Opening the Medieval Stone Coffin Found at the Richard III Burial Site

[@MarsFKA]

Any time I am snarled up in rush hour traffic and spending most of the time at a complete stop I try to put it into perspective by reminding myself that it took Richard III five hundred years just to get out of the car park.

[@bieuxyongson]

MarsFKA That’s Brilliant!

[@burniezarsoff4118]

Bwahahaha.🤣

[@shainzishmael7084]

Hahaha, 😂👍

[@normanpearson8753]

Yep ,not bad . (From a Yorkshire guy ,that's some praise ,indeed ! )

[@charliebirdmcfarlie]

MarsFKA legend! I needed that laugh 😂

[@katesdad0]

Interesting, 'high status', buried in a prominent place in the church, and yet who she was is lost in time. Salutatory lesson for those who think they're more important than they are. Despite monuments to our greatness, eventually, we're all forgotten.

[@truthray2885]

Just before this, I was looking at a clip of celebrities buried without markers, and in unknown graves. Surprisingly prominent figures. They had the right idea. All of this is vanity, or comfort for people who will also be gone not at all long after the present deceased. For the right idea of what the inevitable future holds, maybe without the aliens, check out the end of "AI", where the boy robot gets sunk with the Blue Fairy, and eons pass. One day, the world will be a broken, lifeless chunk of rock and ice careening through space. Why pretend otherwise?

[@joet840]

We all have a limited time of conciousness to view the world we live in,then it's over.

[@byrnejr]

You are here. You did what you did. Then you die. Live your life in the hearts of the people you left behind.

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

Aren't you just a little ray of Sunshine ???

[@katesdad0]

@@shakespeare_hall4788 Nothing much very cheery about a 650 year old death now is there?

[@m.a.sanderson5016]

Saw Shakespeare's R III at Stratford (Ontario) last week. The play had a preamble with the opening of the coffin by U of Leicester anthropologists. The modern day disappeared in a flash and the play began with Richard stepping out of the grave. As a special effect, it was amazing!

[@Matthew-ut6ed]

Great idea!

[@aileen694]

Wow! That must've been quite a surprise...Stratford is a wonderful theatre presence.

[@imisstoronto3121]

Oh lucky you!! I've not been there for decades but I remember it very well!!! What a treat.

[@bahoonies]

@M. A. sanderson Lucky you. What a brilliant piece of theatre. I've visited Shakespeare's grave in Holy Trinity church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Alas the great bard didn't rise on that occasion.

[@MrDeedoyle]

Poor old Shakespeare sometimes ,,, writing his great works ... under such weird politics. Elizabeth 1 supported him and She is underestimated as bringing some kind of religious tolerance. Just need to study how after Richard the throne passed

[@shutupandpick740]

I just love these unboxing videos!

[@joeltucker306]

:-D

[@kayfse8373]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@colinaskey3733]

bruh lmao

[@AmyCCloverlanez]

I laughed way too hard at this post unboxing videos omg. Lol

[@LindaTCornwall]

Unboxing, it's not something they've picked up on eBay! :)

[@JasonJason210]

Britain is like that. Layers of history. Wherever you dig you find things. Bones, bits of pottery, battlefields, Roman ruins. I've always felt that in the night, the countryside is quite haunted by all this, charged with a mystery as if the past events have left a presence that can be felt.

[@ryanmortimer9849]

you should watch Detectorists

[@gerardcollins80]

*Deep*

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++JasonJason210++ Yea, I live in a small market town in Lincolnshire which today is mostly Georgian and Victorian buildings with one or two late mediaeval bits and pieces, all sitting on what was a Viking settlement which in turn has Bronze age and Neolithic remains under it. There are a few buildings dating from the 1920's and 1960's but nothing newer than that. It's a typical English country town, nothing special, and yet...

[@johnscarr70]

I live in the neighborhood where Richard's dad met his slightly more undignified end and yes, it's all under our feet. Roman kilns just discovered a couple of miles away. I agree, but I felt really unsettled passing by the flattened site of an old Butlins holiday camp, it definitely had a presence. It doesn't have to be ancient to still have ... Something!

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++@Monkey D Luffy++ To whom is your rude comment addressed mate? I for one can't tell.

[@janach1305]

I especially noted the cloth and the cord. Finding intact textiles is always rare in archaeology.

[@SusanLickley]

Affirmative

[@yavehsuarez9392]

I love how angry some people are at the archeologists for digging up ancient remains , I mean it's not like that's their job or anything .

[@snigie1]

Just don't forget that's someone's daughter /wife, just think of it as your kids coffin and people talking excitedly as they poke at their dead body

[@yavehsuarez9392]

@@snigie1 If my body and the bodies of my family get dug up thousands of years from now in not gona be mad , if someone digs my grandmas bodie up a few decades from now or maybe a few centuries from now then yeah that's fucked up , but thousands of years no .

[@yavehsuarez9392]

@Cumberpatch Fingerbottom is that what you like to do fingerbottom

[@kamimikuta4929]

@noah lawrence how? It's important in regards to history.

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

Yaveh Suarez What's the difference between a few centuries and a thousand years? It's not like any of your immediate family would be alive to care.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

When I was a kid I was digging in my parent's garden and I found some beautiful golden jewellery from the Victorian era - my dad sold it though so I haven't got it now - hey ho! I became interested in archaeology! Saw a friend today who is an archaeologist and was telling him about wanting to be one when I was a kid and he replied -"you then saw sense and didn't become one!" Lol! I'm sure he loves his job really!

