Were There Ancient Settlers Living On The Shetland Islands? | Extreme Archaeology | Absolute History

The team returns to the Shetland Islands, this time to investigate an iron age fortress known as Burgi Geos. Just getting to the site proves a nightmare as the crew must cross some of the deepest peat bogs in Europe. As the team begins investigations it becomes more apparent that the site was far more than a simple fort. But why was there a community to protect in the first place?
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[@Andy_Babb]

*_MORE LIKE THIS PLEASE. ALL ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY SERIES PLEASE?!_*

[@johnlord8337]

Just because the current islands are wind-swept and barren of heather, shrubs, and trees, doesn't say that it was so in ancient times. Such wood timbers found prove that the ancient island (like ancient Scotland low and highlands) were forested and brushy to some extent.

[@christopherforsyth5284]

Ancient times - ? Stone , Bronze and Iron age were but an Eye Blink ago , geologically speaking. Peat layers are considerably older .

[@QuietWookie]

@@christopherforsyth5284 " Peat layers are considerably older ." That doesn't mean a single thing. Sure peat has formed since before those times but it still forms, that process did not magically stop. Peat layers very obviously have formed during those times as we can tell from dateable human evidence preserved in peat.

[@captroft]

There is heather and native shrubs. Do your research buddy

[@christianschultz4985]

Evidence of forrests? Stumps? Homes built from timber? Evidence wood fueled fires?

[@Catmoore60]

This was the Vikings’ 18th hole...the club house has fallen into the sea.

[@JPEvans-qh9fs]

Julius Caesar said the Celts "colored themselves with woad, which produces a blue color" Pliny wrote that "Bretons used glastum to stain themselves blue" Glastum (woad) is a dye that is derived from a plant common to western europe and the UK. Recent university tests have found that glastum/woad dye does not work very well at all as a pigment for human skin and it is most likely that some other sort of pigment was used. Could it be that "glastum", or woad dye that the Romans say the Celts (and most notably; the Picts) painted themselves with was actually made from blue-green glass and not derived from plants? Take quartz and crush it up to a fine powder, add a little tin, copper, or iron rust (bog iron) and some sea water for salt and potash, heat it up to above 586c for several hours, and you end up with a shiny but mostly opaque blue-green glass. Now crush the glass up to a fine powder and mix it in some rendered animal fat and the result is a shiny, sparkly, glistening blue-green body paint!!! All of the necessary ingredients are within a days' walking distance from this site, and evidence of quartz extraction is directly on site. The two large stone lined fire pits that were excavated on site were where both the glass and the rendered fat could have been produced, and are obviously much larger than is needed for camp cooking.

[@gw7120]

I just want to say i appreciate your work , my watch later is filled with your videos. Always a good pick when i have free time :)

[@OldDunollieman]

LOL This lot needs to call in the Time Team. (I am serious)

[@breyette4697]

Yes please more time team

[@Suryaanshi]

Definitely

[@nosillalaluna7078]

Is the main narrator Welsh ? Working on my accent identification . Your content and the magnificent visuals are simply outstanding ! Great work TEAM!! Love the fact with archeology , questions answered , questions raised ! Never cut -n-dry , always room for different interpretation . Each member trained in the basics with or without expertise in a certain method or subject of study brings what I find imparotive and fascinating their own theories as to what they are seeing . Just AMAZING !

[@jigold22571]

Thank You for sharing and posting.

[@greenhighlander7]

Ohh, we get to see little bit of documentary between the adds...

[@sazxqaz5228]

Thats a lot of ads. Is it actually worth watching it? I've stopped after seeing that many yellows.

[@greenhighlander7]

@@sazxqaz5228 I did stop after 10 minutes..

[@MarcoMeerman]

I have YT Premium and never want to go back

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Fast forward to the end then hit replay and the are go away

[@randomvintagefilm273]

@@sazxqaz5228 Fast forward to the end then hit replay and the are go away

[@carolgerman2020]

Absolutely fascinating Thank You

[@DavidPerez-tk8mx]

Loving these!

