What Can Archaeologists Tell Us About Viking Britain? | Digging For Britain | Unearthed History

Join Dr. Alice Roberts in a journey through Britain's rich history as they uncover mysteries from our past. From the prehistoric monuments near Stonehenge to a stunning gold hoard revealing our ancestors' tastes, each excavation offers exciting insights. Discover the surprising lives of Vikings and their impact on Britain, challenging old beliefs about sacred landscapes. Explore the fascinating discoveries of Roman temples and settlements, rewriting history books.
00:00 Intro
02:30 Avebury Stone Circle
11:45 Viking Invasion
25:00 Unmarked Victorian Graves
33:30 Stonehenge Barrow
37:30 Ancient Burial Grounds
43:45 2,500-Year-Old Treasure
48:45 Roman Britain
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[@JonHullock]

Alice is a national treasure herself.

[@nostromo4269]

New discoveries don’t re-write history. They add new understanding

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

I love shows narrated by Alice Roberts. When I lose interest in the topic being discussed, I close my eyes and focus on the sounds of her voice. Doing this calms my consciousness, frees me from everyday problems and takes me to the magical kingdom where it is possible to nap like children. There is something maternal in her melodious voice.

[@andyj.byrne111]

Wow

[@tylereaston9753]

You're a weirdo

[@fordprefect1130]

Why would you close your eyes, Alice is gorgeous

[@andrestein6022]

Heh heh I close my eyes and focus on her voice at night too, for research

[@fordprefect1130]

@@andrestein6022 😁😁

[@aliciaschultz309]

First of this channel I have watched and now it is my favorite archeology. When they said flint, I looked for Phil from Time team to appear.

[@lisaharner3720]

These shows reveal such fascinating information!

[@gerbrand8132]

I hope this never stops.It is a fantastic program.👍

[@brightphoebus]

That's really neat abut long barrows being a monument to a house that was once there. A square inside Avebury circle, who'd of thought it! Things that make ya go, "Hmmm".

[@dereks1264]

Living in Canada, I am jealous of all the history, artifacts, etc., that the UK has. It's why I love watching shows like this. In this country we don't have anything that compares - we don't even have much in the way of pre-contact native archeology such as exists in parts of the US, in Mexico or in Central and South America. We do have the Viking settlement (not even native) at L'Anse aux Meadows but that's about it.

[@nedthemumbler9942]

There’s sites in Canada that’s 30k + year old sites. It’s just not in the mainstream

[@stevegledhill8418]

Sadly we in western Canada tend to allow the distraction of sites, both pre-contact and the artifacts of early contact. Even the skills and artifacts of the earliest settlers.

[@tylereaston9753]

Sucks to suck doesn't it

[@konvictd]

​@@tylereaston9753- Says the biggest sucker of them all!

[@dereks1264]

@@stevegledhill8418 That's the other thing I like about the UK - how they protect not only ancient sites but also "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty", listed buildings, etc. They value their history and, in some cases, their environments which is something we are very bad at.

[@Bearak_]

It would be GREAT if the History Hit ad wasn't twice the volume of the program itself. >=[

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

MOST DEFINITELY WOULD BE!

[@karphin1]

YES!!

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

@@karphin1 WHY ARE WE BEING SO LOUD...I mean, why are we being so loud when the volume of everything else is reasonable? Cough, HISTORY Hit...

[@SaraGiesler]

If no one has read River Kings by Dr. Cat Jarman, I HIGHLY recommend it. Beautifully researched, while also being very readable! Goes much more in depth on this dig at Repton as well.

[@restezlameme]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Yay something interesting to watch!

