Are There Really Ancient Roman Tombs Buried Under The City Of York? | Time Team | Odyssey

Time Team investigate the litany of historical sites around the city of York, ranging from the ancient to the medieval. One such site is a potential Roman burial site where the team make a grim discovery.
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[@michaela4024]

It's great to see all these Time Team episodes. It must be great to live in a country that has such a long period of occupation.

[@michaela4024]

@@Fair_dinkum Yes the reason why l made that comment is that l am an Aussie also. The farthest we would go back is to the 18 century with convict and domestic settlements.

[@floriangeyer3454]

@@Fair_dinkum or a 40 000 year old Abbo campside😁

[@theresacrubaugh2095]

In the US we have had occupation for sucha long period but it was Native American occupations and it seems those in power want to sweer it under the rug. We need to learn our Native American histories and we need to stop sweeping all minorities history in the US. I wish they would do a sort of time team like show that would fill in the extreme blanks of our country. I won't hold my breath though considering where we seem to be heading politically with the burning of books and the laws being made to hide everything from our youth. It's so sad.

[@ttenrabdn]

​@@michaela4024 those that you envy for their rich archeology are the reason that Australia seems to be lacking history. The English did their best to erraticated it.

[@jaypeters5224]

​@@ttenrabdn I wonder how much European heritage was lost in the 700 years of Moorish occupation of the Iberian peninsula. Or the century plus of Mongol occupation and enslavement of eastern Europe. And I wonder how much bitching you do about that...... It's almost like everyone was shitty in the past and they were all about war and conquest, literally everyone.

[@skildude]

Amazing how far the Romans reach was. Chicken is native to Asia. Domesticated chicken at 400AD is just amazing.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Just watched the History hit vid on the 9th legion and York. Cool stuff

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

A very very busy three days indeed and so much of interest found , To paraphrase what have you found ? something wonderful .

[@thelostone6981]

“Foss” is “River” in Norwegian. So River Foss is River River. 😂😂😂 That aside, I love this show and am glad they are making new episodes. And that Tony is returning.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

I've heard Foss means waterfall. Is it one of those multi-purpose words?

[@thesteelrodent1796]

in Danish "fosse" is a verb which means stream or leak - as in "vandet fosser ud" / the water is leaking out (at a rapid pace). Since England was occupied by Danish-Norwegian Vikings, the river's name is probably a mix of both meanings

[@warrendavis9262]

Try Breedon Hill..(Bree=Hill in Celtic, Don=Hill, in Saxon, and Hill...well, you know...)😊

[@lh3540]

This is horrifying to think how much modern junk is going to survive if a 2000 year old piece of leather is still hanging around.

[@michaela4024]

I can recall someone saying that in the future people will be excavating old rubbish pits for its plastic content. When all the oil wells run dry they will need to find an alternative way to manufacture plastic products.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

@@michaela4024 in a way that's already happening with plastic recycling in Northern Europe. Because manufacturers are reluctant to use recycled plastic and are even more reluctant to change production methods to make it easier to recycle, less than 30% of the plastic collected for recycling can be recycled, so a huge amount of it ends up being burnt and has proven a more efficient fuel than oil or coal, because it effectively is highly refined oil

[@michaela4024]

@@thesteelrodent1796 The problem with burning plastics is all the pollution it creates.

[@warrendavis9262]

"Better him, than me". Truer words I've never heard...

[@jamesbingham4538]

Are any of Victor's illustrations available for purchase?

[@sassysuzy4u]

I had this playing in the background while I was doing paperwork and glanced up and oh my gosh it is Sandy Toksvig! What a wonderful surprise. =]

[@kevyy_k8444]

1 point goes too Victor for the drawing of the 3 rather familiar looking chaps in the infirmary

[@cdfdesantis699]

Like the Viking specialist, Sandy, almost as much as Tony.

[@michaela4024]

Her posh voice gives me the shits though.

[@louise_rose]

Haven't you heard of the Roman Ghost Legion of York? :)

[@Redgolf2]

You mean the York football team? 😏

[@humanedane]

What year was this episode filmed? I’m guessing mid to late 90’s?

[@ItsYaBoiChenny]

thats what im asking too. i neeeeed to know haha.

[@edwindavis1818]

At 50.16mins Episode aired 2000.

[@alanmurdock4319]

Carensa's site is now under a new building, if I remember correctly. I tried looking them up on google satellite several years ago.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

thankss.

[@maryearll3359]

And Phil is wearing his hat !

[@nataliemay415]

16:33 sounds like me 😂

[@davidbodeker6752]

38:13 giant earthworm making a hasty retreat from a freshly dug trench

[@lindasue8719]

❤️

[@hippybecca]

Those skeltons aren't that far from the surface. Any kind of construction work or maybe even extreme landscaping could have gotten you to a skull.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

What were Roman Emperors doing living in England? I'm confused!

[@kikinnit]

What’s up with those daisy duke shorts?!

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

They enhance his mobility so he can more easily dig holes

[@lindasue8719]

With those lovely gams, why not?! 😀

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

If Mick has the legs for it why not. Haha.

[@krissyr3393]

Around 29 minutes they point out the modern shop kitchen is built over another shop/building 4 metres below. Why is it so deep. I learned at school topsoil takes 100 years to build up one inch. That's 10 inches (1/3 if a metre) in 1000 years. Where did all the soil come from. Here in Australia there are 200 yo buildings and they are still at ground level. Did something happen to fill the buildings with soil or mud? Why is this never addressed?

[@zuzuspetals38]

Lol everyone in suits so not to contaminate bones, and Tony just plops down in shorts 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kittyallen5294]

I wish there could have been time to dig out the air raid shelter to make sure there was nobody in there!

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

How do they know that one is a her and the other a him?

[@michellepollard3591]

It's to do with the shap of the pelvis

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

@@michellepollard3591 I know I was being sarcastic. An expert in the field of Anthropology actually stated recently that there is no way to tell. The female swimmer who is going around the country speaking out against Trans athletes asked him that question and he responded you cannot tell the difference and when laughed to scorn his reply was to state his credentials.

[@banjopaisley1021]

Lol tony knows he is getting old.... hey it's okay. The world has seen enough of his face, we know it looks super old.