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Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries

24 күн бұрын

British archaeologists hunt for traces of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, an event which marked the beginning of the Dark Ages in Britain. Artefacts like Roman belts reveal how identities were reinvented during this period. Sites like Bamburgh Castle offer glimpses into Anglo-Saxon life amidst centuries of occupation. Discoveries of graves and intricate jewelry shed light on societal aspects and the transition to Christianity amidst pagan beliefs.
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@Burning_Tyger
@Burning_Tyger 19 күн бұрын
Early medieval, post-Roman, pre-viking Britain has recently become one of my favorite historical placetimes. You got the Britons who were Celtic, but by this time, had varying levels of Roman cultural adoption. Then you got the the Welsh, and the "Old North" of Celtic peoples of Goddoddin and Rheged and Elmet. Then way up top you have the Picts who were almost certainly a kind of Celtic, but different from the others further south and may have elements of an older heritage. Then the "invading" Germanics, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Latin vs. Celtic. vs Germanic, Early Latin Christianity vs. the prexisting Celitc beliefs vs. Germanic. Irish invaders and pirates. Music and poetry and war and a kaleidoscope of kingdoms. It's such an amazing clash of cultures and beliefs and history. No wonder that period birthed so many legends.
@karphin1
@karphin1 18 күн бұрын
Does sound fascinating!
@kiwiwifi
@kiwiwifi 18 күн бұрын
Who is next? The Chinese?
@redroostermcmlxxl
@redroostermcmlxxl 17 күн бұрын
😂 ​@@kiwiwifi
@simonpayne8252
@simonpayne8252 17 күн бұрын
I think you'll find that the Britons were just Britons. What we call the Welsh today are the last remnant of the Britons. Celt is a lazy modern term adopted to refer to a group of languages that share some similarities.
@Burning_Tyger
@Burning_Tyger 17 күн бұрын
@@simonpayne8252 I am familiar with the distinction. But there was I think a difference between those Britons who were largely incorporated into Roman culture in southern England from those that were less so in what we now call "Wales". And for lack of a better term, I used the word "Welsh". I also concede your point about the term "Celt". However, I still find the term to be useful when differentiating between broad cultural groups such as Latin, Germanic, etc. But there is no doubt that the "Celts" were not some homogeneic culture, but many different cultures spanning across millennia and the breadth of Europe.
@MsSteelphoenix
@MsSteelphoenix 9 күн бұрын
I love how enthusiastic everyone is. :)
@pendragon2012
@pendragon2012 22 күн бұрын
It has been really interesting to me lately to learn how gradual a lot of these changes were as opposed to sudden falls. Great video!
@Sean12248
@Sean12248 18 күн бұрын
Just so everyone knows this came out in 2010.
@Jackjackjack533
@Jackjackjack533 22 күн бұрын
The real archeological find is the blockbuster at the mall lol
@kellysouter4381
@kellysouter4381 14 күн бұрын
I wish I still had one
@ecom_professor
@ecom_professor 20 күн бұрын
I hope who ever is reading this have a good day 💗
@rexy2204
@rexy2204 15 күн бұрын
I wish you a good day too! 😊
@trishriederer1857
@trishriederer1857 15 күн бұрын
Same to you
@johntillotson4254
@johntillotson4254 14 күн бұрын
God bless you ❤
@Mma-basement-215
@Mma-basement-215 14 күн бұрын
Thank you.. have a great day everyone
@cliftongaither6642
@cliftongaither6642 14 күн бұрын
thanks , you too 😊
@thomasbell7033
@thomasbell7033 10 күн бұрын
Not too long ago I read that CSI Sittingbourne lost their place in the shopping mall. I do hope they found another home.
@BalmforthGG
@BalmforthGG 22 күн бұрын
Excellent work this. KZfaq is better for having such quality content. Thank you.
@thedarkhorse100
@thedarkhorse100 22 күн бұрын
Great Doc, what amazes me is the craftsmanship people had considering what they had to work with
@ljb8157
@ljb8157 20 күн бұрын
What amazes me is that @1750, I glimpsed a Blockbuster video!
@ralphstephan353
@ralphstephan353 12 күн бұрын
What I appreciate most about this program is how it builds on prior scholarship in order to establish authenticity of recently discovered artifacts. A truly wonderful 33:44 presentation.
@xavisanchez7522
@xavisanchez7522 9 күн бұрын
Current chronology dates are wrong.
@user-fh6ov3wl4h
@user-fh6ov3wl4h 20 күн бұрын
That ring 😳 but also the size of the band. That person had to have been massive especially from the times stands
@garyevans8083
@garyevans8083 20 күн бұрын
allot of the rings back then were made to fit over gloves.... possibly why it's so big?
