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  • Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
  • 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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Комментарии • 130

  • @JonHullock
    @JonHullock Месяц назад +39

    Alice is a national treasure herself.

  • @fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602
    @fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602 Месяц назад +37

    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.

  • @nostromo4269
    @nostromo4269 Месяц назад +16

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

  • @aliciaschultz309
    @aliciaschultz309 Месяц назад +21

    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.

  • @SaraGiesler
    @SaraGiesler 28 дней назад +10

    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
      @restezlameme 18 дней назад

      Thank you for the recommendation!

  • @brightphoebus
    @brightphoebus Месяц назад +7

    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".

  • @gerbrand8132
    @gerbrand8132 Месяц назад +6

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

  • @dereks1264
    @dereks1264 Месяц назад +13

    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
      @nedthemumbler9942 Месяц назад +6

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

    • @stevegledhill8418
      @stevegledhill8418 Месяц назад +4

      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
      @tylereaston9753 Месяц назад +1

      Sucks to suck doesn't it

    • @dstnurquhart
      @dstnurquhart Месяц назад

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

    • @dereks1264
      @dereks1264 Месяц назад +5

      @@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.

  • @robertdiehl1281
    @robertdiehl1281 27 дней назад +2

    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.

  • @lisaharner3720
    @lisaharner3720 Месяц назад +10

    These shows reveal such fascinating information!

  • @redsword1659
    @redsword1659 Месяц назад +7

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

  • @RowanRJ73
    @RowanRJ73 2 дня назад

    I'm a descendant from Norwegian Vikings and have always had so much interest in them!!

  • @Bearak_
    @Bearak_ Месяц назад +16

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

    • @kristinfrostlazerbeams
      @kristinfrostlazerbeams 28 дней назад +1

      MOST DEFINITELY WOULD BE!

    • @karphin1
      @karphin1 28 дней назад +3

      YES!!

    • @kristinfrostlazerbeams
      @kristinfrostlazerbeams 27 дней назад

      @@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...

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr Месяц назад +10

    Yay something interesting to watch!

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 Месяц назад +4

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

  • @hughbean6785
    @hughbean6785 Месяц назад +4

    Enjoyed this Alice please keep doing these 😊

  • @Mikkelltheimmortal
    @Mikkelltheimmortal 28 дней назад +4

    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.

    • @RickL_was_here
      @RickL_was_here 8 дней назад +1

      I live in BC now too. Dad and his family moved from Holland near the end of WW2. Turns out we have Viking heritage as well, originally from Friesland. This is all pretty fascinating to me.

    • @Mikkelltheimmortal
      @Mikkelltheimmortal 7 дней назад

      @@RickL_was_here wow Friesland is a name I have not heard in nearly 30 years. It's so easy to see why Scandinavians love BC isn't it. It's like home but much warmer 😄

  • @daviddevos3518
    @daviddevos3518 14 дней назад +1

    I always think of the 'Children of the Stones' series when I see Avebury

  • @markg454
    @markg454 Месяц назад +3

    One of the best episodes yet!

  • @ttgb1gtuna332
    @ttgb1gtuna332 Месяц назад +5

    LOVING THESE

  • @SmokeyTreats
    @SmokeyTreats Месяц назад +2

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

  • @niallwildwoode7373
    @niallwildwoode7373 Месяц назад +5

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

  • @killeresk
    @killeresk 9 дней назад

    History is interesting, learning about our past and distant ancestors.

  • @jfredknobloch
    @jfredknobloch Месяц назад +3

    Fascinating stuff!

  • @rayg4360
    @rayg4360 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @kevinlawler3252
    @kevinlawler3252 22 дня назад +1

    Love Alice Roberts.

  • @Mikkelltheimmortal
    @Mikkelltheimmortal 28 дней назад +3

    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.

  • @j23TVOfficial
    @j23TVOfficial 24 дня назад +1

    i always finish your videos, very educational and awesome

  • @trevorlewry9650
    @trevorlewry9650 Месяц назад +3

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

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 Месяц назад

    Wonderful as always!

  • @michaelmalone9062
    @michaelmalone9062 27 дней назад +1

    Outstanding!

  • @JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq
    @JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq Месяц назад

    Nice vid

  • @144sherman
    @144sherman 21 день назад

    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.

  • @eileentambasco3294
    @eileentambasco3294 Месяц назад

    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
      @phuckpootube6231 28 дней назад

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

  • @jameshodgetts5594
    @jameshodgetts5594 25 дней назад +1

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

  • @user-dp4rj6xn7i
    @user-dp4rj6xn7i Месяц назад

    Quite nice!🇺🇲

  • @hiddentruth1982
    @hiddentruth1982 16 дней назад

    2 people thousands of years ago said lets stand these stone up to confuse people in the future.

