Randall Carlson

And they'll say things like, well, obviously, and it's, you know, they thought that it was one of the typical bluestone rhyolitic stones that came from whales until they took a better look at it and they realized, no, this is actually a third. It's not the sarsen stones that make the big outer rings or the horseshoe, the horseshoe trilithons. It's not the bluestones. It's something different.

So they look in their database, archaeologists have this database that they've been compiling for years, and it's all the different types of rocks that have been studied and where you can find them around the world, right? Forget what it's called, but... So they studied this and they found that they, that the exact match was these rocks up in Northern Scotland, up around the Orkneys.

So they look in their database, archaeologists have this database that they've been compiling for years, and it's all the different types of rocks that have been studied and where you can find them around the world, right? Forget what it's called, but... So they studied this and they found that they, that the exact match was these rocks up in Northern Scotland, up around the Orkneys.

So they look in their database, archaeologists have this database that they've been compiling for years, and it's all the different types of rocks that have been studied and where you can find them around the world, right? Forget what it's called, but... So they studied this and they found that they, that the exact match was these rocks up in Northern Scotland, up around the Orkneys.

So then now you had to transport this multi-ton stone 450 to 500 miles. If it's overland, well, now you're going over mountains, across rushing rivers, through thick, dense forests, or you might take it by sea. Then that raises questions about, well, what kind of seafaring craft

So then now you had to transport this multi-ton stone 450 to 500 miles. If it's overland, well, now you're going over mountains, across rushing rivers, through thick, dense forests, or you might take it by sea. Then that raises questions about, well, what kind of seafaring craft

So then now you had to transport this multi-ton stone 450 to 500 miles. If it's overland, well, now you're going over mountains, across rushing rivers, through thick, dense forests, or you might take it by sea. Then that raises questions about, well, what kind of seafaring craft

would they have been using 5,000 years ago, transporting over the North Sea, which is well known for being, you know, the storms and stuff on the North Sea. I mean, so whether it was by sea or by land, it would have been an extremely challenging thing to undertake. The archaeologists are going, well, they must have had a compelling reason.

would they have been using 5,000 years ago, transporting over the North Sea, which is well known for being, you know, the storms and stuff on the North Sea. I mean, so whether it was by sea or by land, it would have been an extremely challenging thing to undertake. The archaeologists are going, well, they must have had a compelling reason.

would they have been using 5,000 years ago, transporting over the North Sea, which is well known for being, you know, the storms and stuff on the North Sea. I mean, so whether it was by sea or by land, it would have been an extremely challenging thing to undertake. The archaeologists are going, well, they must have had a compelling reason.

Well, yeah, but what's interesting to me is, well, the unique properties of that particular stone, which is very high in metal, that's why they were able to easily identify it, is because the only other place they found that type of rock was, again, up by the Orkneys.

Well, yeah, but what's interesting to me is, well, the unique properties of that particular stone, which is very high in metal, that's why they were able to easily identify it, is because the only other place they found that type of rock was, again, up by the Orkneys.

Well, yeah, but what's interesting to me is, well, the unique properties of that particular stone, which is very high in metal, that's why they were able to easily identify it, is because the only other place they found that type of rock was, again, up by the Orkneys.

One of the metals and and don't ask me why because I've haven't thought about this long enough But it was very high in metals and one of the metals was barium Why don't I don't know but the question that was raised by the archaeologist was why would they do this? There must have been a compelling reason Well, maybe the compelling reason had something to do with the composition of the stone however

One of the metals and and don't ask me why because I've haven't thought about this long enough But it was very high in metals and one of the metals was barium Why don't I don't know but the question that was raised by the archaeologist was why would they do this? There must have been a compelling reason Well, maybe the compelling reason had something to do with the composition of the stone however

One of the metals and and don't ask me why because I've haven't thought about this long enough But it was very high in metals and one of the metals was barium Why don't I don't know but the question that was raised by the archaeologist was why would they do this? There must have been a compelling reason Well, maybe the compelling reason had something to do with the composition of the stone however

Now you think about this, you would transport this stone with what must have been a great deal of effort, 450, 500 miles, and you set it up in the center of this monument, and it's on the midsummer sunrise axis, so on that morning when the sun rises over the heel stone, the rays of sun shine right through the apertures of the sarsen stones and shines on this altar stone. No.

Now you think about this, you would transport this stone with what must have been a great deal of effort, 450, 500 miles, and you set it up in the center of this monument, and it's on the midsummer sunrise axis, so on that morning when the sun rises over the heel stone, the rays of sun shine right through the apertures of the sarsen stones and shines on this altar stone. No.

Now you think about this, you would transport this stone with what must have been a great deal of effort, 450, 500 miles, and you set it up in the center of this monument, and it's on the midsummer sunrise axis, so on that morning when the sun rises over the heel stone, the rays of sun shine right through the apertures of the sarsen stones and shines on this altar stone. No.

Why would they do that? Oh, well, it was a religious ceremony. No, there's gotta be more to it than that. See, and of course, now you've got, number one, to quarry some of those big sarsen stones that made up the trilithon. We're looking at what? I don't know, 15, 20 tons? We're looking at dozens of the bluestones that had to get transported like 120 miles?