@J.P.MistaPista
@J.P.MistaPista 19 күн бұрын
These experts have been on another show called 'Time Team'. I just love that series, mainly Mick Aston with his colourful pullovers. In this documentary my 'heroes' look so young.
@LenayeMarsten
@LenayeMarsten 21 күн бұрын
Beautifully done! Thank you, I really enjoyed this 😊
@dcmackc01
@dcmackc01 22 күн бұрын
I really enjoy watching and learning with Dr Roberts's videos.
@c1ph3rpunk
@c1ph3rpunk 22 күн бұрын
As the video itself become archeology: a living record of a standing Blockbuster store.
@sforza209
@sforza209 19 күн бұрын
I had no idea blockbuster made it across the Atlantic.
@BethmcDanal-qb8qr
@BethmcDanal-qb8qr 19 күн бұрын
,😂😂
@cnilecnile6748
@cnilecnile6748 22 күн бұрын
Seems like the same thing happens over and over about every 1000 years or so. And nobody ever learns from it. You can literally just change the names of the countries/societies, and it is still pretty much all the same. "Human hyenas, wound up by their hate, snap at the heels of the wise and the great, with no regrets. Well, we're all very cultured, speak in soft tones, sitting in front of a plate full of bones, with no regrets. Let us Prey, State of the world today. Darwin say, "It's nature at work- so it must be ok" "Let us Prey" (Fetters/Nyswonger) The Raisins 1981 Strugglebaby Records
@amypatterson-bocchi2514
@amypatterson-bocchi2514 2 күн бұрын
Wow! That community involvement is FANTASTIC!!! Great for high school excursions too!!!
@EbbandFlow1234
@EbbandFlow1234 19 күн бұрын
I love Bamburgh, stunning and so is Lindisfarne
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
Bamburgh is easy to see why it had been used as a place to build forts , castles etc from around age onwards . I've never been but it's on my list
@EbbandFlow1234
@EbbandFlow1234 19 күн бұрын
@kevcaratacus9428 I go every year in summer. it's so beautiful. You can see the Farne Islands and Holy Island from there on a clear day. You will love it , make sure you go.
@snappytomatoe
@snappytomatoe 11 күн бұрын
Is it free to visit?
@Familylawgroup
@Familylawgroup 19 күн бұрын
You know you are watching a video about “state of the art” analysis of ancient and medieval archeology when the documentary includes video of the hosting walking into a shopping center with a prominent “Blockbuster video” store front. I don’t know when Blockbuster vacated the UK, but the American LLC ceased operating as a business on November 6, 2013. Before that, Blockbuster was known for its “preservation” of antiquated media content and antiquated media formats, I.e. VHS cassettes.
@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd
@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd 11 күн бұрын
I haven't seen a blockbuster video in the states in over 20 years.
@Hydroxica
@Hydroxica 22 күн бұрын
Nice a new video just in time for me to watch while eating lunch!
@GermanicDottir
@GermanicDottir 22 күн бұрын
Fantastic documentary. Thank you.
@TheMelbournelad
@TheMelbournelad 22 күн бұрын
Must be an old doco, with that blockbuster being there at the Meads
@davedixon2068
@davedixon2068 19 күн бұрын
well it is archaeology maybe it was an old Roman Block Buster
@karphin1
@karphin1 18 күн бұрын
I thought that, too! Haha. And Alice looks quite young.
@LetThoseOatsRoll
@LetThoseOatsRoll 17 күн бұрын
😂​@@davedixon2068
@markgiles3
@markgiles3 2 күн бұрын
It's exciting to think of what may be dug up in the future. Great doco. Thank you.
@Celtopia
@Celtopia 22 күн бұрын
That was absolutely fascinating....thank you so much....
@roostershooter76
@roostershooter76 22 күн бұрын
When technology fails, I'm certain that some archaeologists, 1000 years from now, will be convinced that our society lost all ability to read and write, and we were all rich and wealthy. We all carried around these plastic little boxes so that we could look at our reflection in it's glass. This goes to show you how future societies come up with their "Best Guess" when it comes to past civilizations.
@Grace-ms7un
@Grace-ms7un 16 күн бұрын
The amount of phones with cracked screens and not in gravesites will definitely confuse them.😂
@rconger24
@rconger24 18 күн бұрын
14:15 Author W Cleon Skousen born in Canada had the best writing about the brothers Hengst and Horsa that I've seen.
@thomasschofield6633
@thomasschofield6633 22 күн бұрын
I beg to differ, it was sudden change at first, then a gradual acceptance of Christianity and Roman culture. Case in point, why did the Romanized Celts in western Britain emigrate to Brittany: They were escaping the sudden takeover by the Anglo Saxons.
