Jelling Stone: 3D scans reveal power of a Viking queen - BBC News

Denmark’s Jelling Stone is one of the most famous runestones in the world.
Now, new 3D scans of the artefact suggest that a viking queen had much more power and influence than previously thought.
Archaeologists say their findings suggest Queen Thyra, best known as the wife and mother of early rulers Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth, was important in her own right - and had a pivotal role in shaping the realm.
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[@davidareeves]

Love when the pieces fall together, reveling more to the people behind the history!

[@funwithFred]

"Handwriting" analysis for stone cutters - awesome.

[@julianaylor4351]

Amazing discoveries. Modern technology is opening up some much important historical information.

[@astroboirap]

who cares?

[@Maridun50]

@@astroboirap We do.

[@juancolladocanas4989]

Two-syllable names of Scandinavian origin (just as Queen Thyra), according to my research, were the first personal names written in Spain. They are texts of runic typology. They date back to the 6th century BC, and are known as "Tartessian Texts". There should be more interest in this regard on the part of the competent institutions.

[@carmenm.4091]

This is very interesting!

[@juancolladocanas4989]

@@carmenm.4091 I'll give some examples of these two-syllable names which I have discovered on Iron Age Tartessian inscriptions (mainly in south-western Iberia and round the year 500 BC). The names are: Saga, Ida, Yrsa, Buri, Burro, Bodo, Ala, Urke, Salo, Kusi, Boro, etc. Don't they sound like Scandinavian names?

[@pendragon6207]

@@juancolladocanas4989 Saga, Ida and Yrsa ARE 100% Scandinavian names. That's rather interesting indeed!

[@freyjasvansdottir9904]

Saga, Iða, ​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠Yrsa and Búri are Scandinavian names. Some of the others could be of Finno-Ugric origin ​@@juancolladocanas4989

[@MsAnpassad]

I would guess that have to do with the Goths (from Gotland, Sweden). There are evidence of them popping up all over Europe, like in Portugal. People moved around a lot more than people think. If you stayed through a drought or a lost harvest, you died.

[@ShaneOFearghail]

The Irish for blue is 'Gorm'.

[@irenejohnston6802]

Cairngorm in Scotland

[@ShaneOFearghail]

@@irenejohnston6802 sinn é

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Yes, we share both a lot of words and names...and genes. If you ever come to Denmark you should consider visiting Roskilde, the former capital of Denmark during Viking times. Many Kings and Queens are buried there, from late Viking times up until to day. Also a large Viking museum there with actual dug up Viking ships and much more.

[@ShaneOFearghail]

@Mike-zx1kx have been. Lochlann as we named it in Irish. Land of the lakes. The wind does not blow but one way.

[@MrTuinslang]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for the video

[@mahnazquamar938]

Very informative for upsc aspirant Thanks BBC

[@michaels7889]

Really interesting technique, as well as the information it revealed. Well composed video.

[@jaydurych]

Turns out it says “Killroy was here.”

[@Allannah_Of_Rome]

I'm a 32x direct descendant of King Harald. Not only do we share DNA but the same gene pool as well which people think they are the same thing but it's not how it works. The are a few descendants but not many of us outside of Europe. I live in Australia and the Danish govt has kindly invited my fam to Denmark to visit this stone and and present us with a family tree plaque thingy. I honestly cant wait to see where my ancestors came from. 😍

[@melissagallinetti9521]

My family descends from this dynasty and most of the royal houses! We live in Appalachia Alabama. Most people don’t realize that a lot of early North American settlers were nobility that’s how they could afford to come here. I share DNA with a lot of high status burials.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

So how was Haralds DNA obtained ?

[@Mike-zx1kx]

@@admiralbenbow5083 I would imagine from his teeth. Harald Bluetooth remains are buried in a tomb in Roskilde Domkirke, Denmark. Roskilde were the former capital of Denmark, situated an little hours drive from Copenhagen. It are situated in the bottom of a long deep but rather shallow fjord. Vikings roamed there because their ships were safe from weather and potential enemies that would have to travel through the entire fjord to reach the ships and the city. In Roskilde many buried Viking ships have been found, some used as burial ships for Viking leaders others old worn ones as secret underwater obstacles that would be unknown for any enemies. Today you will, besides the Church where also Danish Kings and Queens still are buried in a personal tomb to this date, you can find Roskilde Viking museum with actual ships that have been found, dug up and preserved for all to see. They also have a open workshop where actual building of Viking ships take place with same tools as then. The ships that have been made now give visitors the option of trying to sail an actual viking ship with themselves as engines. Maybe I am biased as a Dane but it are a great museum that gives great insights into a lot of Viking related history and living. One more thing...Our current Queen, Margrethe the second, that after the sad passing of Queen Elisabeth, now are the longest reigning royal monarch in the world have more than a normal artistic gene and she have designed her own tomb, that will ensure she wont be forgotten as long as Denmark and Roskilde church remains. It are already in pace for all to see, the only empty royal tomb. May it be empty long to come but it truly are a tomb to see and i urge any coming by to not only look at the oldest ones but give this one a look too!