[@1000wastedwords]

What if the stones weren't so much a ceremonial walkway, but to keep sheep from falling off while being herded to and from the homestead every day? Also, they could just dump waste over the edge: feces, urine, food scraps, etc. You don't have to hike to get tool materials. People and predators couldn't sneak up on you or your livestock. Maybe it was just a really efficient homestead location. Plus, it's a sweet place for a house. Maybe they just liked the views?

[@snopure]

It does seem like tv archaeologists tend to attach religious meanings to everything, as if ancient peoples could never have done anything based on practicality. I can imagine home being hard to find in such a remote location after leaving it for one reason or another. The Romans marked their roads with mile stones with no religious significance whatsoever, so why couldn't the tribe living in that corner of the Shetlands have done something similar? The stones were placed there to mark where the gully was so that anyone traveling at night would be led towards the domicile and wouldn't fall into the gully.

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

Yes brilliant place for keeping sheep from falling off the cliffs by erecting a stone circle!!! And for building an outhouse. Just imagine the view while sitting there with your sheep. A bottle of single malt, a pipe'o'smoke, a sheep's dung fire and a lonesome piper a decent distance off not to frighten the ghouls! I really think I'd love the place! Honestly!

[@michaelweldon1271]

I would say you have never worked with sheep...ROTFLMAO

[@1000wastedwords]

@@michaelweldon1271 nope, I have not. It was merely speculation. Thx for adding to the conversation.

[@JETWTF]

Someone should have slapped the host the first time he said "The Burgie". If anyone wants to play a deadly drinking game... take a shot everytime he says it.

[@nancysheplor502]

Is it his pronunciation? If so, what is the correct way to say it?

[@JETWTF]

@@nancysheplor502 The correct way of pronouncing it is Burgi Geos as everyone else did but him, as in the name of the place not "The Burgi". The whole site was Burgi Geos too, not just the part he called "The Burgi" while standing on Burgi Geos. The entry where the standing stones are is Burgi Geos, where the ladies were putting their first trench's in was Burgi Geos too, he called only where the ladies put their trench's in "The Burgi" while looking at the first trench he thought was a burial mound. He sounded like a complete tool, it would be like calling Great Britain "The Great" Or New York City "The New" and be standing in those places and saying over there in * that's a spot just 4 meters away. You shorten the name of a place you frequent often amongst friends or frat brothers and only use that shortened name amongst them. To a friend: "I am heading over to The Dragon for a drink, You coming?". A stranger asks: "Where's a good place to get a drink?" Answer: "The Green Dragon, Best ale in the Shire". You tell the stranger "The Dragon" and you are a complete tool because that stranger will be looking for that and not the correct location. You would be a complete tool.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Omg, now I want to slap him too. Form an orderly line people. Now that you’ve explained his mispronunciation, it’s really really (REALLY) annoying me...really, and I’m only 15 minutes in. He just keeps saying it and he’s the only one doing it. I still want to watch to learn and see what the location has to tell them. I do find his hosting mildly annoying, because it seems to just be about the him wanting to talk, erect elaborate rope access points and in this case, try to use “quad bikes” to tear up the countryside. It’s mostly just for him to yap on - and after watching a few of these you start to notice a pattern of them not having enough time to do a reasonable amount of actual archeology or even finish. He’s more about the “Extreme” part of the title, than he is the digging. I really appreciate you explaining how to say the name correctly. Ha ha he really is such a tool isn’t he. It’s like he thinks that he’s going to sound like a local (or cool) if he calls it that, his arrogance/ignorance means he couldn’t even be bothered finding out by just asking someone etc. That’s how “extreme” he is. Get rid of him and just have the amazing women instead. I’ve been online and this location was not really a great mystery. I was reading the uk listing of the site as a protected historical monument (sorry, I can’t remember the exact title they use) and some of the archeological references about this site are from the 1960s. Another blog site referred information dating to 1700s. Oh well, it makes for interesting viewing.....just so EXTREME 😜

[@mayageorge1847]

He serves zero purpose

[@BucketPukes1969]

Cheese burgies

[@michaelweldon1271]

This is a great team doing necessary exploration into areas most archeologists fear to tread - ALA Time Team. Being an 'American', I also appreciate that one of ours is on the team and even notice the minor differences in reference to education. i.e. Americans accept that people have learned their skills via various means, while British enjoy their titles. Reminiscent again of Time Team, where Phil Harding did the hard work because he loved it, but was just a brilliant as those who sat back and theorized.