@hogwashmcturnip8930
@hogwashmcturnip8930 22 күн бұрын
They did not go to avoid Saxons, they went to avoid Romans! 400 years out? Also there was 'No sudden takeover' That is Victorian blah
@thomasschofield6633
@thomasschofield6633 21 күн бұрын
So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves. You make no sense.
@thomasschofield6633
@thomasschofield6633 21 күн бұрын
So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves???​@@hogwashmcturnip8930
@kiwiwifi
@kiwiwifi 18 күн бұрын
@@thomasschofield6633 By the 'old' themselves
@phildavies7666
@phildavies7666 21 күн бұрын
To quote that highly respected group of historians; what have the saxons ever done for us
@Funeeman
@Funeeman 19 күн бұрын
They were the greatest people to walk this earth.
@tennillepatterson5500
@tennillepatterson5500 22 күн бұрын
I have to wonder if these Germanic people's were wearing their spoils of war . Many Romans were eliminated in Germania right before this time period. Maybe they weren't assimilated, but warriors that took trophies.
@vanmanrick1
@vanmanrick1 19 күн бұрын
Everybody is so shocked when they see examples of craftmanship from that era. However even today the best craftsman in the trades etc are of saxon stock.
@Evus-st5di
@Evus-st5di 16 күн бұрын
Utter rubbish.
@Wmaddox333
@Wmaddox333 16 күн бұрын
Literally all European peoples were expert craftsman and produced artifacts of immense beauty and amazing detail. These people were apprenticed from a very young age and possessed knowledge and skills that have been changed or lost over time. Saxon craftsmanship was however incredibly popular and sought after all far beyond Europe - It does have a certain enchanting power and Naivety which is very unique - you can even see other cultures in Asia which attempted to emulate Saxon craftsmanship - from weaponry To jewellery.
@Wmaddox333
@Wmaddox333 16 күн бұрын
That said I do make silver pieces and naturally everything comes out looking like Saxon work.
@Wmaddox333
@Wmaddox333 16 күн бұрын
@@Evus-st5diit’s not, saxons are the best.
@vanmanrick1
@vanmanrick1 16 күн бұрын
@@Evus-st5di sounds like jealousy.
@evilbunnyzombie
@evilbunnyzombie 21 күн бұрын
That was interesting, I love archaeology
@embassyofbellerose8344
@embassyofbellerose8344 9 күн бұрын
A very fascinating video_thank you.
@dianeboross6978
@dianeboross6978 18 күн бұрын
The British Isles was really a melting pot of many tribes and cultures.
@wor53lg50
@wor53lg50 17 күн бұрын
Yeah all North western European neighbours of similar cultures...Diversity is nobody's strength, it is what it says on the tin DIVISION?!..
@ljb8157
@ljb8157 20 күн бұрын
I'm sorry, but @1750, did I just see a blockbuster video store? Just how old IS this documentary?
@ChristophersMum
@ChristophersMum 16 күн бұрын
14 years ago😄
@EimaiEmpusa69
@EimaiEmpusa69 14 күн бұрын
I didn't know you guys still have Blockbuster. @ 17:37
@amenhotep651
@amenhotep651 14 күн бұрын
Very well done, thank you
@joshschneider9766
@joshschneider9766 19 күн бұрын
the romans conquered lands and then administered them by installing friendly locals and basically making them fantastically wealthy compared to everyone around them but still subservient to rome. there is clear evidence that this happened during the roman invasion of britain. it makes perfect sense to me that the angle saxon and jut tribe members would do similar.
@Waya420
@Waya420 22 күн бұрын
I wish i could do the archeological store thing 😭
@ChristophersMum
@ChristophersMum 16 күн бұрын
You could enquire at the University involved...if they still have that type of programme running... Good luck.
@wendyHew
@wendyHew 21 күн бұрын
The groups of angles, jutes, saxons ect did not come from France. Only Northern Germany, Denmark and Dutch coasts and the nearby areas. They were Germanic peoples
@juliaforsyth8332
@juliaforsyth8332 20 күн бұрын
Normandy ?
@wendyHew
@wendyHew 20 күн бұрын
@@juliaforsyth8332 Normandy did not exist at that time and it is far further down on the French coast. Normandy meaning North man was land given to the Viking Rollo the walker by the King of France in a cowardly attempt to try and stop the Scandinavian raids on the country. The group would continue there until Rollos descendant William the Conqueror invaded England as he had a claim to the throne, so the Normandy element joined the saxons far later
@Gladedancer
@Gladedancer 15 күн бұрын
True, although the Franks were Germanic too.