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Double small world...Our future Queen will be Mary that originates from Tasmania/Australia. Women have power now as then...he-he kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWQl2dricepe9k

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

That is so exciting!

[@skyrocketcoast219]

Brilliant report!!!

[@pusahrangkhawl2886]

❤ So beautiful stone

[@jenniferbates2811]

This is so incredible! How fascinating

[@tashuntka]

Awesome...Thank you 🙌👍🏻💛💛💛💛

[@paoloviti6156]

Very interesting video on this Queen and possible mother of King Harold. It is sad we know so little about the Vikings...

[@theotherandrew5540]

Get rid of the annoying jangle in the background.

[@AdCreative-ik7dg]

So lovely stone👌❤

[@theclassicrock8644]

really beautiful.😍👍🥉

[@MyTv-]

Reading old Viking books, it’s very clear women had immense power especially economical. Their law stipulated for example a married women had the sole property rights, to do as she wished with. There’s also descriptions of as all the free men hold Thing (political assembly), so did the free women. There’s so many signs that pre-Christian Scandinavia was in many ways a very matriarchal society. I understand it may come as a cultural shock, but the most feared warriors of the world, where under the thumbs of their wife’s and mothers.

[@DrunkenDemon]

Most feared warriors of the World..... seems more like a mongol Thing. ( i like viking stuff more though xD)

[@Mike-zx1kx]

I have a feeling you are going to LOVE this Viking related clip that addresses that very issue..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWQl2dricepe9k

[@JennyHawkyard]

I guess we only think of it as "immense power" because we have so little power now.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

@@JennyHawkyard The Queen of Denmark are woman, Margrethe the second. She are genetically directly related to our first Kings and Queens. She have been in reign, since the sad passing of Queen Elisabeth (another woman) for the longest in the world and are thus topping the global royal protocol. If you as a woman in the free world do not have power today it are because you have not worked hard enough and brought the needed sacrifices to get there OR simply not have the capacity. A majority of European universities right now have a larger female uptake than male!

[@oakmaiden2133]

And they still are 😊 happy wife happy life

[@novozagorec]

runic letters are very similar to one found in Bulgaria, consider to be hunic or tyurkich

[@azillliasmith2734]

That's interesting 🌻

[@ktg484]

No wonder, as they all share the same precursor.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

If you go to Haga Sophia in Turkey you can find Viking Runic graffiti carved in the marble on the balcony. All documented and there to this date.

[@andrasm.5119]

old Székely-Hungarian (Scythian) runic script.... British history falsification is the biggest.....

[@glanerao1356]

“If I Had A Heart ” 🛡️⚔️

[@celestineenderly4173]

Thank you for a fascinating video. However why the background music it just detracts from the excellent English you Scandinavians speak.

[@lubicakamzikova74]

😊dobry nález😊 Obimajte ten kameň😊

[@PMickeyDee]

I've heard of tree hugging, but never stone hugging 😂😊

[@adrianlouw2499]

They actually portrayed her as a native Scandinavian woman in the TV series "The Last Kingdom" which I greatly appreciate for being accurate.

[@Ian-dn6ld]

I honestly wonder if they made it as accurate as possible, whether or not they would have added olivey/skin tones as well given recent archaeological findings of viking and celtic graves. In all honesty, real accurate portrayals would be cool and I think could change the way people view history. Something so vast full of migrations and population movements. You see WW1 and WW2 movies in the US but never for example hear the German of the midwest or Italian of NYC and New Jersey. Never a thing showing the actual humanistic landscape. They had potential to make "Prey" or whatever the movie was on Disney + genuinely more accurate but the French were known as being much more friendly to the natives and even assimilating to native cultures rather than seeing native populations as a threat to their own gains.

