A new study on the Altar Stone of Stonehenge has concluded that the Altar Stone came from Scotland, more specifically from the Arcadian basin, which encompasses Inverness, the Orkney Islands and Shetland. Remember how important Orkney was for The Secret of the Druids?...
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Video: A tour of The Druids Circle
There is something about megaliths and stone circles that draws me inexorably towards them. No matter how remote, how distant, they become something of an obsession for me. So when I visited the Lake District (have you checked out the video on my visit to the house of...
Standing with Stones: A journey beyond Stonehenge
As a Quest Club member, you have probably figured out by now that the UK is one of my favourite places for archaeological sites. And one of the reasons is the sheer number of ancient megalithic sites, most of which are 4000 years old, or even older. Not only are they...
Stonehenge – The Lost Circle Revealed (BBC)
Elsewhere at The Quest Club, you will find videos about Stonehenge, its origin, the archaeological excavations and studies and the secrets revealed therein. But was there a "lost Stonehenge"? This BBC video from 2021 seeks to answer this question and examines the...
Walking Through History: The Path to Stonehenge
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BBC Operation Stonehenge What Lies Beneath – Part 2
Here's Part 2 of a BBC series on the Hidden Landscapes project, an investigation into the landscape around Stonehenge, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video...
BBC Operation Stonehenge What Lies Beneath – Part 1
Here's Part 1 of a BBC series on the Hidden Landscapes project, an investigation into the landscape around Stonehenge, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video...
Video: Discovery Channel – Secrets of Stonehenge
Here's another video, this time by Discovery, which provides some background information in addition to everything I've written in The Secret of the Druids. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video with...
Video: New Scientific Discoveries: Re-interpreting Stonehenge
Here's one of the latest videos, from 2022, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge, based on a series of revelations from experts on the archaeological findings in Wiltshire and elsewhere (no spoilers here!). The video is interesting, and provides...
Video: The Secrets of Stonehenge
Here's a video from 2009, which uses archaeology as a basis for an attempt to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. The video is interesting, and provides some background information as well, in addition to everything I've written in The Secret of the Druids. Do leave a...
Video: The Last Stand of the Druids – Anglesey
In The Secret of the Druids, I have written about Anglesey and the fierce battle that was fought as the Romans attacked the island - Anglesey - that was where the Druids made their last stand as the Roman army went about exterminating them. Here is a video which has...
Video: The Mystery of Mine Howe (Locations from The Secret of the Druids)
So, finally, I found a video on Minehowe. It is fairly old, telecast by Discovery Channel in 2000, and Minehowe has changed a bit since the video was shot. The henge around the mound, for example, has been partially excavated (as described in the book), the shed you...
A Tour of Mysterious Orkney Part I: The Mystery of Mine Howe
Warning: there are spoilers in this post, so if you have not read The Secret of the Druids, you should not read this post until you have completed reading the book. It had been a rough flight from Aberdeen to Kirkwall. Earlier that afternoon, on a surprisingly sunny...
Video: Secrets of the Dead – Accoustics in Megalithic Structures
So, here's an interesting video that I came across while researching the accoustic effects I have described in The Secret of the Druids. The accoustic effect is very, very real - that is definitely not fiction - and this video shows some of the research that has been...
Locations from The Secret of the Druids: Bryn Celli Ddu
THE SECRETS OF BRYN CELLI DDU Photo credits: Shaynaya Doyle. It was around 20 years ago when I first read about Bryn Celli Ddu, in a book called Uriel’s Machine, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. This was also the time when I first read in detail about the...
Locations from The Secret of the Druids: The Secrets of Bryn Celli Ddu: Part 1
Watch out for a photo tour of Bryn Celli Ddu - coming soon, exclusively at The Quest Club!
Locations in The Secret of the Druids – The Mystery of Cairnpapple Hill
Watch out for the photo tour of Cairnpapple Hill - coming soon, exclusively at The Quest Club!
Exclusive Preview of The Secret of the Druids
Prologue 48 B.C. Alexandria, Egypt Julius Caesar listened to the centurion, his face grim. The news was not good. His escape route was cut off. While the ship bearing his precious cargo had escaped the siege, the Egyptians had effectively ensured that he could not...