@wendyHew
@wendyHew 15 күн бұрын
@@Gladedancer Yeah they had some Gaul ancestry but also mixed heavily, the original French would have been far more Germanic before they were replaced. The Normans were the viking descendants who did marry into some French lines but many also took norman or sometimes Briton partners. Intriguingly it is said that despite Robert Duke of Normandy having a wife (who has disputed origin due to a lack of documentation leading to the name William the bastard) he also had a relationship with a Briton woman and it is said that this Briton may in fact be William the Conquerors mother. The Britons were a Celtic people who had migrated to France, likely due to the Anglo-Saxon groups arrivals.
@michaeldpa1333
@michaeldpa1333 4 күн бұрын
She might have been referring to the French (Viking) Normans.
@user-wq1pb4nb2g
@user-wq1pb4nb2g Күн бұрын
I was really surprised people weren't wearing glove while handling such precious objects. 32:57
@edwardspence-fo8vt
@edwardspence-fo8vt 15 күн бұрын
This is my origin of my whole family
@kellysouter4381
@kellysouter4381 14 күн бұрын
Umm all of them? Both sides? 😊
@SorryPlayAgain
@SorryPlayAgain 9 күн бұрын
It’s a fascinating period featuring people who did leave a genetic and cultural legacy, but it also happened like 1500 years ago. The psychology alone is hard to understand and impossible to experience. It doesn’t make any sense for someone in the 21st century to identify with them. You are someone else and your time is now. Better to focus on being someone later generations will admire.
@hblock8361
@hblock8361 10 күн бұрын
Blockbuster Video? When was this made? seems ancient too
@hanfleet
@hanfleet 12 күн бұрын
I didn't think we were still using the term 'Dark Ages' anymore?
@danielcarson4122
@danielcarson4122 6 күн бұрын
Any of frictions between Angles and Saxons? Was there a split and in what period(s)?..
@alexandrasmith4393
@alexandrasmith4393 18 күн бұрын
The Anglo Saxon s didn’t bring the Dark Ages. Islamic war and slavers caused trade to almost cease across the Mediterranean, and people had to start trading via landmass.
@roxydog08
@roxydog08 18 күн бұрын
slavery comes with the beginning of time
@roxydog08
@roxydog08 18 күн бұрын
we play like married and share the work load .
@wor53lg50
@wor53lg50 17 күн бұрын
Whats that got to do with Islamic invader s, they marry their own the reason they dont ever integrate..
@carlericvonkleistiii2188
@carlericvonkleistiii2188 Күн бұрын
Bernard Cornwell's Bebbanburgh!
@dean828
@dean828 22 күн бұрын
Always a thin philosophical line between Archeology and Grave Robbing...
@brianbadonde8700
@brianbadonde8700 17 күн бұрын
36:40 the woman says they had tooth decay because of a lot of meat, meat does not cause tooth decay, there's nothing in meat that can cause tooth decay, it was starches and sugars obviously maybe combined with some nutrient deficiency
@GGK2006
@GGK2006 6 күн бұрын
Mead not meat. Mead is made by fermenting the sugars in honey.
@brianbadonde8700
@brianbadonde8700 5 күн бұрын
@@GGK2006 I hope they said mead because if she said meat that's ridiculous and completely false
@brianbadonde8700
@brianbadonde8700 2 күн бұрын
@@GGK2006 I checked the video again she did say they were eating a lot of meat and attributed the dental decay to that but did also say they were drinking mead
@charlesmcgarraugh9595
@charlesmcgarraugh9595 3 күн бұрын
I can't believe they still have blockbuster in England!
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 18 күн бұрын
Videos like this can be very misleading when talking about the history of an island from north the South , such a complex time into a few short progs, can mean people think the same thing happened around the same time in the same way across the whole country . Which is untrue. What happened to the post Roman people of Verulamium throughout the 5th 6th centuries. Is completely different to the people in other Romano British towns and cities, 50 miles away or 200 miles away. Each region was different, if prefer programmes like this focused on one area that was attacked and overtaken and another that at the same time had Germanic settlers who chose land that nobody lived on or farmed and lived peacefully a few miles away from their romanised neighbours .
@hefipaleburp9543
@hefipaleburp9543 22 күн бұрын
Anglo Saxon invasion? Raiders began to plunder the defenseless land?... how old is this documentary...?