[@lawrencetate145]

The thing that blows my mind is that, in situe, there must have been grand surroundings that have simply vanished! History ran roughshod right over the the top of Richard and no one knew it. It's a miracle of modern science that this body was ever found, is it not?!

[@jeffreysokal7264]

I cringe at the use of the words "miracle of modern science". There is nothing miraculous about the scientific method. Scientific discoveries can be explained and understood.

[@jezzaus2124]

King one minute, on a KZbin video the next.

[@cynthiabroyles4890]

Don't go into archeology my mother said, you'll never make a living at it. Thanks Mom, I've watched these wonderful finds from afar all my life. Thanks so much for sharing. Just wonderful!

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Same as anthropology, environmental science & English Lit. Zero jobs...

[@charles9571]

Not as many archaeological based companies to work for as compared to other STEM career fields.

[@rickracedog3838]

How long do you have to wait before grave robbing turns into archaeology? Asking for a friend...

[@philipwilliams7947]

How it is done, during construction. They find a coffin, they remove it. Then rebury it at a proper cemetery. Thats what your friend told me.

[@ri_frontiersman2048]

Rick Racedog I’m not telling you again, grandma is off limits

[@MM0SDK]

At least 10 minutes into Rigor Mortis.

[@jgunther3398]

It stays grave robbing.

[@jgunther3398]

@Dave C I'd be more inclined to agree if no money was made from it, and the bones went back in the ground. Academic career advancement, attracting paying students. No doubt several layers of people made a profit off this very movie.

[@ddubentertainment7594]

Imagine being a spirit and watching people separate your bones and put them in Ziploc bags lmao 😂 😂 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@theboringintoxicatedgamer1933]

king ofhearts Get a ghost group together and play guess who

[@CurtisD01]

@Thomas Olson they're fucking archeologists

[@awilk418]

Thomas Olson I would be stoked if I was a spirit watching a team of archeologists find my bones and be interested in me and my life centuries after the last memories of me had faded away. They can do what they like with the body, I’m not using it anymore.

[@amythechocoholic5761]

As a long-time paleoanthropology nut, this sitch is a dream come true. I want someone to dig me up in a thousand years, wonder what kind of life I led, wondered what I looked like, and put my bones through every test they had available trying to find out the answers. Also, a facial reconstruction because those are badass.

[@ainerobertson78]

@FlappableBean Think about it this way, you're a person whose been completly forgotten about for ages & suddenly you've been rediscovered by scholars who treat your body with reverence & want to know everything about you. It's even better if you think about the peasant remains we've found bc they had such hard lives & here we are treating their bodies like royalty bc they could have invaluable information for us! I'd be honored if that happened to my body

[@tebethful]

Couldn’t have said more depressing and disheartening words “ The skeleton will always remain anonymous.” 😭

[@filmjarvis81]

I feel you...These kind of thoughts always give me the spleen...

[@LndnJazzHour]

Yea, very negative. And how would he know for certain anyhow?

[@bocrews585]

Stacey Padgett videos of her nude or pictured

[@bobrussell3602]

December Hedrick Why is that depressing ? She may have valued privacy, in which case she will always have it.

[@srccde]

But that's the very fate of everyone (who actually leaves bones behind), you know. Eventually, no matter who you were in life, you will be forgotten and who or whatever finds and opens your grave, they will not know what they found, even if you had been the emperor of the world. And if you wait long enough, there isn't even going to be anything left of you to find.

[@Sabrina-rn9dn]

Her teeth look great. An as soon as I saw them I was thinking around the 13 to 14 hundreds. Once sugar became available that is when people's teeth went downhill.

[@codename495]

Sabrina 1979 sugar wasn’t available outside of the Gentry until the 1800s. People had horrible teeth well before that. Coarse grinds of flour, little if any hygiene and a predominately carbohydrate diet we’re the culprits.

[@briangoldy8784]

George Washington had One tooth..........an we Know.........Sugar was big in his diet.........very cool.....

[@ernestwalden3894]

Exspecialy in East kentucky lmao

[@Gini-hl9rr]

You are scientist sugarist

[@Mr_Makina]

@@Gini-hl9rr nah, they're just a pseudo intellectual

[@CoLoJePa]

So many people complaining about the body being exhumed as if it's a modern practice to go digging around in people's burial sites. St Cuthbert's body and coffin spent a long 1200 years (687-1827) being moved around the north of England and Scotland. His coffin was frequently opened to add bits and pieces inside, or simply to comb a long-since-dead-man's hair. People have always been fascinated by the death and the dead, and people have for a long time dug up the dead and moved them around when their previous resting place no long suited the purpose. In ancient Rome, their was a mass exhumation simply because people had been buried on public land that they then turned into a public gardens.

[@dereckllacuna7495]

Wow if Seth Rogan actually put his mind into it he can actually do great things! Good one Seth!

[@jimbob5013]

Too bad he's a Chester.

[@johntr76]

You mean Mark Zuckerberg

[@gallumsgorner6185]

That looks nothing like Seth Rogan.

[@ashleybonanno3043]

I was thinking the same thing!!🤣😂

[@iasimov5960]

I thought it was Peter Sellers.

