I’m surprised they’re allowed to make this program about our fascinating history without a hint of trying to discount our achievements. Spoke too soon, within 5 minutes the half black and half white badgers trying to negate our history.
Anglo saxon migration period of late 6th century, maybe it was the skirmishes & battles against the local britons of King Arthur (Artius) were he killed 900 saxons in decisive battles in wessex area..
Oh dear. Evo Inception and Alex Iles are two sites that examine the DNA evidence that shows the Angles and Saxons and Jutes were Tribes from mainland Europe i.e. Denmark, Southern Germany, There is an excellent documentary on the Chronicle site by Dr Francis Pryor who questions the notion of an 'Anglo Saxon Invasion' and argues. persuasively imo, that it was more of a gradual settlement over a period of many years. Recent grave evidence suggests that this settlement may have even started before the Romans left.
I always smile when I see faces i know from time team, It's good to see them working in their respective fields and in their element outside of just that one show. It's like meeting old friends by chance out and about. 😄
This reminds me of the joke about the difference between Europe and the United States: "In Europe, 100 miles is considered a long way; in the US, 100 years is considered a long time."
never would i have imagined being able to see a ''fresh'' found blade being scanned AND getting to see such a clear result for pattern welding, amazing
Much of what they dig in the UK is under threat by the construction of a highway, housing project or shopping mall. Given limited time, Archaeologists are rushing to document & remove what they uncovered while evaluating affected areas, then off to the next site. Commercial Archaeology plays a huge role in saving our history from being completely erased by modern development & for development, time is money. There's also Rescue Archaeology, they have little or no time to document/investigate a site or feature. eg: coastal erosion of a burial site, wind erosion uncovering a Bronze Age community etc. I have HUGE respect for them all.
@@StillmanVonStillman For Time Team it's 3 days & answering specific questions, but I imagine others take much longer (weeks, months, even yrs) investigating the entire site in question, as seen in many of Time Team's 'Special Episodes.'
I think a good number of discoveries in Britain are made when a construction project breaks ground. There certainly seem to be buried objects all over the place. I believe there are laws that provide for a limited delay of building to allow archeologists to assess and dig. If the site isn’t that unique the construction will go ahead, hence the time pressure? Or maybe these shows are just edited to make entertaining television.
@@girlnorthof60We're a little island it's insane they'll be no room to even fart soon, it's either preserve what we have left for future generations or let these stupid politicians concrete the whole place.
I read somewhere and not sure of its truthfulness, that the Anglo-Saxons, after winning a battle, didn't bury Viking dead in the traditional manner. They would strip the dead Vikings of anything valuable, then seat them back-to-back and cover them above ground with sod. Over time as the bodies decayed the mounds collapsed. As I said it might just be a story.
Love the revisionist history of believing these people were treated well---based on the fact that they were buried "correctly" & a scallop shell? Perhaps they were treated kindly by the religious order whose mission was to minister to lepers, & I understand the fear of people about getting this awful, untreatable disease. But I think it is pure wishful thinking that they would have been treated well by the general population or by church officials.
Always find it curious that we weep and morn so much for those close to us. Generally care less about those we don't know. We bury our families assuming they will never be dug up. That is why we buy plots. Yet, look at how we move cemeteries for housing, so many forgotten and are now unmarked, and of course dig them up for science. Not trying to be negative, just seems we as humans really have little regard for the dead yet feel our lives are so important.
✅▶What a fascinating discovery! The uncovering of an Anglo-Saxon war cemetery offers us a unique window into understanding the cultural practices, battles, and daily life of that historical period. Every artifact found is a piece of the puzzle that helps us reconstruct history and understand how these warriors lived and died. I can't wait to see more details about this incredible find and what it will teach us about the past!
“Our Story” sounds kinda racist. Ahmed next door doesn’t want to be left out so hope they find lots of diversity -some of us desperately need to keep a lot of lies affirmed as the truth.
After inspection, conservation etc, will the things that belonged to the dead warriors be returned to them and conserved together? After all, that is where they should always be.
Anglo-Saxon warriors from the sixth century! I hope you realise how very unfashionable this is. You should reinterpret it all as evidence of largely peaceful social change. 😆🤣😆🤣
Cross over skills between soldiers and archeology? Who'd have thought it! Mind you burying the dead (army) and digging up the dead (archeologists) seem to be quite similar.
Archaeologists do important work too. For sure it wasn't just horse meat being harvested through unethical means at the time just before more bones had ended up in that mass grave at the time. Some wars against ancient Rome lasted for hundreds of years. Ancient Rome which was the best Empire of all only when it comes to knowing how to triangulate one larger community against another and the best Empire of all at exploiting people who are good at building structures for them too. Too bad that one character mentioned in the bible who was not nearly powerful as an Empire who only got good at triangulating the first community of human beings against one another in competition for the most recognition from their father at the time. Some then called that in one human language emasculating. Others using the same human language call it misogyny instead. Still others not long later may have called that only not being pro-life while they convenient enough at the time to them had left out some info about being pro-life concerning that one guy named Seth who ended up in the ground too while then his brother became a forced migrant for the rest of his life not long later after that one character mentioned in the bible thought he was victorious enough to gain all the glory instead at the time and for all time too.Their father calls it all just sin.
@@leod-sigefasthe is reffering to contemporary intentions to interpret history and archeology through the lenses of the alphabet people with the result of wierd distortions of facts and history. It is a valid critique, even though not necessarily here with this docu.
Very snobbish production. Qt; 'Is there an iron core'. Looking at the tang. Presenter knows jack. The soldier volunteer had Qt; 'A lovely idea' Regards the shield wall. He was stating the bloody obvious. Obvious to any man. Was he credited. No because a soldier is just an Oik. The aristocratic woman with the boys hair cut made out as though it were her idea. Typical Toff behaviour.
@@2msvalkyrie529 No it isn't. Don't be thick at school and then get a degree at university. Simple. I'm working class from a poor background. I got to go to university. What is your excuse? You could have done an archeology degree, no? Or you just too lazy and thick and dicked about at school?
Then you would deny the rest of us the knowledge those items could give us. There is a good reason why those laws are in place. People who do report their finds are given at least a finders fee, and can get a substantial portion of any sale price, as does the owner of the land on which the items are found. Nighthawks and others who don't report their finds have been prosecuted and gotten heavy penalties, including jail time. So I hope you're simply being facetious.
I plan on donating my organs or, if nothing is useable, donating my body to science, so I could not care less. In fact, if people can learn something, I'd be elated.
The Mosaic isn't Roman. Count the numbers. 8x5=40, 20. Breakdown the numbers - 40 years: Solomon reigned as king over Israel for 40 years. 20 years: It took Solomon 20 years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own palace. 4 chambers: The Temple Solomon built included various chambers and storerooms 8 years: As part of the timeline for building projects 5 cubits: The number 5 appears in the measurements and dimensions of various parts of the Temple and its furnishings
Interesting interpretation, BUT: 40 and 20 are really common numbers, the roman number system was base ten, so 5s are not rare too. If it were "strange" numbers like primes, I could see your reasoning for them being chosen on purpose, yet 5, 20, 40 to me seem like nice round numbers that any craftsman would like to have.
YEs the use of numbers to help us think is so very important. As for saying that only numbers are way more important to remember than anything else that has ever existed under the sun well then you know what I think of that. When there is such thing as being with too much only human wisdom.