@crazyquilt
@crazyquilt 22 күн бұрын
2010. I was wondering much the same.
@hogwashmcturnip8930
@hogwashmcturnip8930 22 күн бұрын
So outdated. There are much better docs on here about what Probably happened. This is the old Victorian twaddle 'Wave upon wave of warriors' Really? Did they disappear on landing? .There is No evidence at this time to suggest anyone 'Invade' Nor is there any proof that the country fell apart after the Romans left. Things happen Gradually, it isn't like shutting or opening a door!
@ljb8157
@ljb8157 20 күн бұрын
Old enough to have a Blockbuster Video store in it.
@bertieschitz-peas429
@bertieschitz-peas429 14 күн бұрын
Do those trowels get smaller an smaller?
@tracyjozefiak9931
@tracyjozefiak9931 18 күн бұрын
Omg Blockbusters!!
@user-rq7el8nh6q
@user-rq7el8nh6q 17 күн бұрын
No wonder I was born depressed
@georgechristian6852
@georgechristian6852 21 күн бұрын
perhaps Bat, for the animals on the ring.
@krisgrenz8653
@krisgrenz8653 13 күн бұрын
She says the glass beads aren't treasures, i beg the difference, i think they are
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
I can't find a date for when this programme was recorded. Since 2010 a lot of tbings have changed And a lot of this info is missing relevant facts . Such as a lot of what thsy refer to as saxon jewellery is not totally saxon. But a composite of original Roman, re used Roman used to make saxon jewellery Romano/ Saxon..
@darkstarr2321
@darkstarr2321 18 күн бұрын
2010 was when it was recorded
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 17 күн бұрын
@@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 17 күн бұрын
@@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)
@user-xy8xe6ng6j
@user-xy8xe6ng6j 14 күн бұрын
At 35:41, yep. Those are English teeth 😂
@darkstarr2321
@darkstarr2321 14 күн бұрын
@@user-xy8xe6ng6j Tired and boring American stereotype for the British, not English. Americans have worse teeth
@danielcarson4122
@danielcarson4122 6 күн бұрын
Auxiliary’s was from other areas as well
@danielcarson4122
@danielcarson4122 6 күн бұрын
Roman Saxons was Roman Mercenaries
@danielcarson4122
@danielcarson4122 6 күн бұрын
Frankish Culture’s as well
@user-xy8xe6ng6j
@user-xy8xe6ng6j 14 күн бұрын
The ring at 32 min in appears to be nautical and has some Spanish or Portuguese design.
@johnslaughter5475
@johnslaughter5475 22 күн бұрын
I very much enjoy all of these Chronicle videos. They are so well done. Quality. It's too bad most of what we have in the States has degraded to garbage. I have Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of England." It is well translated so is easy to read. There is so much in it about the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England. My own ancestry is very much English. My 9th ggrandfather came to America with the Puritans.
@SuperZippyzippy
@SuperZippyzippy 22 күн бұрын
Where does the term Anglo Saxon come from?
@Ax3y
@Ax3y 21 күн бұрын
The two groups combined to fight off Vikings incursions into northern England. The Angles and Saxons. Unfortunately for the Saxons the Anglo bit stuck and became Angleland, then eventually England. The French still call us Angleterre.
@SuperZippyzippy
@SuperZippyzippy 21 күн бұрын
@@Ax3y thanks !!
@Funeeman
@Funeeman 19 күн бұрын
The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those of the European continent, whom St. Bede the Venerable had called Antiqui Saxones (“Old Saxons”).
@Bastillian
@Bastillian 22 күн бұрын
Pax Romana backfired across the Empire. Subjugation and pacification left an indigenous population unschooled in martial skills. When savage incursions from Pictland could not be defended, the Romano Britons were easily seduced by the Germanic warrior-traders they hired to die for them. The canny Anglo-Saxons decided to take the land for themselves. Internecine wars left the established English Heptarcy vulnerable to the warlike Danish trader-pirates and the Danelaw eventuated, leading to an Anglo-Scandinavian golden age. A thousand years later, an effete society is about to be supplanted by a warlike radical invasion by sea, and a new, ignorant and primitive dark age is upon us.
@dean828
@dean828 22 күн бұрын
Indeed... sadly, indeed.
@hodgeelmwood8677
@hodgeelmwood8677 22 күн бұрын
Riiiight.
@MickAngelhere
@MickAngelhere 22 күн бұрын
Pretty much history repeating itself, because people fail to study history and learn from it. Thus history is ignored, but feelings rule the day aided by ignorance
@karlkarlos3545
@karlkarlos3545 22 күн бұрын
get over yourself, you drama queen.
@karlkarlos3545
@karlkarlos3545 22 күн бұрын
get over yourself you drama queen.
@peterellams166
@peterellams166 22 күн бұрын
When the Anglo Saxons moved in was the land empty.the only graves were Saxon . ?? who named the area controlled.i.e. Essex Sussex .. was there a problem between the occupiers and the natives??
