This is immense - and looks very "sanitised"! What HAVE they been using it for, all this time? The continuity of activity at a site so huge and so obviously important, through the ages, sounds fascinating, actually. Would you be able to give us an update for that?
Its a day of snow here in Portland Oregon. I am grateful for this post. Wonderful content, as always. Had not been aware of Dolmen de Menga previously...its formidable. Many thanks to you both!
OMG! I'vev been to that place and seen the rock. I had no idea there was a dolmen there. . Also worth noting that the translation for peña can also be a circle or a gathering. Great snippet - thanks both :)
I’ve been to the site, quite amazing. Very majestic. The size of the stones is impressive and the beauty of the way they are put together. Quite something to experience.
The face in profile would've been instantly recognized same as today,same as I nearly stood-up upon seeing it. Pareidolia is only form recognition. Pulling a possible threat out of the background static goes back about as far as eyes do. And pertaining to a previous ep., the hatching on the spear/arrow shafts, Stephen Milo recently mentioned (yesterday) that the compounding of beeswax and pine resin as an adhesive was practiced by Neanderthals, we found some intact with good stratigrify. Already forgot the date, 100,000's of thousands easily.
But your mention of the word "refuge" reminded me that much much earlier the whole area and the caves at Gibraltar especially was a refuge for some of the last Neanderthals. Thought this link might whet your appetite if you arent already familiar with the sad story of their demise. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthals_in_Gibraltar
Guys, this gets even better....there are three Dolmans in the area, an interesting Museum on site and directly opposite is a mountain that looks exactly like a giant head laying on the land. You can see this through the doorway of the Dolman
Almost makes some of our sites pale into insignificance 🤣. The Dolman de Soto is another one worth looking up. Thanks for bringing this to our attention 👍🙂
Here in the states we have a place called the giants playground and in the area, is the worlds tallest dolman. It’s called the Tazer dolman and surprisingly, there’s never been an archaeological examination of the site. But I think it’s incredible! I think it would be awesome if a team were to excavate the area. What would we find? Tools and artifacts possibly.
Thanks for your work and intellectual curiosity. Being such good mates shines through. The stone face reminds me of the Old Stone Face formation in NH, was an ancient reverence site for natives then Puritans--Daniel Webster wrote a short story about it. Erosion cause a catastrophic collapse, now unrecognizable.
I've been to all these sites starting in the early '90s. De Menga I visited first in the early 2000's and again just a few years back. For one, the site was fully excavated by the British - so not so pristine me thinks. There is a hole in the ground, near perfect circle going way down, perhaps a hundred feet, now plugged up. The Dolmenes in Antequera are in disrepair. When I first visited in 1993 or so there was no guard or museum, one got a padlock code from an office in town and went to the site on your own. It was mesmerizing being alone deep in the site, haunting, as if the ghosts of the ancestors who were buried there were floating in the dusty air seen through the rays through light-holes in the ceiling. Truly amazing. De Menga was a bit of a disappointment last time around. The first time I was there it was closed off, and I had to park several kms away and hike to it. Not a soul around. Now the Spanish have spent many pesos modernizing. They have a huge parking lot, a barren museum that is quite beautiful and have basically suburbanized the whole place. The inside is truly remarkable however. Still worth the visit. In terms of monumentizing, like many Dolmenes, de Menga faces East (if I recall) and the rising sun, and some precise time, the rays of sunlight run through the corridor lighting the whole place up.
I missed the Dolman de Menga, when I was in the area. I didn't know it was there. A great disappointment. Spain needs to do more to advertise sites like this.
I feel you guys, i only recently discovered the biggest tumulus of my country is only a 20 minute drive away from me and i've lived here since 2019... I feel bad almost.
At 3.17, does that supporting stone have a tenon on the top?, I can't see where it fits if It does. Is Stonehenge the only example of notice and tenons being used in that context or is it a signature style of the builders that has other examples?
There is another dolmen at the site and a their further down the road, a 5 min car ride away. There are some fascinating claves full of prehistoric art at Ardales and at the Cueva de la Pileta, both open to the public but both you need to be a reasonable walker as there are steps and some roughish terrain.
I have read that it is a sun disc to the left or right. Can’t just remember which way without looking through book. Think about Newgrange though. The sun still lights up the shaft after all this time.🙂
Please read Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore's book Island of the setting sun for more sites that look out to each other. Some of your comments on Newgrange are inaccurate so I can only give you 9.5/10 for this one!