  • @engste678
    @engste678 Месяц назад +2

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

  • @kickking5660
    @kickking5660 Месяц назад +3

    Early af on this one

  • @jfc213
    @jfc213 Месяц назад

    more please

  • @bastrous9121
    @bastrous9121 28 дней назад

    Shocking sound while reporting on bones. Pre Vikings

  • @ginnygin7141
    @ginnygin7141 28 дней назад

    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

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 8 дней назад

    36:36 ...Scratching Posts?..
    ...For all of the cats, I mean.
    🤣😎

  • @richardmarshall159
    @richardmarshall159 28 дней назад

    Very bright,well spoken ,very attractive

  • @sforza209
    @sforza209 10 дней назад

    5:54 bro what in the hell is up with that finger! Hahahaha

  • @kathleenmartin7498
    @kathleenmartin7498 27 дней назад

    Were rounded pebbles perhaps used as ammunition for slingshots?

  • @JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq
    @JuanCarlosTabao-xj9eq Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @alanatolstad4824
    @alanatolstad4824 24 дня назад

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

  • @davidlloyd150
    @davidlloyd150 Месяц назад

    😊

  • @merryhunt9153
    @merryhunt9153 25 дней назад +1

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

  • @michelecox5241
    @michelecox5241 27 дней назад +1

    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. 😢

  • @kathleenmartin7498
    @kathleenmartin7498 27 дней назад

    What type of accent is Alice's called??

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke1108 19 дней назад

    🥰

  • @kathleenmartin7498
    @kathleenmartin7498 27 дней назад

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

    • @ezzovonachalm9815
      @ezzovonachalm9815 24 дня назад

      @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
      @kathleenmartin7498 24 дня назад +1

      @@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
      @ezzovonachalm9815 22 дня назад +2

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

  • @stuartroyle1402
    @stuartroyle1402 3 дня назад

    a funny thing,,,.when you go onto google maps the area near avebury that they have been digging is fogged out!! why this secrecy?,,what is there to hide.,,i find more stuff just looking around when walking over the surrounding area....and NO i dont use a metal detector,,my eyes are my toolbox.

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub Месяц назад +2

    Alice Roberts definitely looks better in blonde.

    • @karennewberry4694
      @karennewberry4694 29 дней назад

      You sound very shallow to give such a comment .

  • @mwblackbelt
    @mwblackbelt 25 дней назад

    Dang, who is that gorgeous redhead narrator?

  • @leannevandekew1996
    @leannevandekew1996 Месяц назад

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

    • @1972tommyc
      @1972tommyc Месяц назад

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

    • @leannevandekew1996
      @leannevandekew1996 Месяц назад

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

  • @mickvonbornemann3824
    @mickvonbornemann3824 Месяц назад +33

    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
      @techfixr2012 Месяц назад +6

      That is an interesting hypothesis

    • @si4632
      @si4632 Месяц назад +2

      Rrrr bless do you still follow the obsolete religions🤣

    • @si4632
      @si4632 Месяц назад +4

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

    • @rebeccagrant1834
      @rebeccagrant1834 Месяц назад +5

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

    • @thomasbell7033
      @thomasbell7033 Месяц назад +3

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

  • @johngrantham8024
    @johngrantham8024 29 дней назад +3

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

  • @stuartroyle1402
    @stuartroyle1402 3 дня назад

    so the radio carbon dating that was a benchmark in the eighties was inaccurate!!!,,,so is the carbon dating of the 2020s going to be found inaccurate in the future?,,

  • @PyrotechnicsNL
    @PyrotechnicsNL 29 дней назад

    Acient square circle technology

  • @cordellseitz7741
    @cordellseitz7741 Месяц назад

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

  • @antonpressing
    @antonpressing 10 дней назад

    The title is Vikings - and the video is mixed archaeologic salad ! Give the funds to Time Team !

  • @mrvn000
    @mrvn000 24 дня назад

    Poor vikings¡¡¡ Their corpses are being disturbed.

  • @IronicallyVague
    @IronicallyVague Месяц назад +1

    They were mostly peaceful

    • @si4632
      @si4632 Месяц назад +1

      😂

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 28 дней назад

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

  • @zapre2284
    @zapre2284 27 дней назад +1

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

  • @user-hk6mt4uo4p
    @user-hk6mt4uo4p Месяц назад

    Grave robbing...

  • @swampfox1776.
    @swampfox1776. 29 дней назад

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

  • @skydivingcomrade1648
    @skydivingcomrade1648 28 дней назад

    C14 is not accurate at all

  • @baldbollocks
    @baldbollocks 2 дня назад

    Are they female warriors...lol. they invaded and conquered silly.. of course not!

  • @coffeeunit5217
    @coffeeunit5217 28 дней назад

    they alwase lied about history and teaching bullshiiet xD

  • @Invading-Specious
    @Invading-Specious 13 дней назад

    👎👎

  • @terrancetexan5805
    @terrancetexan5805 23 дня назад

    You know nothing.

  • @drstone1167
    @drstone1167 13 дней назад

    A+ documentary on archaeology of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. 👍 watch it

  • @fivizzano
    @fivizzano 28 дней назад

    .
    . ? Kknnl0.\

  • @robroy6804
    @robroy6804 Месяц назад

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

  • @joeblowfromidaho3642
    @joeblowfromidaho3642 Месяц назад

    What's with the Bozo red dye job?

    • @karennewberry4694
      @karennewberry4694 29 дней назад +1

      Another unnecessary shallow comment.

    • @joeblowfromidaho3642
      @joeblowfromidaho3642 29 дней назад

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

    • @karennewberry4694
      @karennewberry4694 29 дней назад

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