[@mollyleonard942]

Love the "Excavate!" shirt with the dalek... very clever

[@margritdemarezoyens9306]

Molly McGaan m

[@chronokev76]

Molly McGaan you are a sexy babe

[@ih8ua119]

Dr Magus, nice one Philistine!!!

[@kathyeubanks5524]

pisswobble 🤣🤣

[@davehoward22]

I remember seeing a documentary on a medievel knight buried in a lead coffin about 13/14th century and when they opened it they were amazed his internal organs were still intact and actually did an autopsy with a scalpal on his soft liver and retrieved his last meal from his stomach.

[@plymouth5714]

I remember that one - the lead coffin in that instance had remained completely sealed like preserved meat in a tin!

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Ironically, autopsy also proved he had died of lead poisoning!

[@lisayohe1736]

Would love to see it

[@PortmanRd]

Apparently his chest cavity was full of dried blood. A couple theories suggested he either died in battle or a jousting/hunting accident.

[@mariagibson2722]

My word. Amazing.

[@harriet2501]

This may be a naive comment, but, when opening even ancient graves, shouldn't the archaeologists wear face masks? Is there no danger of dormant bacteria or viruses being activated even after all this time? As I said, a naive question to those who know the answer, but I don't. In any case, archaeology is a fascinating profession and I always enjoy reading about the discoveries and hypotheses.

[@GodsHelix]

No, not really. Any microbes and bacteria would have long since died, and any virus or infectious disease would also have long since perished.

[@sandstorm2324]

Its ideal to wear it, but they mostly dont, when it an open burial like this. If it is a tomb then yes they wear some protection.

[@Hurricaneintheroom]

Not a silly question. The curse of Tututkamen's tomb when they first opened it. People died because of microbes inside the tomb. The public thought it was the curse brought to life.

[@johngibson2884]

harriet2501 yes it is very dangerous they are foolish .Many deadly bacteria ....Google Cadaverine .....and that's just one . They didn't wear masks not because they don't know ....it's English bravado.But it also is dumb ... They confirm your point when they are TOLD to go to the infirmary first , to confirm " the lead did not preserve dangerous bacteria " ....which means they should not have opened it at the church . All around Europe and even Turkey, they are opening graves with such things as ....plague, smallpox, yellow fever . Who knows what else .

[@biggusdickus8335]

harriet2501 Of course not...its completely safe.... My team & I have been seeking out, and excavating tombs all around the world for almost 40 years now.

[@canadiankewldude]

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Genesis 3:19, KJV

[@patrickbobbin9789]

Amen

[@bakumight4559]

But then why use coffins don't they stop your dust from going back to the earth from which your dust came?

[@bakumight4559]

@Leonie H Idk if the coffins decompose or not. Just curious lol

[@robertlaube574]

@@bakumight4559 stone tends or at least has the ability to last forever.

[@SmackWaterMack001]

king james was a flaming homosexual, did you know that?

[@Mike649foxx]

Maybe I’m a little weird, but the thought of someone digging up my skeleton in 500 years time and examining it, actually appeals to me. I’d love to think that I could actually do something interesting for our species with my life, or death as the case may be.

[@dustyclark3987]

Creamation the way to do it

[@bstuart8186]

I sincerely hope you get your wish. Good luck champ!

[@Mike649foxx]

@@bstuart8186 Very kind of you sir.

[@madnessintomagic]

I want to pre-scratch a funny message on the inside of my coffin/crypt, so they have something to find besides my bones.

[@rarity9788]

The way society is now, they’re more likely to find implants, and all manner of self mutilations that we currently call “plastic surgery” lol

[@LuLzMrTom]

2:12 that guy in the middle "I'm helping!"

[@tomthomas9173]

lolllllllll i didnt get while vwatching rge video until saW UR COMMENT LOLL

[@cannedlaughter2535]

He probably didn't have a PhD so he doesn't count. (jk)

[@williamellis6176]

probably actually was helping making sure the stone didn't snap in half

[@robertcaffrey6097]

I would like to see a reconstruction of the face of the skeleton they found.

[@vestaosto]

Would be interested to know what they have found about this woman after more research.

[@thefourcorners6306]

Seeing that smile of the archeologist talking about it meant he is happy with his job 😊

[@williammoses6232]

it means he's a satisfied grave robber archeology is nothing just a cover for grave robbing

[@bluesky2195]

@@williammoses6232 Still archeology. Also, its not grave robbing because they arent stealing anything dipshit.

[@ClassicChlorine]

@@williammoses6232 womp

[@annasummers5348]

I love the idea of someone ressurecting you and rediscovering your life after you've been long forgotten, or to learn more about a known person long after they've died. I don't get those who call this " grave robbing'.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

“Resurrecting”? I must have missed the part where “them bones them bones got up and walked around.” Without ascertaining a name, was anything accomplished other than robbing a grave?

[@aussie1546]

What happened to the part "rest in peace"

[@Hristiyan1991]

" His teeth are yellow, because he didn't use the Colgate super white! Avaliable in the super markets! "

[@wendyferry2967]

I just love archaeology documentaries. I know this wasn’t one but, nonetheless an amazing find.

[@grahamthompson834]

No

[@k.s.333]

A: so what do you see in your crystal ball B: 600 years from now your grave will be discovered and some guy wearing a t-shirt with the word "mu-ha-ha-ha" will look upon your bones. A: wut?

[@stevensardinta93]

At what point does it cross the line from desecrating a grave, basically grave robbing, to an archeological study? The dead have an inherent right to rest in peace and not be disturbed.