Iam Spanish and i have seen it impressive i think nothing similar to this and i understand something of course is Unesco Heritage Site ; in Spain there are numerous impressive meghalitic sites but the foreign tourist does kmow about them since it is tourism i think is quite restricted.
I have to tell you I didn’t realize Carnac was not Karnak … I think this is how I will ne able to ID real prehistory fans from others in the future. Love love love you guys.
These megalithic structures in Menga and other places are a hiding place during the most dramatic event in the history of mankind. That is the crossing of planet 9 that occurs every few thousand years. It is recurring in a cycle of seven thus it is predictable but inescapable. That planet 9 is orbiting our sun in an eccentric orbit so it crosses close to our sun at a very high speed. Due to the gravitational force it causes a huge tidal wave, storms, rains, flooding and earthquakes in unprecedented amounts and a bombardment of fiery meteors. Only people who are in a shelter with a very strong roof survive this disaster. The last disaster occurred in the year 3.644 BCE, so just less than 6.000 years ago. Another result is a cycle of civilizations. This is ancient knowledge that is available for everyone who is searching for it but that is forgotten, neglected or denied by all scientists. To learn much more about planet 9, the recurring flood cycle and its timeline, the rebirth of civilizations and ancient high technology, read the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". This book answers many of your questions about ancient history. It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: planet 9 roest
200 Britannica tons? How many Roman tons would that be I wonder? Yeah, that place was old even back in my day. And now for something completely different... (Sorry I couldn't help myself there) Excellent video as always guys!
I can't see it making sense that it would have been intended as a burial place. Surely a water source would have been important for survival so unless that was dug long after it's use as a burial place, isn't it as likely it was a place of shelter for the living?
Do you realise how difficult it is to 'domesticate' an elephant??? Please take some time to educate yourself as to why your proposal would not have been feasible for Ancient Egyptian construction.
How can you even begin to interpret the site without understanding the date of the well. Water being fundamental to life, and in a Mediterranean area even more important. The effort to build a well, that is then to be put within a tomb(?). A structure as your point out would have involved significant effort. In building it, potentially, limit who accessed the well, or proscribed to what purpose it was accessed.
I can only suggest you check your set up. No other complaints and I’ve just checked the stream myself - there doesn’t seem to be a problem. Try again, I hope you have better luck.
@@ThePrehistoryGuys It's not a setup issue. I'm not sure if there is a software solution, but you might try running your videos by someone under 20 before posting. Your audience is largely older and people lose hearing at the top end as they age.
Could you say more about the beeping you hear? Michael here - I do all the editing and my hearing's still pretty good. If it were a constant, it would show up visually for me anyway on the waveform in the timeline. Also, I apply a noise gate to eliminate noise/interference in the silences. Can you hear the beeping when we're not talking? I will admit that there is some electrical interference on Rupert's track - but that's not what I'd call beeping. I have to say I suspect a fault your end as I've had no other complaints and it has been available to our Patreon supporters for over a day now. Sorry you're having this experience. Michael.
Something similar is heard when you have had a live. I would rather describe it as high-frequency waves, rather than beeps. In the sense that it lasts a second or two
given our human penchant for seeing our faces in just about anything, and everything, such a rock formation would provide enough impetus to build something to mark the place. and it is equally humanly possible that the folks doing this, put their heads down and got to it, only to realize halfway through, that, "darn it. if we'd put this 15 cubits farther that way, we coulda had a solstice thingy too...oh well. no point in stopping and starting over now... besides 14 thousand solstices from now our successors'll be wondering about why" (google translate doesn't do proto indo-european. use your imagination)
In my personal opinion, all megalithic structures found around the world like dolmens & long-barrows etc were built as shelters or bunkers for the lack of a better word & were not tombs. Again in my opinion most of the very large ''stones'' were not quarried & moved, they were instead poured as a concrete mix in place, it is only that they are so old that they now resemble natural rock. In our ancient past the weather could be catastrophic probably caused by meteorite impact/s or blasts, these structures were for people to go into to survive, they usually have also been built over natural springs or in this case has a water well inside as water is the most essential thing to survive for long periods.
