best! Never tire of going to the henge's all around Wiltshire
This is for Parker Pearson, Andrew Young, Bruce Bradley, Mike Pitts and the the teams involved. Oh, and the videographer team. Just my two bits worth on how the stones were moved. I would look into the elevation of the river bed compared to the entrance or the end of the channel. If my suspicion is correct they also...
One of the best Stonehenge documentary's I've watched, thanks for posting.
In the late 19th century Stonehenge was opened as a type of quarry where the landowner hired hammers and chisels to paying guests to break and tranport away as much as they required at a price. The site was finally prototected, but a huge amount has been broken up and carried away and lost. Access to the monumement...
I visited stonehenge in 2019 & it's honestly difficult to describe the feelings I had while I was there. I was working not far away & decided to take a drive to it on a beautiful summers day. I was by myself but wasn't alone as there was a lot of people there. I stayed until the site closed & the visitors had left....
I really enjoyed that , thank you to everyone involved. I went there as a child, in those days people didn’t do such foolish things as to spray paint monuments, one could walk amongst the stones and touch them, I remember it well. It is a shame little children cannot do that today.
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