[@deborahparham3783]

Phil is still brilliant and always will be.

[@Meine.Postma]

They found an ancient fire house to guide the ships.

[@vudi2103]

Thanks, again :)

[@johnlord8337]

Ancient climate was different in the start of the Iron Age 1000 - 0 BC, with continued heat waves of droughts, and (just said) 3 degrees (C?) higher, with higher tundra and Arctic circle temperatures. Communities for fishing and small island colony landholdings with island-locked sheep, goats, and pigs would be the norm.

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

If you build a fire at such a cliff it would be seen from very far. Is it a beacon for sea travellers to find the settlement / tradestation / harbour by the water?

[@jameswells554]

Gold. You always find gold with quartz.

[@DrFiero]

Could explain the multiple fires too.

[@msaltalola]

@@DrFiero the fires could also indicate a pottery kiln considering all the shards they've uncovered, given the closeness to the water it would be ideal to trade from with all the evidence they've been able to gather

[@DrFiero]

@@msaltalola - Yup, 100%! Either way. Or the 20 other theories that none of us have thought of. ;) But you'd still need 'pottery' of some form to crack gold out of quartz. And a lot of hot fires. And lets face it, if they found they had gold sitting there, they'd be unlikely to say "Nah, screw profiting from this stuff - lets just turn this gold laden quartz into spears or knives".

[@Tiny_Xenomorph]

@@DrFiero golden sword 🗡

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Not gold, no Tony Robinson

[@leslielutz1874]

Brilliant. No enemy access on three sides. An impenetrable entrance. Big warm hearths. NICE.

[@MarcoMeerman]

Incredibly fascinating people

[@theobserver9131]

4:00 Oh thank goodness they have their safety helmets on! You never know when the sky is going to fall!

[@stevemcelmury4618]

Hats off to the team who journeyed to this remarkable site in the Shetlands. Each member, scientists & film crew alike, gave it their all in difficult circumstances. I was so taken by the deliberate, safety first, scientific approach as they plodded on over really dangerous trails, noted for 150 mph winds... jeeez! I squeaked in joy when our lead gal pointed out the piece she'd just uncovered, a flat clay surface with black burn marks on one side, indicating cooking. Good job, everyone... love from the USA 😉

[@glendamears3618]

Mapping stones ??? Great program 😊❤

[@lwfozzy6925]

Sorry too much drama and narcissistic tendencies, but a light hearted expedition that makes real outdoors persons laugh.

[@sweetpea17]

The stones are in a haul shape. Ship timbers that have been mineralized and turned to stone over the ages. Some sites with a lot of these if you get an sky view it's obvious that's it was a harbor of some sort not a bunch of ship graves. The land was different back then. Big flood.

[@melissalove2463]

I don’t know how they could dig so close to the edge of the cliffs ! 😱

[@mainerockflour3462]

Did you do a chemical analysis of the soil? What was the chemical analysis of the charcoal? Was it compressed grass, dung or woody material?

[@sansandpapyrus6141]

I've never heard an ATV called a quad boat. I'm keeping it.

[@mainerockflour3462]

I'm surprised you didn't use lidar from a drone.

[@chrisbassett8996]

I am so pleased they are wearing helmets on the quad bikes

[@mainerockflour3462]

Chemical analysis of the pottery shards. Is also paleomagnetic properties of the shards that when they were either fired or or heated above 600 degrees Fahrenheit, or the Curie point, the previous magnetic field was liberated in place of the latest magnetic field as they cooled, would give an indication as to where the Earth's magnetic north pole was at the time they were last "cooked".

[@heatherjordan1451]

Why do I get the feeling the male host is a bit like Ivanka at the conference... everybody is being incredibly kind and giving each other side glances when he talks, as if he's being humored. I suspect he's a great expert in his field, but I feel the others have more expertise in what is being discussed.