The reason you cannot do the maths for Tonnes to Tons is that there is virtually no difference. One Long Ton is 2200 lbs, which is approximately 1000 kg, which is one Tonne.
How is it possible for you guys to beliieve this animation is even remotely sane? 150 metric tons, 840 metric tons.. Not a single bit of proof that this is even remotely possible to do this by hand. You may want to talk to Graham Hancock, or UnchartedX.
Thanks for the taster, that site is breathtaking
Yay, we always love new content from Prehistory Guys!
Thanks Gents 😊😊💙
Really looking forward to your new video!
I was always fascinated by Spain ancient culture ever since I learned about their cave paintings.
THANK U FOR THE VIDEOS U DO, I ALWAYS SHARE, SHARE
I can hardly wait!
Love the beard
Gosh.... I love y'all channel ❤️
Amazing dolman! Thank you.
This is immense - and looks very "sanitised"! What HAVE they been using it for, all this time? The continuity of activity at a site so huge and so obviously important, through the ages, sounds fascinating, actually. Would you be able to give us an update for that?
Wow spectacular site, thanks for the video
Looking forward to the full doc guys :-)
I’ve never seen this site at all, and it’s so impressive.
can anyone else hear that high frequency pitch? anyway still watching and enjoying the content thanks guys ❤
Its a day of snow here in Portland Oregon. I am grateful for this post. Wonderful content, as always. Had not been aware of Dolmen de Menga previously...its formidable. Many thanks to you both!
Look up the Dolen de Soto. Another one of many. This one has rock art
OMG! I'vev been to that place and seen the rock. I had no idea there was a dolmen there. . Also worth noting that the translation for peña can also be a circle or a gathering. Great snippet - thanks both :)
Watching this again, soooo good. One of my favorites !
I’ve been to the site, quite amazing. Very majestic. The size of the stones is impressive and the beauty of the way they are put together. Quite something to experience.
I love it! Thanks for making this content
there's a really high pitched buzz from the guy on the right's mic
The face in profile would've been instantly recognized same as today,same as I nearly stood-up upon seeing it. Pareidolia is only form recognition. Pulling a possible threat out of the background static goes back about as far as eyes do.
And pertaining to a previous ep., the hatching on the spear/arrow shafts, Stephen Milo recently mentioned (yesterday) that the compounding of beeswax and pine resin as an adhesive was practiced by Neanderthals, we found some intact with good stratigrify. Already forgot the date, 100,000's of thousands easily.
Was that rock it's pointing to an ice age refuge during the inerglacial?
But your mention of the word "refuge" reminded me that much much earlier the whole area and the caves at Gibraltar especially was a refuge for some of the last Neanderthals. Thought this link might whet your appetite if you arent already familiar with the sad story of their demise.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthals_in_Gibraltar
Guys, this gets even better....there are three Dolmans in the area, an interesting Museum on site and directly opposite is a mountain that looks exactly like a giant head laying on the land. You can see this through the doorway of the Dolman
Almost makes some of our sites pale into insignificance 🤣. The Dolman de Soto is another one worth looking up.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention 👍🙂
Cool beard Michael! :)
Why, thank you kindly!
My bucket list is getting longer every day.
Great work as always and what an amazing site. But speaking of Newgrange isn't the façade of Newgrange a modern monstrosity!
I look forward to this. Even if it is a mouthful.😉
The people that put together the dolmens everywhere - sure knew something we don't.
Looking forward to the full video. It's been a couple of decades since I visited, and the well wasn't excavated then.
Here in the states we have a place called the giants playground and in the area, is the worlds tallest dolman. It’s called the Tazer dolman and surprisingly, there’s never been an archaeological examination of the site. But I think it’s incredible! I think it would be awesome if a team were to excavate the area. What would we find? Tools and artifacts possibly.
not only that but there is a twin dolmen of tizer, and that is called nardodipace in italy!
our planet is covered with ancient stone riddles ... .
Hi guys 🙂
Greetings Deorman! M.😊
Thanks for your work and intellectual curiosity. Being such good mates shines through. The stone face reminds me of the Old Stone Face formation in NH, was an ancient reverence site for natives then Puritans--Daniel Webster wrote a short story about it. Erosion cause a catastrophic collapse, now unrecognizable.
I've been to all these sites starting in the early '90s. De Menga I visited first in the early 2000's and again just a few years back. For one, the site was fully excavated by the British - so not so pristine me thinks. There is a hole in the ground, near perfect circle going way down, perhaps a hundred feet, now plugged up.