@urseliusurgel4365
@urseliusurgel4365 20 күн бұрын
Unlike in the people of rest of the Western Roman Empire - Gallo-Romans and Franks in Gaul, Visigoths in Spain, Ostrogoths in Italy etc. - the Romano-Britons put up a considerable fight against Germanic incomers. It took about 150 years before the Anglo-Saxons achieved the upper hand over the natives.
@sjohnson4882
@sjohnson4882 21 күн бұрын
It is curious to me, as an American, that the British archaeologists seem to be really fixated on the status of individuals from the past.
@juliaforsyth8332
@juliaforsyth8332 20 күн бұрын
Possibly that's mainly what they can find. The ordinary Joe Bloggs isn;t usually found with interesting stuff.
@SunnyDementia
@SunnyDementia 20 күн бұрын
Silence, pleb.
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
@sjohnson4882 Julia comment is true, ordinary / poor people aren't buried with 'grave goods' most were cremated and put in an old jar with nothing. Truth is archaeologists dig everything, but programmes like this are only interested in showing high status artifacts, buildings etc. They spend years digging up ordinary bits of Roman wall or remains of wooden halls , nobody ( gen public is interested) but when they dug up a burial full of posh pottery, glass wine vessels, a silver brooch or two, then everyone wants to visit the site, press send people to take pics & ask questions, It's just the nature of ordinary people which is understandable. But the arkies are interested in everything else too! It's all info.
@Rabbitique58
@Rabbitique58 22 күн бұрын
The little heads look like Italian greyhounds. The ears are representative of that
@sandraswift3489
@sandraswift3489 19 күн бұрын
before earth was polluted
@zdbitsupport
@zdbitsupport 22 күн бұрын
Those look like 4 horses on the ring...
@kellysouter4381
@kellysouter4381 14 күн бұрын
Sugar and starch may give you bad teeth. Meat does not. That was just pushing the message.
@dadbod8112
@dadbod8112 22 күн бұрын
What's the difference between grave robbing and archeology? About a thousand years.
@garysmith8276
@garysmith8276 5 күн бұрын
The only Dark Age that existed was our knowledge of that time . With archaeology we have open our knowledge of the so called Dark Age.
@bruceshaw2402
@bruceshaw2402 22 күн бұрын
Why are these academics always surprised that folk centuries ago looked after one another , the one thing that hasn't changed from the dawn of time is human nature .
@ConfusedIceberg-vd7qc
@ConfusedIceberg-vd7qc 21 күн бұрын
Because all there was violence a lot of the time. Because they know more than you and are immersed in it… A big part of human nature is violence. Don’t kid yourself. We live in tame times. We are still animals.
@christelmayer
@christelmayer 14 күн бұрын
Smaaart😮
@bustedfender
@bustedfender 22 күн бұрын
Bloomin’ Saxons, coming over here with their elaborate burial rituals, trying to fit in. Roman means Roman.
@LR-sn9gt
@LR-sn9gt 18 күн бұрын
I just think it is very sad that it is an American that starts up a project to get British people involved in their ancestry instead of a British person instigating these sorts of projects.
@wor53lg50
@wor53lg50 17 күн бұрын
British people now their own history well thanks, it other foreigners in the country who dont like them to have it, or like to twist it...
@andreweden9405
@andreweden9405 7 күн бұрын
Can you imagine a Muslim archeologist in a Muslim country saying anything like "this famous Islamic historian may be our best primary source from the period. However, his work was highly biased by his Muslim faith, so we should take it with a grain of salt"? If the answer is no, then that tells you that something is deeply wrong with 21st century Western civilization!
@user-ck5ho3di2o
@user-ck5ho3di2o 15 күн бұрын
Nice to see Alice with fair hair an not bright red,know we use to paint ourselves blue an live in caves,still seems we all go backwards in one way or another,
@raysargent4055
@raysargent4055 22 күн бұрын
The first Anglo Saxons were invited by the Briton acting as overlord two shiploads of jutes led by two Angle brothers Hengis and Horsa came as mercenaries hired to repell invading non Romano Britains from the north .
@Celtopia
@Celtopia 22 күн бұрын
That is now disputed......
@MikeLiteraus
@MikeLiteraus 22 күн бұрын
​@@CeltopiaYeah, the BBC told me they are all African 😂
@sportsfisher9677
@sportsfisher9677 22 күн бұрын
It is true that some fought for Rome, but Indigenous Celtic Brits were not invading Romano Britan, because it was theirs they sought to win it back.