[@MegaBrokenstar]

That line was long ago crossed when Henry VIII had this woman’s gravesite demolished, razed, and abandoned. He is responsible for her disturbance, not this team of archaeologists who are removing her from underneath a parking lot.

[@Mrs.Karen_Walker]

you do not understand what you are talking about. The idea that a grave is something for eternity and should not be disturbed is only a modern concept. before the victorian era graves were moved around all the time and graves were never permanent. people were buried in rather shallow graves for a certain amount of years. then they were exhumed and their bones were put in a charnel house or osuary pit. and their grave was being re-used There is NOTHING immoral about opening a grave.

[@stevensardinta93]

@@Mrs.Karen_Walker , then how do you explain the permenant graves of egyptians in pyramids over 2000 years ago? Or the bible stating Adam was buried in secret in a cave so no one could disturb his grave? Perhaps it is you who doesn't understand what they are talking about.

[@AvaT42]

Fascinating. These archeologists have such patience.

[@happycommuter3523]

You have to be SO careful with bones. They are unbelievably fragile.

[@russhurst6730]

This has to be some of the most interesting work/careers one could do if in the proper locations for such unique discoveries. Had I not been plagued with a mild case of OCD that would make digging in dirt a literal nightmare I could see myself loving to be part of these crews that excavate ancient relics and historical treasures.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Alas, most people have a mild case of MAL (making a living)...lol

[@prussianowl233]

OCD is the worst

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Yeah it’s a great job to have IF you find something cool. Most of the time you’re just digging up dirt unfortunately.

[@poppyfoutoulis198]

If it wasn't for the persistence of that amatuer group of historians, that find would never had happened. Kudos to them.

[@pearlcaster8287]

"See what was inside it?" What did you expect? A Happy Meal?

[@britnic5394]

bullion .... plenty of it about in those times aswell.... best start digging up shit loads of graves... wheres my shovel?

[@joycegentile8552]

LoL a 15 century Happy meal!...leg of mutton ,flask of mead and a sack of oats?

[@duaneantor9157]

Lol a happy meal.

[@tinaloflin1174]

But it's fascinating. I'm dying to know what important female was buried in such an elaborate way!! They already ruled out Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of my heroes.

[@TheKonga88]

@@tinaloflin1174 It was Cilla Black.. 😂😂😂🙌🙌🙌🙌👽💀

[@gisselleortiz533]

One day one of these people are gonna dig up a deadly plague

[@williammoses6232]

oooohhhh one can only hope

[@codgertodger]

The plague bacteria cannot survive without a host. The bacteria die, along with the person itvinfected, usually within hours.

[@truanashabadapressure6621]

Don’t need it we got the Chinese government to spread plagues now unfortunately

[@debbeprice5458]

Maybe they did!

[@imanjadwat5704]

@@williammoses6232 this didn't age well...

[@BallymurphyBabe]

As much as it is interesting and fascinating, I feel that it’s disrespectful to disturb the remains. This person who was once buried at peace has now been dismantled and put in different boxes. Maybe in another 500 years people will be digging us up and studying us.

[@BallymurphyBabe]

Robert Stallard the comment wasn’t about burial or cremation it was about disturbing someone once they have been buried. In regards to cemeteries, the plots of land have been allotted hundreds of years ago and do not widen to allow more people. So I don’t see where it is selfish. But then that’s a completely different topic for discussion.

[@Mrs.Karen_Walker]

you do not understand what you are talking about. The idea that a grave is something for eternity and should not be disturbed is only a modern concept. before the victorian era graves were moved around all the time and graves were never permanent. people were buried in rather shallow graves for a certain amount of years. then they were exhumed and their bones were put in a charnel house or osuary pit. and their grave was being re-used There is NOTHING immoral about opening a grave.

[@Mrs.Karen_Walker]

@@BallymurphyBabe graves sites were NEVER personal property. this is a modern 20th century concept undertakers like to make their customers believe to squeeze more money out of them.

[@zepp3793]

@@Mrs.Karen_Walker it’s not their choice to “dig” them up. Companies come over and want to basically add a building on top of the burial site so archaeologists are called in to make sure the remains aren’t destroyed. Don’t blame the archaeologists, blame the companies that want to add their business

[@pepsiforever1]

I love that the guy says the lid is cracking and proceeds to kneel and walk on it!!

[@waltersantos3190]

It says a lot about our modern diet when you look at the old ladies teeth or maybe she brushed twice a day with Colgate triple strip 😁

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

Yes of course....because we all need that toxic by-product from industry, namely fluoride, that some conmen foisted upon the world to line their pockets with dosh

[@yvettebasson1243]

I wonder if it may be because sugar wasn't very common or easily available yet.

[@mandymorrisonhamilton5941]

Brush with Coal soot!! My mum did it every morning! Im talking aboot in da 1940's , Mum has now past on, may she R.I.P. & As for her TEETH she still had everyone & the whiteness n such health gums!! I was so jealous of how health her white teeth were @ 70yrs old,? I lv & still miss u mum xxx

[@mandymorrisonhamilton5941]

CHEERS!! TO WHOEVER LIKE MY STORY YEAH! ABOOT USING COAL SOOT!! WELL ITS NOW 2020!!! SO HAPPY NEW YR! TO EVERYONE IN & ON U=TUBE!! LV YA! STAY TRUE YEH!! MZ X frm U.K. xxx

[@karanfield4229]

The Egyptians used mice brains to brush theirs 🤢🦷

[@MySpace662]

You just opened the grave of Count Dracula's blood line, may you all rest in peace.