[@gerbrand8132]

Indeed

[@Mikkelltheimmortal]

I absolutely love this series. I have enjoyed every episode so far. And I admittedly am quite jealous. I live in British Columbia, Canada, am first generation and have absolutely no vested interest in the area I live in. What's left of my people are not from here, however they often visited and traded with Britannians so every so often you dig up a little piece of my people's past. Artifact from my people are extremely scarce and it's quite likely that the museums who have these items in their catalog are unaware of where the item originated. Yes it's one thing to say "Scandinavian" or "Norse" or "Sweed", but it's another to be able to tie it to a specific time, Tribe/Clan, Race or even one of the very very few Homo Sapien sub species that still quietly exist.

[@hughbean6785]

Enjoyed this Alice please keep doing these 😊

[@redsword1659]

Rat Island is similar to the cemetery island at Port Arthur in Tasmania.

[@kevinlawler3252]

Love Alice Roberts.

[@markg454]

One of the best episodes yet!

[@robertdiehl1281]

Having a just single abscess in a tooth is excruciating. Having 3-4 would be simply unbearable. I suspect many people would resort to doing anything to escape that kind of misery. Very compelling video.

[@SmokeyTreats]

This was so wonderful! Deep gratitude to all involved!❤💯

[@niallwildwoode7373]

A fabulous programme with my favourite osteo-archeologist, ruined by incessant adverts.

[@SmokeyTreats]

Ad-free premium...

[@ttgb1gtuna332]

LOVING THESE

[@trevorlewry9650]

Used to go fishing on rat island trying to get back at night with torch before tide came in..😂

[@jfredknobloch]

Fascinating stuff!

[@michaelmalone9062]

Outstanding!

[@lianefehrle9921]

24:44 that battle is partly why my family’s name is Addington

[@j23TVOfficial]

i always finish your videos, very educational and awesome

[@Mikkelltheimmortal]

20:00 Inland Scandinavians in the late 9th century fits with my peoples oral and written history. This is quite existing for me because I'm learning about my own people's history which does not survive easily in Norway. We sent few people on these raids so any evidence of them being actually being there is extremely rare. I mean for every 1000 confirmed Norwegian Vikings only one will be my people. Not that we were amazing warriors or a generally small population, we were treated as living charms. It's our own fault for making up stories that stupid people believe.

[@rayg4360]

21 00 = clink ! 😁 Overlapping boards on a boat = clinker built = clinker nails

[@davewilson9738]

Wonderful as always!

[@144sherman]

The Hopewell culture centered in present-day Ohio, USA had buildings where various ritual items were made until the building was burned down and then a mound built over them. this was not a related parallel, but interesting.

[@JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq]

Nice vid

[@user-dp4rj6xn7i]

Quite nice!🇺🇲

[@eileentambasco3294]

It leaves my mind boggled that young children ( 8 y.o.) were on those ships. But back then humankind may not have been as protective of so young children as we are today.

[@phuckpootube6231]

Or you live in a better part of the world perhaps?

[@bastrous9121]

Shocking sound while reporting on bones. Pre Vikings

[@engste678]

It's pretty obvious that people lived around these stone monuments. Why on earth wouldn't they ?

[@jameshodgetts5594]

I doubt that everyone has the same point of view about history, we need to take a middle ground view ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jfc213]

more please

[@ginnygin7141]

So they "didn't like" the date they got for the bones the first time around, so now we are diregarding the carbon dating in order to get one we like better? Do we need to redo every single radio carbon date ever done? Wont they all be subject to false dates? Im so confused

[@kickking5660]

Early af on this one

[@John-qb8vd]

Wow

[@richardmarshall159]

Very bright,well spoken ,very attractive

[@kathleenmartin7498]

Were rounded pebbles perhaps used as ammunition for slingshots?

[@alanatolstad4824]

Look at the beautiful teeth of the person who had the craniotomy done.

[@merryhunt9153]

A Viking is defined as a pirate. When you talk about the society, you are talking about the Norse people.