@shawnsanborn2057
@shawnsanborn2057 22 күн бұрын
Bs
@user-pz9pu6us2s
@user-pz9pu6us2s 22 күн бұрын
Wow were you there? It’s just historians don’t know but you have the answer
@skyhigh1154
@skyhigh1154 22 күн бұрын
The host is simply a beautifull smart woman😊
@phowebremerhaven
@phowebremerhaven 19 күн бұрын
What! They are able by just looking at the skeleton, determine the gender male or female? How old is this video? Must be from a time of patriarchal science.
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
Of course male and female skeletons are different ,, lol.
@raysargent4055
@raysargent4055 22 күн бұрын
Why have you depicted Anglo Saxons with dark hair ?
@c1ph3rpunk
@c1ph3rpunk 22 күн бұрын
It’s AI generated, one would have to ask the AI.
@Jimmie2429
@Jimmie2429 22 күн бұрын
You’re right!! I’m outraged!! The Anglo-Saxons were obviously of Sub-Saharan African heritage and most likely non binary.
@citytrees1752
@citytrees1752 22 күн бұрын
Anglo Saxons had dark hair, medium brown hair, blond hair, and red hair. Just like people in middle-Western Europe and England today.
@sammydasilva6152
@sammydasilva6152 22 күн бұрын
When I saw the thumbnails, I assumed it was about medieval southern Europeans. However, they did show them as white folks. Gemeni AI, Netflix, or the BBC would have shown them as black.
@sammydasilva6152
@sammydasilva6152 22 күн бұрын
@@citytrees1752 I get what you mean, but AI portrayed them more as Southern Europeans.
@stephengarrett8076
@stephengarrett8076 16 күн бұрын
So basically no one knows anything about the saxons ? Ive unfortunately seen the same stuff and presentation since i was young but A HO as long as you know about the migration from Africa and the habits of stone age man ???
@catherinenugent6326
@catherinenugent6326 21 күн бұрын
Isn’t it convent not nunnery
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
I Think both are pretty much the same thing
@catherinenugent6326
@catherinenugent6326 18 күн бұрын
@@kevcaratacus9428 and what is an abbey? Suppose they are all interchangeable
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 18 күн бұрын
@@catherinenugent6326 a numnery/ convent is for women. An abbey, monastery is for men, monks, priests, an Abbott. Both have a church, and grounds , surrounded by walks and large gates , inside were living quarters, places to grow their own veg and herbs, keep animals, especially goats- milk - cheese A hospital/ infirmary, kitchens. They were self sufficient & They also looked after the poor & fed them.. Monasteries were larger than numnerys. I think the women kept themselves away from the outside world in general. They didn't provide the things or deal with the poor in the way the monasteries, friarys did. They also gave a few silver pennies to the poor at certain times of the year ( saints days etc). They were Catholic, so after Henry 8th broke from Rome and started the protestant church of England he took their land and kicked them out He kept & sold their lands. I guess the poor suffered the most . All because Henry 8th wanted a divorce..
@raysargent4055
@raysargent4055 22 күн бұрын
Ancient Britons did not have a written language their language was Brythonic therefore after the Romans left there was was almost no one left to record events hence the dark ages .
@polleonardtaliesinhywel6986
@polleonardtaliesinhywel6986 22 күн бұрын
I think the type of writing changed, more so. Saint’s lives and religious sermons such as those from Gildas survive from this period, and writings became plentiful in Ireland in the following centuries. More focus was placed on religious writings during this period, and historical chronicles emerged later on as the style became more popular.
@alexandrasmith4393
@alexandrasmith4393 18 күн бұрын
There’s no evidence for that. The DA were caused by Islamic pirates across the Mediterranean. Notice how trade takes place across land and not using the sea ‘superhighways’. Latin was still used. NT Greek.
@alexandrasmith4393
@alexandrasmith4393 18 күн бұрын
Celtic Christianity was in place well before the Romans left. What came in was the RC pagan religion, and the gospel had to be preached yet again by Aiden et al.
@simonpayne8252
@simonpayne8252 17 күн бұрын
Are there not hundreds of stones with writing on them in what is called Coelbren? I
@petruse8893
@petruse8893 19 күн бұрын
No make up, God bless you
@albionmyl7735
@albionmyl7735 12 күн бұрын
the presenter looks very Anglo Saxon..... apparently we left our DNA... 🇩🇪👀.... psss🤫don't tell the BBC..... I guess is forbidden to mention this..... but I am German from the homeland of the old Saxon.... and happy that we are connected with our english cousins❤, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🥰
@albionmyl7735
@albionmyl7735 12 күн бұрын
*it's forbidden (correction)
@kellyschram5486
@kellyschram5486 22 күн бұрын
Ring looks like a royal seal to me
@troymitchell1747
@troymitchell1747 15 күн бұрын
How about calling it digging grandpa and grandma
@cassieoz1702
@cassieoz1702 22 күн бұрын
Good grief. When saying why they had tooth decay, to put meat first (which does NOT cause dental disease) before getting to the litany of things that DO, demonstrates her dietary bias
@juliaforsyth8332
@juliaforsyth8332 20 күн бұрын
Well yes it can. Fresh red meat is high in acid plus if food is caught in a cavity it can cause dental problems and encourage the formation of plaque.