[@fetus2280]

The others do . (Host should Only do voice overs and Not talk about himself ever, read a script only) They have been doing field work for a long time . Alice not so much these days but they Are very well versed and have been on many shows that make this one look , well as bad as it really is . From Time team to Digging for Britain and many Many others , if you want good stuff check out Digging for Britain and thats from 2010. Cheers

[@mfanto1]

Quartz, super volcano hmmm... gold

[@bonafideadventures8425]

I would put my money on hunting. If they were there in the spring I guarantee you that place would be full of birds of all types. Maybe even seals and whales. I like to think that they were harvesting goose fat or something like that. Those upright stones would conceal hunters. I don’t know just a thought

[@louisianapatriot5818]

Could it have been fires to guide incoming boats? You don't usually live by the sea and not fish.

[@emilychb6621]

Fishing communities don't usually use signal fires cause they know where they can go without touching rocks. Signal fires are meant so strangers to the area don't run aground.

[@louisianapatriot5818]

@@emilychb6621 fog?

[@emilychb6621]

@@louisianapatriot5818 have you tried turning on your high beams in dense fog? It's no good at all. A bin fire would be visible by the time you are nearly at the cost already. Hence fishers avoiding going out at specific weather patterns. Like the fishers in the villages along the northern German coasts/islands barely had any signal fire even back in 1900. They stayed within sight, or made sure to keep the sun visible and would turn back the moment weather turned bad. And even then, some got lost every year.

[@louisianapatriot5818]

@@emilychb6621 Here fires were common on the coast for trade, smuggling and generally for navigational purposes. I do believe it was a common practice world wide but surely you are correct this is a totally different situation all together. I humbly submit to your superior wisdom. Be blessed and have a wonderful holiday!

[@flexiblebirdchannel]

There seems to be no harbour, so no good place for boats. But a perfect view onto the ocean. An even better place to protect yourself. I think they looked for Gold in the Quartz. And had agriculture on the flat surface around. I don't like the religious reason, because the people had enough problems to sustain their living, everything built must be worth the effort, they don't build for joy.

[@sannesteers]

Did those iron age people, and maybe bronze age people come by land? The Shetlands are islands. Weren't the seas the highways those days? Possible there was a comfy beach once, but no more since so much of the cliffs tumbled down into the sea.

[@tightlines106]

I alwayz like pommie doco's relaxing

[@alesjamsek2324]

I thing this area have material from many different time period.Cupper age Bronze age and early Iron age.

[@arnarninson4413]

I’d say that sunset is a pretty good reason to live out there.

[@gregoryhunt9086]

I think there were signal fires/ a light houe for boats hunteing at sea.

[@nevillemignot1681]

The term 'Broch' no doubt was 1st used in the North of Scotland, a long time before the term was used, or the Vikings came to Shetland.

[@klondo]

the standing stones may have been for those who do wonder out there at night dont go off the edge into the water or trenches

[@captroft]

The rounded stones could have been cast there by the sea. He mentioned 150mph winds had been recorded. Actually it’s nearer 200mph that’s been recorded in the area.

[@snopure]

These people are obsessed with the spiritual angle. None of these people really addressed the possibility that all the burnt areas and the clay tiles might be due to a small pottery industry... Charcoal does not indicate some sort of sacred site. It is helpful though in making fires hot enough for pottery.

[@snopure]

Or baking bread.

[@jeffcrowley4842]

That was always my issue with Francis Pryor on time team. Every single prehistoric site was a ritual site. Only to have Phil dig it up and tell him it's a Saxon rubbish pit🤣

[@GenghisVern]

What's the name of this island? Yell. I SAID< WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS ISLAND I told you, Yell. Yell what? The name of the island But, what's the name of the island? ...

[@neilmackenzie8345]

Who's on first lol

[@addisonwelch4366]

I don't know why the host keeps asking "Why would they build on it? That's the real mystery!" Look at it, its a naturally defended outcrop, next to the ocean but high up enough to be safe. Not sure if they had more wooded area back when this settlement was occupied but if they had livestock they would have needed fencing, if trees were scarce making fences out of stone would be more economical using the cliff as a natural fence they could have kept livestock inside protected from predators and from wandering off. With all of the hearth evidence perhaps they were mining the nearby bog of bog iron (natural springs in bogs bring up metals and iron builds up in clumps) was a source of iron before underground mining. Lot's of possibilities but until it's all dug up we probably won't know for sure.