[@SomeBuddy777]

🦇 👹

[@dogstylez585]

They should do DNA testing and find living relatives

[@twoshedsjackson6478]

It would be like Henry III, there would probably be millions.

[@jimajams7080]

Did you not hear what they said?

[@Esteban-rv7ze]

Yes and find the true heir.

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

@@jimajams7080 I don't think they watch the whole video otherwise they know there were no living relatives that they knew of to the lady they suspected this body belong to or what was left of the body

[@NicoleHeavenLewis]

@@kathleenmurphy2379 all it takes is one dna sample to match worldwide if using the right database. But i get what your saying. Maybe one day they will revisit this lady and see if they can find any living relatives

[@diesel8447]

Seams like somebody went to a good length to keep this sealed...

[@RonsardMoolman]

Very technical. Thanks guys. Kind regards from South Africa.

[@matthewspringer1369]

I dont think its disgraceful at all. She died and was buried... But unfortunately her tombstone was lost. Excavating this not only brought her (the person who we might think it is) story back to life, it acknowledged her existence. It told her story/history and the Archaeologist treated/handled the remains with care. They do this because they value them and are trained professionals. I actually think its kindof sweet and an honorable thing to do. I think it would be so cool if somone dug up my remains 700 years later if my tombstone disappeared. Hope I would tell a cool history. :)

[@led_farmer]

Grave robbery is still a crime

[@matthewspringer1369]

@@led_farmer No shit. Archeologist preserve and save finds like this... These people have YEARS of study and experience in specialized fields to handle situations like this. They are NOT grave robbers, rather the complete opposite... They don't steal artifacts or treasures and sell them, they don't desecrate bodies or throw then aside. Again they are not grave robbers and it totally legal for them... Why??? Because they're accredited and they've obtained lisenses. Not only in their degrees but also through government orders that require them to handle finds like this that are uncovered usually in construction sites...

[@matthewspringer1369]

@@billybob042665 Ohhhhh okay... yeah so lets just destroy the grave and make way for the new parking lot of a wal-mart... Lets just remove all remembrance of existence for this person and throw it aside... We dont need to hold any value of history or the life of this persons past... /s What are you talking about??.... this was a court order! Archaeologist are required to show up and investigate these things. Thats their job and they do this to make SURE its not criminal activity. By opening up this sarcophagus and understanding what they are looking at we found out that it wasn't a disposed murder victim and we gathered valuable data of the past. They were even able to put a name to this person for the cherry on top. You have not idea what goes into requiring access to dig-sites and if you think this is morally wrong... i dont know what to tell you... This is NOT grave robbery. lol

[@AverageAlien]

@@billybob042665 immoral, fuck off, theres no such thing, feed the bones to some stray dogs, they'll be more useful that way at least

[@why3011]

@@AverageAlien lol you're so edgy bro

[@outb4thecount]

Always wanted to be an archaeologist.

[@paulajewitt2012]

Deborah Robinson youll have to be an actor first.dont believe me,wellaware1 on youtube and educate yourself on the bullshit.

[@iamtenzin4409]

You're not dead yet, are you? The first thing you must have is an intense sense of curiosity. And don't think you're going to get rich off this either. It's hard work and takes years of training. Is there a particular time period or people you're interested in?

[@Ginny855]

Your comment is 2 years old. What are you doing now? :) I worked in the archaeology for one year (voluntary social year) and I can say: It is awsome! It's true, that it is hard work, it's physically demanding and you must not have a problem with human remains (especially children and babies aren't that easy to handle) and becoming dirty, because most discoveries are made in latrine pits, which are still yellow and often still smell (after hundreds of years)... but if you are willing to do that kind of work, you will find a truly magnificent profession! You can "live" and touch history and see things people, people haven't seen for a very long time! But many archaeologists don't work outside but research in a museum etc. Still very interesting!

[@iamtenzin4409]

Ginny855 - In this portion of the US, a lot of their time is spent in and around constructions sites. Making sure that any remains or artifacts found aren't Native, but rather settlers. The latter usually allows construction to proceed after collecting, recording, and cataloging. The former? Well, that's a whole other world of fun altogether. I'm told there are a lot of antiquities and tribal laws that come into play there. And after Kennewick Man, I'm glad archeology is not my profession.

[@Ginny855]

IamTenzin Here in Germany most of our archaeological activities are on construction sites, too

[@Apache-John]

Imagine passing away and being buried just for some random people to find you're coffin, opens and starts messing with you're remains. Maybe leave them alone. Haven't the british messed with enough historic sites and stolen enough.

[@Colonel-Rayy]

He was english himself dummy and he was reburied again in a proper way dummy

[@shirleyk.f.6568]

What I do not get is WHY everyone thinks it is OK to dig up graves or tombs. I do not care how old they are, it is still a resting place for someone. Info is not that important that you do crap like that. How would you like someone to dig up your parents or children after they are put to rest.

[@LutzDerLurch]

If we were to bury everyone in the ground and never ever touch anyone ever again, we would have run out of space on the surface of the earth centuries ago.

[@HobbyOrganist]

They aren't "resting" Jim, they are *DEAD* and the worms and decay did plenty of "unresting" on it all

[@Chalky.]