The Dolmenes in Antequera are in disrepair. When I first visited in 1993 or so there was no guard or museum, one got a padlock code from an office in town and went to the site on your own. It was mesmerizing being alone deep in the site, haunting, as if the ghosts of the ancestors who were buried there were floating in the dusty air seen through the rays through light-holes in the ceiling. Truly amazing.
De Menga was a bit of a disappointment last time around. The first time I was there it was closed off, and I had to park several kms away and hike to it. Not a soul around. Now the Spanish have spent many pesos modernizing. They have a huge parking lot, a barren museum that is quite beautiful and have basically suburbanized the whole place. The inside is truly remarkable however. Still worth the visit.
In terms of monumentizing, like many Dolmenes, de Menga faces East (if I recall) and the rising sun, and some precise time, the rays of sunlight run through the corridor lighting the whole place up.
¿ " pesos " ?????
Will Malta and Gozo feature in these ten, I wonder? Wonderful site, this.
I missed the Dolman de Menga, when I was in the area. I didn't know it was there. A great disappointment. Spain needs to do more to advertise sites like this.
I feel you guys, i only recently discovered the biggest tumulus of my country is only a 20 minute drive away from me and i've lived here since 2019... I feel bad almost.
At 3.17, does that supporting stone have a tenon on the top?, I can't see where it fits if It does. Is Stonehenge the only example of notice and tenons being used in that context or is it a signature style of the builders that has other examples?
I visited this dolmen earlier this year.
There is another dolmen at the site and a their further down the road, a 5 min car ride away. There are some fascinating claves full of prehistoric art at Ardales and at the Cueva de la Pileta, both open to the public but both you need to be a reasonable walker as there are steps and some roughish terrain.
Wouldn't it have originally lined up back in the Neolithic as the Solstice has moved since that period in time?
I have read that it is a sun disc to the left or right. Can’t just remember which way without looking through book. Think about Newgrange though. The sun still lights up the shaft after all this time.🙂
Please read Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore's book Island of the setting sun for more sites that look out to each other. Some of your comments on Newgrange are inaccurate so I can only give you 9.5/10 for this one!
Iam Spanish and i have seen it impressive i think nothing similar to this and i understand something of course is Unesco Heritage Site ; in Spain there are numerous impressive meghalitic sites but the foreign tourist does kmow about them since it is tourism i think is quite restricted.
I have to tell you I didn’t realize Carnac was not Karnak … I think this is how I will ne able to ID real prehistory fans from others in the future. Love love love you guys.
These megalithic structures in Menga and other places are a hiding place during the most dramatic event in the history of mankind. That is the crossing of planet 9 that occurs every few thousand years. It is recurring in a cycle of seven thus it is predictable but inescapable. That planet 9 is orbiting our sun in an eccentric orbit so it crosses close to our sun at a very high speed. Due to the gravitational force it causes a huge tidal wave, storms, rains, flooding and earthquakes in unprecedented amounts and a bombardment of fiery meteors. Only people who are in a shelter with a very strong roof survive this disaster. The last disaster occurred in the year 3.644 BCE, so just less than 6.000 years ago. Another result is a cycle of civilizations. This is ancient knowledge that is available for everyone who is searching for it but that is forgotten, neglected or denied by all scientists. To learn much more about planet 9, the recurring flood cycle and its timeline, the rebirth of civilizations and ancient high technology, read the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". This book answers many of your questions about ancient history. It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: planet 9 roest
1:30 IBERIAN peninsula
¿What Andalucía peninsula? Antequera, Malaga province, Andalucía autonomous community, Spain, in the Iberian peninsula.
200 Britannica tons?
How many Roman tons would that be I wonder?
Yeah, that place was old even back in my day.
And now for something completely different...
(Sorry I couldn't help myself there)
Excellent video as always guys!
Whenever I watch your videos there is a high pitch noise in the background and the noise is not present in other media. Am I the only one?
I'm finding that too!? Having to turn the volume down so it's not so audible...
I can't see it making sense that it would have been intended as a burial place. Surely a water source would have been important for survival so unless that was dug long after it's use as a burial place, isn't it as likely it was a place of shelter for the living?
On how it’s built, why do they never show horses? Or elephants in Egypt? Why only people power?
