Stonehenge's 6-Ton Altar Stone Traveled 465 Miles — But How? #Shorts

[00:00:00]Stonehenge's Altar Stone weighs 6 tons and traveled 465 miles. Scientists just traced Stonehenge's Altar Stone to northeast Scotland, 465 miles from Salisbury Plain. The 6-ton slab has sat at the monument's center for 4,500 years. Geologists matched its mineral signature to rocks in the Orcadian Basin. That's twice the distance of the Welsh bluestones and 10 times heavier than what Bronze Age rafts could carry.

[00:00:27]But here's where it splits experts in half. Some argue glaciers dragged it south during the Ice Age and humans just found it. Others say Neolithic crews hauled it overland in a feat that rivals Egypt's obelisk transport.

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[00:00:43]Tomorrow's monument is darker.