[@mayageorge1847]

He adds such an annoying component to the project. Dont know why they made him PM. Seems like a lot of Brit arky/history shows require an uninformed male host to "coordinate" and ask the women and other workers doing the back breaking work lame qyestions

[@addisonwelch4366]

@@mayageorge1847 Meanwhile all the actual archaeologists are just thinking to themselves "what an idiot can we get back to our job now?"

[@mayageorge1847]

@@addisonwelch4366 yeah and "if I didn't need this gig so bad...."

[@lillychevalierfox]

I would love to know the original date of this excavation thanks

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

"twisting, twisting in the wind..."

[@nosillalaluna7078]

As all that was before becomes neither here nor there , just a flicking of a flag left behind with no intention of any kind . Yet call our eyes and minds to find and ponder each and every WHY !

[@chadwallace3598]

Why do they always seem to “run out of time”? Why can’t they finish?

[@WilliamWallaceRoss]

Mousa Broch. I had an ancestor named Musa Ross and another Researcher said that perhaps her mother might have had a connection to the Shetland Islands before coming to America. They were Casey according to the US Census, with the earliest being Uriah. Have never been able to establish the Family outside America despite 30 yrs of Research.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Quartz veins. Is there gold or copper in that quartz? I would be looking for a smelter.

[@kendexter]

i found a series of shaped stones up in the forest .a cross carved on them all .. but it turned out to be 1950 property border markers -LOL and ha ha - first i thought it was Viking as i live in a area in Norway full of Viking graves and a lot of finds everywhere

[@andrewphillips8341]

What ever this show was supposed to be about, it sure want archaeology

[@thijsjong]

There is so little food and wealth on the island. Is there any surplus worth storing or protecting at such location. Seems like a place so poor that even raiding a nearby settlement isnt worth the risk.

[@emilychb6621]

I mean they have loads of land for shepherding and loads of fish around. The only thing they lack would be wood, but that can be remidiated with peat for settlements and stones. So you'd only need to trade for wood. And if you have a source of gold or other worthwhile minerals it'd make sense to only ever 'act' poor, to not get unwanted attention.

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

Fish, sheep, strange edible non-flying birds with healthy innerts full of vitamin C. Peat for building and fire. Depends on what you want from life. I'd say it would be a sustainable place to live if you don't crave inets. Feesh'n'sheeps is close to Surf'n'turf.

[@captroft]

Good place for looking for whales. All kinds of them and all sizes frequent the area, even in the 21st century.

[@nevillemignot1681]

As a long term Time Team watcher i find this series full of some really confusing stuff, didn't rounded and smooth quartz pebbles indicate and early Christian site, and those marks seen from the air do not seem to be field boundries [That are linear, large and surround the living area ] or dwellings from that era [Almost perfectly circular and seperate from each other]. I do find some of the stuff confusing in that Katie now is seen as a pottery expert, they seem to contradict what i have seen before.

[@dominiquehuot-fp3dd]

C'est plutôt le four pour fondre la pierre chimiquement. Et fabriquer des blocs.

[@tombryant9878]

Theres a bounty of food resources from the sea...

[@HerrGesetz]

Living on a spit of land with cliffs going into the sea on 3 side means you only have to defend one side of your homestead. Its just about keeping safe. Even without obvious threats around it is still a common sense thing to do for people to do just in case. Less labor in building defensive structure and more peace of mind.

[@alisonarmstrong8421]

quartz hold electrical charge

[@JeffinBville]

Time Team is better.

[@jasonscott8844]

Actually in Australia we can't watch time team on U tube.

[@JeffinBville]

@@jasonscott8844 That's because not only do you all drive on the wrong side of the road but you're upside down as well.

[@jasonscott8844]

I get to ride a kangaroo to work though so that makes up for it.

