Uncovering The Shocking History Of Stonehenge (Part 1) | Our History

Описание: Four thousand years ago our ancestors built a mysterious and enigmatic monument and we still don't know why. It's been said that every age gets the Stonehenge it desires or deserves.

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The Victorians saw it as a sacrificial altar to the druids. In the hippy 1960s it was a complex astronomical calendar or even an alien landing strip. This film examines a controversial new theory - that Stonehenge was the site of a symbolic sexual act between a God and a Goddess - an act which can be witnessed at the monument every year at the Midsummer Dawn. Physicist Terence Meaden calls his theory "The Marriage of the Gods" - a fertility celebration.

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