[@JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq]

❤❤❤❤

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

One thing that all the historians seemed to have missed is that there were no Viking raids till Charlemagne started persecuting their fellow Pagan Saxon neighbours, forcing Wittekind to take refuge in Denmark

[@techfixr2012]

That is an interesting hypothesis

[@si4632]

Rrrr bless do you still follow the obsolete religions🤣

[@si4632]

If wasn't the Muslims attacking Christian Europe it was the vikings 🤣

[@rebeccagrant1834]

They didn't only raid in Britain...so....elaborate... after you check your dates and info. Really want to hear from you...curious.

[@thomasbell7033]

So if I read this correctly, Alice is fascinating even when she's dull.

[@kathleenmartin7498]

What type of accent is Alice's called??

[@mwblackbelt]

Dang, who is that gorgeous redhead narrator?

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I'm curious, does Italian ancestry show up frequently in DNA tests done in Britain??

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

@kathleenmartin7498 This italian DNA could be ligurian ! The Ligurians, a non indoeuropean stamp, survived the last glaciation in the climatic refuges of Liguria.As fearless navigators they commerced elaborated AMBER with Minoans, Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the near Indus civilisation since 3000 BC ( this explains why they were called "Ambrones" (Plutarcos,Vita G Marii) and why Britain has been called Albion. They are the historical founders of Roma and Alba Longa where Romulus and Remus were born from Unkown and a daughter of the Ligurian King of Alba Longa according with the legend. A DNA of " italian" remnants in Britain could confirm / infirm this troubling affirmation.

[@kathleenmartin7498]

@@ezzovonachalm9815 thank you for this perfect explanation. I actually was wondering something much more simplistic. Since Romans occupied Britain for so long, I would assume that many residents today would show Italian ancestry on DNA tests..

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

​@@kathleenmartin7498 Your explanation is the right one. I am simply obsessed by the Ligurian stamp and see them overall !

[@davidlloyd150]

😊

[@michelecox5241]

I would argue that the Vikings were not blood thirsty as much as land hungry. I also find how society still has issues with warriors being women. No matter how much evidence is found, it is still so unbelievable. 😢

[@jimclarke1108]

🥰

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Alice Roberts definitely looks better in blonde.

[@karennewberry4694]

You sound very shallow to give such a comment .

[@johngrantham8024]

50% death rate in the prison hulks! So, not much reoffending then.

[@leannevandekew1996]

An advertisement for a 'heated poultry waterer' began this video for me. Cheers from Seattle.

[@1972tommyc]

I’m down near Olympia. Sorry to have missed that ad!🐓😉

[@leannevandekew1996]

@@1972tommyc Had to watch half of it to find out what a 'heated poultry waterer' is.

[@PyrotechnicsNL]

Acient square circle technology

[@cordellseitz7741]

Only the highest ranked we’re ever to wear the horn helmet is what I think

[@mrvn000]

Poor vikings¡¡¡ Their corpses are being disturbed.

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

Christ / divine central authority unity ordering substantive human rights choice is emperor

[@IronicallyVague]

They were mostly peaceful

[@si4632]

😂

[@swampfox1776.]

60% of this has NOTHING to do with vikings!!

[@zapre2284]

2 years of living among forced diversity, and looking at the countryside full of English people makes me feel nostalgic

[@user-hk6mt4uo4p]

Grave robbing...

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

C14 is not accurate at all

[@coffeeunit5217]

they alwase lied about history and teaching bullshiiet xD

[@terrancetexan5805]

You know nothing.

[@fivizzano]

. . ? Kknnl0.\

[@robroy6804]

why was everyone scared of a god........... probably believe in ,,santa,,and the fear has carried on unless you have woken up

[@joeblowfromidaho3642]

What's with the Bozo red dye job?

[@karennewberry4694]

Another unnecessary shallow comment.

[@joeblowfromidaho3642]

@@karennewberry4694 You are appropriately named. Your comment was necessary WHY? 🤣

[@karennewberry4694]

@@joeblowfromidaho3642 that's getting old. Find some fresh, original "insult". You sound just as shallow..