Stonehenge's Richest Man | The Bush Barrow Chieftain | Curator's Corner S7 Ep2 [7:34]

YouTube ^ | February 10, 2022 | The British Museum

[SunkenCiv]

Today we're doing something a little different. We're taking Curator's Corner on the road! Wiltshire Museum in Devizes has very kindly lent us the objects excavated from Bush Barrow for our upcoming 'The world of Stonehenge' exhibition. But before they were taken off display, we grabbed some time with director David Dawson, to find out what makes the Bush Barrow Chieftain such an important figure for our understanding of British prehistory and the world of Stonehenge. 

Stonehenge's Richest Man | The Bush Barrow Chieftain 
Curator's Corner S7 Ep2 | 7:34 
The British Museum | 799K subscribers | 221,962 views | February 10, 2022

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bushbarrow; godsgravesglyphs; neolithic; stonehenge

[SunkenCiv]

David Dawson explores the treasures of the Bush Barrow chieftain, focusing on intricate gold artifacts that reveal advanced knowledge of astronomy and geometry. These remarkable finds highlight the complex social hierarchy and craftsmanship of the Bronze Age in the Stonehenge region

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[SunkenCiv]

'Bush Barrow' from the FRchives, sorted:

• The king of Stonehenge: Were artefacts at ancient chief's burial site Britain's first Crown Jewels? [05/12/2009]
• Britain's 'most important archeological' discovery found in desk drawer [10/28/2008]
• Stonehenge Amulets Worn By Elite [04/07/2007]

[Red Badger]

The richest man in the graveyard is still dead................

[BenLurkin]

Oh, what a lucky man he was.

[SunkenCiv]

Very lefty comments.

[BenLurkin]

Death and taxes, brother. Wait for no man.

[Red Badger]

All your money won’t another minute buy.................

[BenLurkin]

“The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

[ComputerGuy]

That was an interesting video.
Thanks for posting.

[SrgMcLeod999]

Now is that the Stonehenge Stonehenge or one of the million smaller versions spread all over The Celtic Nation?

[MikelTackNailer]

...or one of the million smaller versions

[SunkenCiv]

Nonsense. It’s very, very likely that there were no taxes in the Neolithic.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[SrgMcLeod999]

Ain’t that the Demi-god, Hercules on one of his legendary journeys?
And where did Yolas disappear to?
Still miss the auld chap

[MikelTackNailer]

Reference to the movie "Spinal Tap" about a fictional and very stupid heavy metal rock band. Their big finale was "Stonehenge", where a contractor got the wrong specs and lowered a 14 inch, not foot, high model of one of the monuments down to the stage.

Here's that scene at this link.

It qualified as the smallest version of all.