Says the weight of the lid is destroying it after an archaeologist gets in the hole and puts all his weight on top of it.

[@thewastedgamer935]

I just can’t understand why you would remove the coffin, what’s in it? A person who wanted to be buried and left alone maybe? In a couple hundred years I know I wouldn’t want to be removed from where ever my supposed ‘final resting place’ was so why would you do it to someone else just because you’re ‘curious’?

[@bradtruscott1510]

What does it matter? They’re dead. Like dead dead. Almost 1000 years dead. No living relatives for 100s of years.

[@thewastedgamer935]

@@bradtruscott1510 Yeh but like they weren’t buried like that wanting to be dug up after a while

[@Sophie-cat-]

I agree they didn't really gain anything by digging it up

[@IMChrysalis]

What about using forensic artists to recreate her face, guys? That would be fascinating to see!

[@SamLizziesmom]

That's what i was saying

[@IMChrysalis]

@Adam Malec seriously, a lot more than opinion. Forensic artists help solve crimes. There is a sample of her hair. And if there is enough of the skull intact, there are markers on the bone for a lot of the rest, where tendons were connected and so on ... they know about her diet from the analysis of the bone and teeth. Forensics is a scientific area of study, one that is accurate enough to solve crimes. We may never be able to identify which patron she was because there are no known portraits. We may never know why she was buried with a king... but we really can get a glimpse at the past.

[@CurtisD01]

@Adam Malec Don't talk about stuff you don't know about... you legit know nothing about what goes into Forensic reconstruction

[@trotptkabasnbi6655]

The bones were divided up and went to private collectors and. The black market

[@Lostouille]

0:47 imagine when he is looking in the tiny space the cadaver's hand get off 😂😂😂

[@americanpsychoedit4554]

It was 11:50 PM and I was wondering how does a person in a coffin looks like 50 years later... Then I found this video! Lol

[@charlesbutler4646]

It would seem the DNA from this skeleton could be cross tabulated against 23 and Me, Ancestry DNA, and Family tree DNA as well as the National Geographic and other massive data bases to find potential descendant matches alive today. I'm sure there are many.

[@badsoutherngirl]

If you have your dna done you can have it compared to other dna from ancient burials on ged match.

[@rosestewart1606]

I agree. That's one of the things they did with Richard III's bones. They just found a descendant of his family. And his bones weren't in a sarcophagus

[@pearlcaster8287]

I agree; I have 2 books where UK DNA testing was done on a large population to trace various populations (from the 1100-1300s I believe) and cross-referenced to 20th century groups. Astonishing how little present day descendents moved much beyond their earlier ancestors locations.

[@rosestewart1606]

Pearl Caster that makes sense though. People left but the people who stayed stayed close to the same area or at least in the same country. My ancestors who left Scotland 250 years ago lived less than 100 miles from where I live...and that's with modern transportation

[@carab.8616]

Benedict Cumberbatch is a relative of Richard III.

[@momof2momof2]

I am always caught between being very interested in this kind of subject, and feeling that its just wrong to do this.

[@Myffy]

Me Too!. People shouldn't be laid to rest then dug up like potatoes in the name of curiosity

[@phyllisruthmick5391]

I agree! I know exactly how you feel because I also feel the same way!

[@phyllisruthmick5391]

@@Myffy You're right of course! It feels very disrespectful to do such a thing out of mere curiosity. Possibly if this sort of thing is/was done out of necessity for preserving an ancient site or because it could genuinely help in an important way then I think that I could or would be more inclined to be more accepting or more agreeable.

[@Myffy]

@@phyllisruthmick5391 I just feel like human beings should stop being so meddlesome and just leave things alone! Especially graves

[@jandrews6254]

Amber Angel by this time,2020, anywhere you dig likely has bits of human in it. You can either go the route of dust to dust, or should you happen to believe in an actual afterlife, then the souls that once inhabited those bones have gone to live...elsewhere. If you believe in reincarnation, well then the bits we leave behind are basically just blood and bone fertiliser.

[@MMed2472]

I think it's disrespectful to disturb the final resting place of that person and bag up her bones like that.

[@jonpatterson5668]

So much for resting in peace

[@morrisjensen1959]

Who wants to RIP, when I die I want to go off and explore the universe!

[@juanitarichards1074]

I think the dead in these cases wouldn't mind being found and they'd be fascinated if they knew of the advances in understanding and research into how and why they died, how long they had lain there, and remembrance of times past - their time. They are not forgotten after all and their skeletons can tell us many things.

[@eileenhetherington3704]

How do you know? It is a crime in most parts of the world to desecrate a grave, but scientists and archeologists get a free pass? It's wrong.

[@juanitarichards1074]

@@eileenhetherington3704 So why are you watching? So you can sit back and criticize?

[@maturin1919]

​@@eileenhetherington3704I assure you the dead do not care. They're dead.

[@unapologetic5150]

That's why cremation is more respectful you don't have to worry that someone will disrespect your mortal remains .

[@tungstenkid2271]

Call me over-sensitive but I wish archaeologists would say a few respectful words when they unearth old bones such as "Forgive us for disturbing your rest", instead of just plonking the bones in a box and carting them off..

[@colinjoseph3742]

Im sure that would make all the difference

[@MilesB1975]

I laughed at them deciding to take the skeleton to the Infirmary, just in case. "I'm not dead!" "Go to the Sick-Bay and Matron will give you some Aspirin..."