@cassieoz1702
@cassieoz1702 20 күн бұрын
@juliaforsyth8332 fresh meat is not high in acid, and erosion of dental enamel is most common when dietary carbs are fermented to acid bu oral bacteria. Pre-agricultural (ie ore-grain) humans had far fewer caries. Of all the things she mentioned, meat should be at the bottom of the list
@chrisp308
@chrisp308 22 күн бұрын
Yes of course meat will rot your teeth🤣 y'all are freaking genius!
@jimclarke1108
@jimclarke1108 9 күн бұрын
😍
@jaydils9680
@jaydils9680 21 күн бұрын
Just believe it all started with Adam & eve 5,000 bc then you know everything 😂
@juliaforsyth8332
@juliaforsyth8332 20 күн бұрын
And Lilith.
@roxydog08
@roxydog08 18 күн бұрын
greys were here
@roxydog08
@roxydog08 18 күн бұрын
animal was a horse
@Al-AI
@Al-AI 22 күн бұрын
Briton was never Roman yma o hyd
@RhysapGrug
@RhysapGrug 22 күн бұрын
Are you really that stupid😮😮?
@xavisanchez7522
@xavisanchez7522 9 күн бұрын
Is going to be very funny once they discovered who started the famous british empire and how they lied to the british people, time to time
@kevinmccarthy8746
@kevinmccarthy8746 22 күн бұрын
Anglo Saxon responcible for dark ages? DO NOT ASK OR TELL THAT TO one of your famous colleagues, Francis Prior.
@victoriawhite3662
@victoriawhite3662 20 күн бұрын
That's all he ever talks about, what a loon.
@juliaforsyth8332
@juliaforsyth8332 20 күн бұрын
Or ritual use as an explanation. He seems fixated, but then Archaeology is just theory until proven, if it can be.@@victoriawhite3662
@robblack5248
@robblack5248 21 күн бұрын
Disappointed that such an old and out of date documentary is offered as "new."
@jonescrusher1
@jonescrusher1 20 күн бұрын
Where is it offered as new?
@darkstarr2321
@darkstarr2321 18 күн бұрын
Professor Alice is such a babe
@maulwurf62
@maulwurf62 19 күн бұрын
6:19 What? „…keen to signify themselves as Roman and Sachsen..“ I highly doubt that. They were Sachsens who found or stole pretty things and used them. A bit like England itself hundreds of years later. 😉
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 19 күн бұрын
You mean Roman & SAXON . But I get what your saying and I don't think Romano British people would be trying to both .. Over time fashions change opinions change . But the older people would've stayed with their old beliefs and things would slowly change over generations
@maulwurf62
@maulwurf62 19 күн бұрын
@@kevcaratacus9428 😆 Right! Sorry! That‘s the German spelling. I‘ve spent the last 32 years of my life living in Germany. English has become my second language!
@kevcaratacus9428
@kevcaratacus9428 18 күн бұрын
@@maulwurf62 is it really the German way the spelling. If so I think its cool, I've learned something new. I always like it when I learn something new. I wish I knew more about the individual Saxon tribes. Historians just lump them all together as Saxons but don't talk about the differences between them. I live near the Roman city Verulamium and the main road from the South East through London and Verulamium and to the north west is known as Watling street, ( nobody knows what the Romans called it) But the name watling comes from the saxon tribe who settled a few miles north of Verulamium. The wattlingae ( I've probably spelt it wrong but it's something like that) Archaeology shows they settled and farmed land that nobody lived on or farmed before them. Germanic and Romano British artifacts, brooches, types of pottery have been found in both settlements, indicating trade and living peacefully in the same region . Of all the many excavations and other tests , results of soil analysis, no evidence of fighting has ever been found. Eventually the whole area became part of the merican kingdom.
@JHproductions99
@JHproductions99 10 күн бұрын
what's her @
@monicacollins8289
@monicacollins8289 16 күн бұрын
The reason their teeth were bad was because of the grains and honey they ate, along with no oral hygiene. It was NOT because they ate meat. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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