Ancient Aliens – The Secrets of Stonehenge episode 17 2019: A shocking DNA study released in 2018 reveals that the original builders of Stonehenge mysteriously vanished. But where did they go?
Could Stonehenge’s mysterious “Bluestone circle” have activated a portal that transported the ancient culture back to their former home amongst the stars?
Ancient Aliens – The Secrets of Stonehenge episode 17 2019
Stonehenge. It’s been associated with bonkers ideas about who really built it at least since medieval people imagined that Merlin the Magician flew it in to Britain after a group of antediluvian giants had first set it up in Ireland. It’s perhaps a little surprising that Stonehenge isn’t featured on Ancient Aliens more often, but they tend to favor areas that aren’t England. That said, there is little that can possibly compare to the utter inanity of claiming that Stonehenge functions as a portal through which the entire culture of people who built the site got sucked in and transported to another planet. It’s the culmination of the whole season’s gradually building claims about magic stones and interdimensional beings, but even so, it still scans as bonkers at a level beyond even their usual stupidity.
The Secrets of Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, two miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.
One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon.[6] It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1882 when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in Britain. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1986. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage; the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.