[@curiositycloset2359]

Not black? That's odd

[@curiositycloset2359]

​@@Ian-dn6ldah, you are mostly brain washed. Of course, the English never fucked the natives. That's a given historical fact.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@curiositycloset2359 most of these "they want you to think that x character is BLACK" is just right wing baiting tbh who think that movies is the way people learn history.

[@curiositycloset2359]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 right wing baiting? I don't even believe in right wing and left wing. I just find it funny when people fall for obvious psyop

[@hidupsehat5205]

I’m surprised they didn’t say she was black

[@malcky630]

They would love to discover that she was !

[@tigertiger1699]

Very cool👍👍🙏🙏

[@Bubajumba]

whats wrong with these comments, seems like there are only bots

[@AD-gi9zg]

Report, Unwanted commercial comment or spam, [Submit]. (They all posted within a few minutes). (I worked my way through it, and they were removed, I think.)

[@beepboopbeepp]

Been that way for years

[@Bubajumba]

@@beepboopbeepp not like that You should have seen it before they fixed it

[@okamiinukiba]

I would love stl files for the stones to 3d print them.

[@FrankBlissett]

Or, "The royal line started with Thyra and her husband Gorm.

[@marymyers4760]

Would like to know more about her

[@phonki3694]

There is a replica in Rouen next to the statue of Rollo

[@firebrimstoneforge7310]

Can anyone identify the name of the music used In The very beginning of the video?

[@benwindbag]

*ᚼ + ᛒ = Bluetooth symbol*

[@Frozen_Bubbles]

😮

[@zangmaster]

This is cool, but I immediately thought about Yogi da Bear lol

[@crysiishiro]

Brave movie already showed about that🎉

[@official_ashhh]

wow very interesting historical find. royals of antiquity.

[@ghost.of.aleksz.salad.]

i need to know this stuff

[@sassulusmagnus]

The BBC News website is not available in Canada. Why?

[@chaz_ashley162]

Because Canadians don't pay for it? Maybe that's why

[@jakhamar55]

Because its even more leftist than the cbc.

[@user-sz6je6iy5p]

Quem é do Brasil aí🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@petergreenwood1043]

Anyone who claims to be a direct descendant of someone who lived this long ago needs to keep in mind false paternity. “Misattributed parentage or ancestry, where a presumed parent is not the biological parent of an individual or their ancestor, is quite common. Rates of misattributed paternity are estimated to be between 2% and 12% and may vary between populations.”

[@rachmondhoward2125]

Thyra is actually in origin TiRA side of RA, side of Adam.

[@Andrea-tr1wm]

This can't be right. Her name was originally "Thorvi", the feminine version of "Thor" which is of course linked to the old Norse god of thunder. "Thorvi" later evolved to "Thyra" and so we call her the modern version of her name.

[@rachmondhoward2125]

@@Andrea-tr1wm interesting but from your presentation you have no problems changing the letter “o” to to the letter “y” which according to can be changed into the “I” in pronunciation Ti and Thy sounds the same. Vi or Vy or Vo are then the same word combination which according to must be Ra as in Thyra. Hence is not inconceivable that Thyra or Thorvi is a composite name originally derived from TiRA. Tara is also a common name derived from Sanskrit and Gaelic which means “star “ or “hill”. Ti in Mesopotamia languages can mean side or life.

[@Andrea-tr1wm]

@@rachmondhoward2125 that's all good, but I believe you've misunderstood me: on the rune stones her name is written "Thorvi". So that is the name she had when she was alive. Since the old nordic languages evolved into what they now are, the old norse name "Thorvi" became "Thyra" in modern danish, so that's what we call her now.

[@rachmondhoward2125]

@@Andrea-tr1wm Noted Andrea. We all learn and grow from different perspectives. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[@Andrea-tr1wm]

@@rachmondhoward2125 thank you aswell 😁

[@weixintang951]

Valhalla!

[@schoolingdiana9086]

This shouldn’t be surprising. The area we call Scandinavia was ruled by a Council of Equals, pre Christianity, and was required to be half women. Rick Steves even did a segment on this, on his PBS travel show.

[@StephiSensei26]

Hej god gamle Danmark!

[@user-zk8ed4kd2b]

Fascinating. The mother of Blutooth. Women had some power in their culture.