[@JeffinBville]

@@jasonscott8844 The one thing in Australia that's not trying to kill you? But you got me there! I'm forced to ride a common Jeep.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@jasonscott8844 Not to interrupt your _lovey-dovey_ colloquy with *JeffinBville* but you can obviate this YT limitation with a VPN/proxy for your browser (and it frees up much more besides). There are plenty of free ones for most of the popular browsers but maybe none for the *Microsh1t* browsers. There are certainly several for *Firefox* and *Opera.*

[@whylogicalthinking]

That man should never say the word here again…

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

Yes... iron age buildings really are 2000 years old... ask Mick Aston. Ehh... right, nvm... a chippy would be handy but otherwise I wouldn't mind that place. It's less rocky than Uigh 😁! I think the gatehouse actually was a goathouse.

[@whylogicalthinking]

Oh my god there’s some random rocks laying around it must be an megalithic structure In a place way more learned archaeologists have studied over the years and dismissed over and over and over again….

[@wendyraye1]

to many ads...

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Fast forward to the end then hit replay and the are go away

[@lindacarruthers3423]

I just hate to see them wandering about on the crumbling edges . That is a dreadfully long way down bouncing off rocks all the way.

[@johnlord8337]

A comment here that the Roman Empire did not go north of the Hadrian or Antonine Wall. In a recent academic.edu document, it states that Emperor Claudius in 64 AD attacked conquered the Orkneys !!! Sounds like Picts and any extended Norse of those times of modern Scotland - when you are talking of the nearby Shetland islands.

[@johnlord8337]

What is said for an Iron Age colony can't disprove that the Romans couldn't have taken over these ancient sites, and using them like the continental empire extents up into the Lowlands to pincer and block the British Isles and Scandinavia in controlling North Sea, English Channel and Baltic Sea movements.

[@JPEvans-qh9fs]

@@johnlord8337Nero was Roman Emperor in 64 AD, FYI. Claudius' reign ended in 54 AD.

[@johnlord8337]

@@JPEvans-qh9fs Then academia.edu document of a PhD candidate "saying Roman Emperor Claudius in 64 AD conquered the Orkneys." Typo 54 AD? So much for spell checker and PhD document read by candidate, third party checker, and the PhD mentor ... and going before the PhD board - and gaining an accomplished PhD paper !!!!!

[@JPEvans-qh9fs]

@@johnlord8337 Must be a typo, since Claudius died in 54 AD according to all that I've read. That one slipped thru one heck of an academic gauntlet, IMHO!!! - No worries :)

[@johnlord8337]

@@JPEvans-qh9fs Well if I remember right, and having stored it away from present location, document WAS 200+ pages long, and historical footnotes of side comments, and document footnotes versus having index footnotes in separate section, ... the mention though was in the main paragraphs which makes it that much more "interesting." Tired eyes, many words, ... yeah, yeah, yeah, stamped completed and successful candidature !!

[@baycreekhistorydetectives4830]

Bronze Age light house :)

[@Ck-zk3we]

Too many adverts

[@Meetmountain]

Then use an adblocker.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Fast forward to the end then hit replay and the are go away

[@spacewater7]

Have to disagree with all of you on this. This site is a SEASONALLY occupied work camp. Nobody lived here year round. Tribes from the area, or even hundreds of miles away would come here, make their stone tools, and then go home. The lean to shelters were needed anytime someone was there so they made crude shelter to protect from storms, partially because tents would just blow away in the wind. Seriously, there's not a single source of wood on the island, so you'd even have to import wood for your fire.

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

One could burn black peat. It's rather good as fuel.

[@1000wastedwords]

I still really like this idea.

[@spacewater7]

@@rockinbobokkin7831 True, but you still have to get the fire started somehow.

[@carylhalfwassen8555]

Would seal or whale oil be a fuel source? How do or did Inuit create fire?

[@mayageorge1847]

There is enough peat there to light a million fires. Also the land likely had more plant life, such as small trees and sedge. Did you also miss the part where they found barley phytolyths? This suggests sedentism of some kind at least at one point, as you would hardly leave your crops unattended. Let's just pretend there was absolutely no wood, you could build a peat or sod house there easily. There are many remote settlements found in archaeology, with far fewer apparent "resources". Just because you can't see a tree, is not a reason to discount year round habitation.