Do you realise how difficult it is to 'domesticate' an elephant??? Please take some time to educate yourself as to why your proposal would not have been feasible for Ancient Egyptian construction.
A strikingly natural statement about the unnatural (supernatural?).
Not a single diamond tipped sonic laser plasma lathe was used.
A 'capstan' is a winch on a ship I believe; you must mean 'capstone'. ( I know I'm nitpicking but it irritates me for some reason)All the best, Nick.
I thought they were saying capstone all along?
@@PatchouliPenny Of course he meant "capstone" but he pronounced it "capstan'.In any case, I'm only having a bit of fun.
How can you even begin to interpret the site without understanding the date of the well. Water being fundamental to life, and in a Mediterranean area even more important. The effort to build a well, that is then to be put within a tomb(?). A structure as your point out would have involved significant effort. In building it, potentially, limit who accessed the well, or proscribed to what purpose it was accessed.
The pilars are not there for support They where originally not connected with the roof.
There is something wrong with the audio and this is unwatchable due to a high pitched noise
I can only suggest you check your set up. No other complaints and I’ve just checked the stream myself - there doesn’t seem to be a problem. Try again, I hope you have better luck.
@@ThePrehistoryGuys It's not a setup issue. I'm not sure if there is a software solution, but you might try running your videos by someone under 20 before posting. Your audience is largely older and people lose hearing at the top end as they age.
Yoooo you guys probably are unable to hear it anymore but there is a high frequency beeping in your audio and it's horrible
I don't hear it.
Could you say more about the beeping you hear? Michael here - I do all the editing and my hearing's still pretty good. If it were a constant, it would show up visually for me anyway on the waveform in the timeline. Also, I apply a noise gate to eliminate noise/interference in the silences. Can you hear the beeping when we're not talking?
I will admit that there is some electrical interference on Rupert's track - but that's not what I'd call beeping.
I have to say I suspect a fault your end as I've had no other complaints and it has been available to our Patreon supporters for over a day now. Sorry you're having this experience. Michael.
Something similar is heard when you have had a live. I would rather describe it as high-frequency waves, rather than beeps. In the sense that it lasts a second or two
All the way through? Or intermittent? Is it more prominent when one or other of us is speaking? It's a bit of a mystery, this! Michael.
We can't hear any high-pitched beeping. The audio sounds good from here....
Plenty more sights in Andalusia of this type.
Iberian Peninsula, Andalusia is in it's south.
given our human penchant for seeing our faces in just about anything, and everything,
such a rock formation would provide enough impetus to build something to mark the place.
and it is equally humanly possible that the folks doing this, put their heads down and got to it,
only to realize halfway through, that, "darn it. if we'd put this 15 cubits farther that way,
we coulda had a solstice thingy too...oh well. no point in stopping and starting over now...
besides 14 thousand solstices from now our successors'll be wondering about why"
(google translate doesn't do proto indo-european. use your imagination)
In my personal opinion, all megalithic structures found around the world like dolmens & long-barrows etc were built as shelters or bunkers for the lack of a better word & were not tombs.
Again in my opinion most of the very large ''stones'' were not quarried & moved, they were instead poured as a concrete mix in place, it is only that they are so old that they now resemble natural rock.
In our ancient past the weather could be catastrophic probably caused by meteorite impact/s or blasts, these structures were for people to go into to survive, they usually have also been built over natural springs or in this case has a water well inside as water is the most essential thing to survive for long periods.
The reason you cannot do the maths for Tonnes to Tons is that there is virtually no difference. One Long Ton is 2200 lbs, which is approximately 1000 kg, which is one Tonne.
It looks like a fallout shelter to me. Protection from extreme events, not tombs?
You guys need to work on this buzzing….
Oh damm! The prehistoric Guys are focusing on the neolithic. I prefer true prehistory.
What did you expect - it's a jolly.
The title of the video "monster of Andalusia": that's in your heads prehistory guys, no respect.
Too much of your old faces not enough site visuals.
How is it possible for you guys to beliieve this animation is even remotely sane? 150 metric tons, 840 metric tons..
Not a single bit of proof that this is even remotely possible to do this by hand.
You may want to talk to Graham Hancock, or UnchartedX.
No he won't
No rainbows or unicorns? Pre-Brexit then!
Get a room