[@jonkneeland]

Weird how it’s ok to dig up / disturb someone’s remains when it comes to research. Anyone who digs me up will be haunted by me 100%

[@everettconrad4685]

I really don't think so 100%. Are you really going to wait around in that grave just so you could haunt them? You may be waiting a long long time, maybe never get the chance to haunt someone...

[@jjaus]

Stupid hysteria. Look, if you're religious, the person has moved on. If not, the person is dead.

[@namehere7829]

Well then either way just leave it alone then looking at it through your perspective it's just a dead body right leave it the f*** alone

[@mrsdixon3524]

jjaus nothing to do with religion its about be respectful, how would you feel if it was your distant family?

[@mrsdixon3524]

Eric Von Zipper piss of how would you feel if it was your family

[@MrTheSmokinman]

It didn't really hit me until 2:04 and I didn't expect to be "triggered" as they call it but to see them take a body out of it's resting place just hit me as being disrespectful. I mean he/she didn't agree to this and it probably went against everything spiritual they believed in at that point in time, not to mention the money and work put in for that service. I could see moving all these bodies to a new resting place but to take them out, wrap their body parts individually in a zip lock bag and store them away like some dinosaur bones to me seems disrespectful and probably against their wishes being that people back then were way more religious than we are today. These bones belong in the ground, not to some archeologist or museum.

[@tubatoucan]

It's literally their job. And the remains where in a construction site. What are the gonna do? Build around the coffin?

[@IratePuffin]

This is how we learn and remains are often reburied after we’ve learned all we can from them.

[@laggy60fps92]

Good job you discovered science and history so proud of you people of this world have less common sense then a bag of rocks

[@blipblip88]

A search for opening vintage WW 2 rations kits landed me here..

[@belsnickel9568]

I wouldn’t be mad if someone dug me up as long as the put me back and held a ceremony so I can be put back to rest.

[@megafoxyawesomehot69]

Belsnickel back to rest? Would they be bringing you back from the dead?🤣

[@belsnickel9568]

Megan my spirit could be messed with. That why we have funerals; to cut our ties with this world so we can leave.

[@MrRobot01010]

@@belsnickel9568 so then you would have left?

[@belsnickel9568]

Paul Reacts what?

[@MrRobot01010]

@@belsnickel9568 if your funeral meant you cut ties with this earth and left, that means putting you "back to rest" wouldn't matter

[@varidian694]

Oh how so very respectful- dug up, scratched and scraped, placed in a plastic bag and left in a box on a shelf some where... We all lead our lives with this ambition of having a peaceful end and being buried by loved ones... not to be bagged boxed and shelved

[@LeeRaldar]

No we don't, you are just making assumptions for other people based upon your own Judeo-Christian cultural preferences and superstitious belief system that human remains still retain some kind of vague innate sentient quality for hundreds of years after death.

[@brianbindon7021]

Great find. Good research.

[@Hollyhock7]

Just think of all the ancient artifacts there could be under parking lots all over the world right now!!

[@okiedokey9962]

Agree. They have found historical finds in Usrael and yes. They were under a Parking Lit as well..

[@yorusuyasoul69420]

Under my house theres alot of sea corals and shit found coz my place once it's under the sea but now it's a huge land inhabited by thousand of people lol

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Does "ancient artifacts under parking lots" include Jimmy Hoffa?...lol

[@AVIARYCOURT]

@@CLASSICALFAN100 Glen Miller!

[@3Danful]

Just think. you might be excavated in a few hundred years, and have your bones placed in separate plastic bags, and end up in a draw somewhere in a museum. maybe to be put together again to be gorped at in a museum gallery. I have to say. there are some things in excavation, i think is best left alone. go ahead and verify "who" it is, and identify his/her belongings, but i personally think its disrespectful to be effectively disgarding someone of their resting place. I dont think any of us would want any of our parents/grandparents being disturbed, would you?!!

[@halliehurst4847]

I kind of get your point but that actually sounds kind of cool to me? I mean I’m going to be dead I’m not going to care either way but in this case given the choice between being under a car park or in a museum after being studied so I can give people insight into the time I lived in I’d go for the second option. In fact I’d go for the second option over being left in peace because how many people get to be useful after they’re dead? I guess it’s just personal preference.

[@piusais721]

Where is she now???

[@carleymarieb5436]

I don’t mean to sound uncaring or rude but she’s dead and I don’t think she cares or knows. I would be happy to know my body was in a museum in the future.

[@riffhammeron]

That would be great if someone learns from it

[@GoneGrimdark]

My dream is to have my remains in a museum... probably never going to happen though!

[@laratheplanespotter]

I met Turi King at the Royal Institute in January . It was amo. She’s so kind and so lovely

[@steveo4601]

Sitting on top of it, very professional.

[@charlieclark2609]

You got a better way to be able to get to it at a better angle to support your weight to do that job ?

[@steveo4601]

@@charlieclark2609 a plank.