[@mochtegerndane7097]

My mum always said, that if she could go back in time, she would go back in time and kill the first Christian missionaries, that tried to convert the Danes. That was a disaster for Scandi women. She was right. BTW - if you are interested in Viking women, read up on Gudrid Thorbjørnsdatter, - even though she died as a christian, she was quite something.

[@christianb7655]

could she be the woman buried in norway? in the oseberg ship?🤷🏻

[@StephiSensei26]

Very interesting observation and proposition. Hmm??

[@jakhamar55]

No

[@DopeSauceBenevolence]

The license fee just went up, you can afford a narrator.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Why did it need a narrator?

[@jpmiller7922]

My Danish wifewas very annoyed at the pronunciations of the names in this video.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

5:10 "we know she had Huge..." tracts of land?

[@bretthess6376]

Heir to land that's not all bloody SWAMP. And no singing.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

@@bretthess6376 glad somebody got the reference, lol

[@monchitoscalecrawling5035]

Lagertha

[@wilfriedholscher7029]

Danish Women. Always a Power to be reakoned with

[@irenejohnston6802]

Its often thanks to the BM. Many ancient object's are still around. More Anglo bashing its open season. While yre bashing us yre leaving others alone. Sticks n stones etc.

[@EdDebbarma-bz8it]

❤

[@garyfrancis6193]

Wasn’t The Viking Queen a boat?

[@richardmckibben2384]

Finish the story

[@markgoddard2560]

PLEASE BBC do not subject us to repetitive, endless repetition of a few notes throughout a snippet of film that takes us nowhere to any conclusion. It’s just like one long punishing advert with music composed by some one-note-back-room-johnny on his first day of work.

[@jonathancorbett7687]

Well said! Awful, jarring, grating 'music' which spoilt the presentation.

[@ianhansen6840]

Celebrate diversity, comrades! This is truly original music. You simply have not done the work. Be better!

[@silliaek]

This video takes a long time to get to the point

[@antonleimbach648]

Our reliance on paper and electronic memory means our knowledge is very fragile. If you want it to last, carve it in stone and find a dry place…….like Egypt.

[@ProfAshokPhD]

That is a buddhist chant.

[@el_chico1313]

so thsts the guy that askeladd beheaded

[@Flower_Power888]

Sagas were written in patriarchy time.....Women were heavily ignored in most of written history all over the world..

[@user-ds8rj2vc4v]

"3D scans reveal power of a Viking queen" -Proceeds to have nothing relating to the Viking queen's power and that it's actually Harold Bluetooth. Nice try BBC.

[@adriennexploresemail]

So you didn’t watch to the end.

[@QPRTokyo]

No.

[@user-ie1tz5rm8x]

Not that theres anything wrong with that...

[@kittys.2870]

Yes! Women CAN rule!

[@auro1986]

bbc there to dig stones and golden viking treasure

[@DopeSauceBenevolence]

If you sold iPlayer subscriptions to us Americans, you wouldn’t need to worry about paying a narrator.

[@bglrj]

Did the Vikings invent Jello?

[@gunnardahlgaard429]

Don't think sso, problably bluetooth

[@al-paciyes5722]

The inscription says Tottenham won't win EPL title this season

[@Tha66]

បច្ចេកវិទ្យាក្នុងសតវត្សនេះពិតជាអស្ចារ្យអាចស្កែនយករូបភាពព្រមទាំងអក្សរបានដោយច្បាស់។

[@tammymorningstar4794]

VIKINGS or VI KINGS ? 🤔 Tam's other half

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Thank your gods the British museum couldn't get the chance to destroy them.

[@j.dunlop8295]

She'd have to have been seriously ruthless and violent! They told the story of Eric the kind, who'd not throw up babies, and catch them on his sword! Terribly violent time's, ruthless!

[@admiralbenbow5083]

1.38 There you have it. The biggest hill in Denmark.

[@jrife4550]

U guys are so sweet got love my ancestors sending me love from me love from the past

[@plurplursen7172]

Small Tip : With that stone, every single Dane, that could actually read runestones at the time, knew what was what. So about 0,01%

[@shovethatupyaNSmokeit]

If those other danes where alive and could read, they'd be very upset.

[@lawsonracing7164]

PLEASE add a seizure warning. At 2:40 there is a UV laser flashed right at the camera. It was quite damaging. Otherwise, thanks for more thoughtful stories. Cheers.

[@jakhamar55]

Oh stop it.