[@mauibill7233]

Quad bikes? That literally means 4-2.....How about quad cycle..? Also, when people go out to remote places to live, it's often to get away from other people. Like mother in laws?

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

In the US, we just call them 4-wheelers. Sure, it's not as fancy, but it's a fine description.

[@johnjones1722]

they are land markers

[@sethchristeverlastinggodki3819]

The site dedication to Pluto came first. The carbon dioxide is just the result.

[@michaelbedford8017]

I have this feeling that they're going lift one more stone and find a plastic BurgerKing menu. What happens then?

[@robspecht9550]

You get a Whopper.

[@JohnGotts]

You mean the Malvinas?

[@SkoomaCat]

Malvinas are in south hemisphere

[@Bill_Falsename]

@@SkoomaCat the hell are the Malvinas?

[@SkoomaCat]

@@Bill_Falsename Malvinas are a problem.

[@Capkirk]

Awwwww. She’s wearing Mick’s stripey jumper!

[@robb2055]

Yes! I thought the same. RIP

[@Suryaanshi]

Concept: XGames Version of Time Team (Amazing) Team: Amazing Producer: We will be as famous as Time Team. Then Enters The Host 🤦🤦🤦

[@Arrowflight]

the american lady sounds alot like jessica chastain

[@whylogicalthinking]

Yeah her posh east coast elite accent is unbearable

[@nickychimes4719]

#RetroMeg and her tech from the twentieth century... ...next year's new Samsung smartphone's spectroscopy lens (coupled with the rest of it's sensors) will be capable of a better result!!!

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

Great show. Recommend that you get rid of the male leader/host... he's kinda ruined the show.

[@outdoorloser4340]

How dare you assume his gender

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

@@outdoorloser4340 oh fook orf...

[@mayageorge1847]

Yes!!! Finally! He is so annoying and all I can think about while he condescends his female cohosts (that he somehow needs to "manage"), is that I would have pushed him off one of those cliffs by now. I have never heard a person say , me, I and then "we" to take credit for NOTHING.

[@outdoorloser4340]

Damn! You guys are woke as balls!

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

@@outdoorloser4340 you leave mah magnificant conservative balls outta this...

[@jerryinnes2859]

The Doc, the red head. Soooo hot... smarter then all of them put together and she's not the host of the show?? Did I mention sexy and smart?

[@2gulfalco]

after watching a number of these, cuz the ladies are all awesome, but when the useless dude introduces himself I hear: "änd Mark Davies, vulcanologist, climber who never climbs, caver too fat for most caves, diver who doesnt like getting wet and all around bellend"

[@jeffcrowley4842]

He's no Tony Robinson🤣

[@nosillalaluna7078]

Oh such hypercriticism of minor annoyinces enjoy the fact your seeing someplace you will never be and learning things along the way ! Why be petty about anything that you can turn off at anytime and has NO impact to alter your life ? Enjoy or don't . Change of perspective is a great tool ! It comes in handy when something is not as YOU think it should be . Use it often to enrich the somewhat disappointing pieces of your life's experience ! ✌️🙈🙊🙉👍 XXX

[@okabayashijoe]

Stopped watching at 4th ad in 15mins!

[@JamesNHaun]

Very ptoud of themselves.

[@mfanto1]

Let's go in October so we have less light and more bad weather. And you guys went to university. And why so rushed and what's with the theory crafting all day

[@lavernewilson8756]

The wandering swimming intraperitonally fit because niece superiorly heap amongst a whimsical chauffeur. interesting, cool wine

[@pauljames9527]

So many adverts I’ve had to unsubscribe. It’s un watchable

[@shellc6743]

What a bunch of whiners. Complain and Moaning.

[@jimstone5401]

WHY where they there. SMOKING FIISH. You are welcome.

[@whylogicalthinking]

They all have unbearably posh accents even the American

[@normundspurins2689]

why you make yourself idiots playing idiotic disco music in background in breaks?

[@mzimm460]

Fuck me I love how feminine energy is poured into their “science”. Please stop sending women to school!