[@charlieclark2609]

@@steveo4601 maybe they didn't have a plank laying around. Also I highly doubt the dead person gave a shit that he had his knee propped up on his coffin. Dead bodies are dead bodies, no matter who it is. Propping your knee up on a sarcophagus isn't disrespectful. If he had opened the casket and put his knee in the chest cavity, then that would be disrespectful , just from a standpoint of you wouldn't want someone to do that to your uncle or whoever family this is

[@steveo4601]

@@charlieclark2609 , well I'm out of lumber answers,😁

[@joepalooka2145]

Not enough discussion about the lead shroud. That is truly amazing. Where would that have come from? It's very large, and thick enough to need cutting with shears. What about the soldering? This is an extremely valuable and interesting piece of medieval metal work and metallurgy.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Joe Palooka Lead has been in common use for millennia. It was one of the forest widely used metals. Lead work would have been familiar to any medieval metalworker, it was used for tanks and cisterns, and of course for roofing on high status buildings. It's easy to work with because of the low melting point and easily formed into sheets. There is nothing particularly remarkable about this coffin liner.

[@estanislaovaldesperez4737]

Great job for the colleagues. Doing a great research 👍🏻👍🏻

[@gerald4133]

Wow Europe has such a grand history. I saw somewhere that George Washingtons relatives are buried in England. It would be quite a sight to see Medival days in England or France.

[@kennethbailey2616]

Wow! Super interesting! I love this history so much!

[@chrismcbee2933]

This work is so interesting.

[@mjkrbjcw]

Who signs off on building over that all those years ago without keeping records?

[@GildaLee27]

Aside from the ravages of time upon paper, and fire, there was this thing called the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

[@MrISkater]

@@GildaLee27 the protestant heretic King Henry VIII

[@bevyking6570]

Although I understand the interest, I don't understand why it is okay to open someone's coffin no matter how old it is. It just doesn't seem right to me. But here I am sitting here watching it?!?

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how're you doing?

[@rhukaduka]

R.I.P.-Until someone decides your rest is over.

[@Burnersforvanlife]

We took it to the infirmary and realised the occupant was in fact beyond resuscitation.

[@soran27]

they didnt use hair nets when sifting thru the coffin debris?

[@kmp8985]

Or face masks !

[@lesterbronson2385]

Imagine getting dug up hundreds of years later by a bunch of nerds. My ghost would be pissed.

[@teresamessenger5399]

Nerd Alert!! Yes they are

[@russellscott81299]

I'm always amazed and jealous of how nice the teeth are on all these old skeletons.

[@janebrown1706]

Before sugar was discovered.

[@nobodysbaby5048]

Processed sugar was very rare back then. So, yeah, a lot of people died young w good teeth.

[@jonathanhall7903]

Read, "Breathe," by James Nestor.

[@mrkvomiltato871]

@@nobodysbaby5048 Young? They said this woman was over sixty.

[@ambassadorofearth9618]

"The weight of the lid cracked the sarcophagus" somehow I think it might have been more to do with the car park on top let alone the cars 😂

[@AVIARYCOURT]

And the shopping in the cars!

[@donmcc6573]

So, what is the statute of limitations on grave desecration?

[@thesaneparty4079]

If we're just going to dig everybody up and try to identify what they ate, why don't we just display people in museums when they die with a list of their favorite foods?

[@MrTM-fg6zn]

Next on "Who's under the car park"

[@LJGVideosandVlogs]

Your definitely from the UK

[@MrTM-fg6zn]

Nope, NorCal! 😎

[@MC-xt6xf]

Not even a king’s grave is safe. I am convinced I’m choosing cremation now.

[@Kittygh]

Love the Dr Who reference on his T shirt.

[@iancanty9875]

I think the contents have gone past their “Best before” date.🤪😂🤣

[@valerieprice1745]

I can't comprehend the horrific grave robbing done in the name of science. What is WRONG with people? Nothing is sacred. May God forgive them. :(

[@maxpayne2574]

Gee all you folks that are worried about them digging up 600 year old bones. Whens the last time you talked to your living family.

[@doncook2054]

Great point!

[@RuffStuff420]

So like, your not going to learn anything from this person, is there a reason not to reinter them? It's just kinda the right thing to do isn't it?

[@difax9935]

Wow. That would be so awesome and exciting to be a part of.

[@infinitepower6780]

"carefully dismantle" *throws stone parts onto ground **sees chips crack and flake off

[@Gearz86]

It's funny that once a certain amount of time has passed, people are allowed to desecrate your grave lol

[@Zuxiasunicorn]

They have to be moved regardless. If they can figure out who it is, it can be moved to an appropriate place. Me, I'd appreciate being moved from underneath a parking lot. If somebody wants to take a peek at my remains, fine, I'm not using them. But rebury someplace dignified.

[@murphyandmurphybrand]

Such a heavy handed approach to extracting such an important object. Can only imagine down to underfunding.

[@tightywhitey6466]

Sealed led coffin to prevent gases from escaping, while the body of Eleanor Countess Elester is transported from France to London.

[@TobyTyler6007]

Rest in peace

[@LorraineHatrix]

Hi Tobie ... They should have been left in peace..... But they have been dug up, how bad is that?

[@Loribethdi]

Led caskets were used when someone dies farther away and needs to be shipped back home so I wouldn't rule that one lady out so quickly...

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@Loribethdi]

@@Godwinpounds4333not too great at the moment. You?

[@roberttherrien352]

Why not do a reverse DNA search ? If you get her DNA then have a search in the existing current DNA records and see if you can find some living relative that might be able to get some traceable lineage .

[@ClementinesCoins]

because its quite possible that if she worked in that church and is the only daughter, she never would of had children, ending her bloodline in the 15th century.