[@user-fw4kk1ym9y]

👀

[@luminousfractal420]

Coming from england.....there was no england then. Bbc bias

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Raiding Vikings not only sometimes had strong women with them but the Viking women´s power resembles todays women´s....This clip spills the beans in 2 Viking minutes...🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWQl2dricepe9k

[@mason2800]

1:31

[@polygonalmasonary]

My Money is from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🇬🇧🌈♥️

[@Aithis.]

The word “blue” in Scottish and Irish is “gorm” so that could be a clue or just a coincidence

[@mahnazquamar938]

First view and First comment

[@athanatic]

Then with Harald and Chirst, they didn't need to give the women the power they deserved!

[@kateapple1]

So do they give you the bowtie when you graduate with a history degree… Or do you actually have to buy your own? 😂😂😂😂

[@tothelighthouse9843]

(The PhD Fairy leaves one under your pillow after you successfully defend your dissertation)

[@shovethatupyaNSmokeit]

​@tothelighthouse9843 no no no. Obviously Neil degrasse Tyson builds a teleportation machine, designed by the ghost of Stephen hawking who figured out how to separate his consciousness from his body before he died. Then together they teleport Bill Nye to your location to kneel and present you with a bow tie.

[@magamagazine6458]

SUUUURE, LOL

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Theories are not history. Your description is a lie!

[@StefanW789]

noobs

[@barryabrahamsen]

My god, what annoying background “music”. I had to stop watching after a while.

[@gavindouglas7020]

Don't believe da bbc

[@ConradAinger]

Gorm the Old... Probably lived to about 50 then without being murdered by a rival or dieing in battle. Norse and Germanic folk tended to give their rulers startlingly candid names. Like Bertha Bigfoot (Frankish) or Ethelred the Ill-Advised (English). Not forgetting Charles the Fat and Charles the Simple. (Also Frankish, unless the latter term is used for the present King of England)😂😂😂

[@Historian212]

My fave: Edward Longshanks.

[@PMickeyDee]

Æthelred the Unready has always seemed beautifully on the nose

[@PPP-on3vl]

HE CAME FROM POLAND

[@bretthess6376]

Sure, why not? How wonderful that so many Norse towns have been found in what is now Poland. My ancestors ranged far and asked no man's leave.

[@user-rk5cu5tg2g]

Slavs always inhabited modern Poland. Not only poles. Germanic peoples moved in throughout 9th century.

[@ismetcemyaman7709]

Watching the tech space evolve with Amazon's AMA69X is like living in a sci-fi novel. Exciting times!

[@nani5987]

All danes converted to christianity....so sad that all their culture is just lost to time

[@MsAnpassad]

Not completely true. In many cases the cultures merged. Like here in Sweden, we still bring in Thors goats into our houses at Yule (we still call it Jul) and women walk up with her spouse at weddings as equals, she isn't given away as a piece of meat. Why the Nordic countries are the countries that are most gender equal, is because we didn't have as far to go as the rest of you. And that we have to give thanks to from our ancestors culture.

[@ProfAshokPhD]

There is also green tara, red tara, there is also tara and tarini. Tarini is a bodhisattava in Japan. GREN TARA RED TARA IN NEPAL. AND TARA IS GODDESS OF NAINITAL.

[@WormholeJim]

The name of the viking queen is spelt Thyra and is a feminine derivative of the name Thyr or Tyr, who is the nordic God of war and conflict and worshipped by the vikings. But then - the viking culture had it's heydays in 600-900 AD, whereas the yogic culture of asia can trace it's origins some 12.000 years back. So there's room for you to be on to something, even still.

[@LaNeona]

She Ra, Key Ra, Asherah, Aether, a Hera, Terra... >.> Return of the Kin, within. Ashiva, the space, the breath, the cosmos.

[@allanroberts637]

A job for ai

[@bobstevens457]

OT:Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV STATIONS--WOR and WLVI!

[@jonnysizzle9846]

Rosetta Stone is no1

[@JJONNYREPP]

Jelling Stone: 3D scans reveal new Viking history - BBC News 1536pm 8.11.23 not a fan. in fact i would say they're the most dubious of the nations or historical figures - the Vikings. could say i hate them without any fear... not interesting at all..

[@athek7081]

I heard something about this some time ago. It was understood that Thyra was actually more male than female in physique which made them quite unique in the time.

[@PlanetBabylon]

You mean she was a fit, physically strong woman?

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@PlanetBabylon haha yeah basically.