What Do These Skulls Tell Us About The Viking Invasion Of England?

Join Professor Alice Roberts as she investigates the West Country's most tantalizing archeological finds.

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[Swordwarthvamp]

Pay respect for the editors and people who put effort in this video.
And people who spend time to find old treasure

[speakupriseup]

Used to have fantastic success metal detecting, found loads of gold and silver jewellery until I got banned from the cemetery

[dcmackc]

Wonderfully produced and presented. This show is amazing!

[robertballema]

amazingly good and stunning findings what more can we expect and u do host this very nice Alice. Compliment

[davidfrancis]

Such a wonderful video we are so lucky to have such a wonderful rich history

[bay]

Dr Alice Robert's. I'm a huuuge fan!!! I'm always looking for something new.

[Mossyz.]

I enjoy watching Professor Alice .
We learn so much when we sit and watch ...Happy New year .

[siegfriedherrmann]

Outstanding job!!!..…i always enjoy the subject of consider Great Britain one of the most fascinating hostorical places on earth!!....Keep up your outstanding work!!!!

[ajknaup]

It's interesting that reference is made to "our Anglo-Saxon ancestors" when Viking DNA is also found throughout Great Brittain.

[feliciagaffney]

This is amazing. Totally rewrites early British history as we've understood it.

[dGreenPickle]

Is this show going to be on this channel more often?

[MsSteelphoenix]

Fascinating stuff! The Roman temple complex especially is very interesting and unique!

[guygibson]

The Viking peg board game was good way to pass away the time while travelling by sea because your pieces will stay in place even in rough seas.

[serralheirosaoroque]

oh dear... your red hair is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

[donnyrover]

An amazing ancient discovery was unearthed at Repton, a sort of ape like creature, millions of years old, experts think it is a clarksonosaur, originally believed to inhabit the Doncaster area, along side the remains were strange circular objects fashioned from stone , believed to be very early wheels

[cerulyse]

looking forward to new series i hope, the bbc needs more like this

[markhand]

if you think of the preciousness of these objects and how envious others would have been to get there hands on them, then it makes sense that when they buried them when fleeing they would have told nobody. I imagine they wouldnt have been able to trust almost anyone., this probably explains why they are still there. You wonder how much more would have to be laying still buried somewhere as upheaval and violence was constant and this would have played out often.

[stevendepauw]

I am still waiting for a large search after King Alfred the Great's remains... :O I am certain it can be done with all of the knowledge and technology of today :D

[seanrowshandel]

The skulls tell us, "Every island has the same 'personality'".

[JETWTF]

Considering the torq's were not anywhere near a settlement or religious location it is a good bet that the owners were traveling and hid them when they came upon locals in hopes that they could retrieve them once the locals went home.... but the locals still harmed them and so they could not retrieve them. A group of bronze or Iron age hunters would not hesitate to waylay wealthy travelers from parts unknown to take all their stuff, and a group of travelers would not hesitate to hide their most prized possessions upon seeing the hunters on the horizon. Torq's would be a very prized possession indeed. Both ages were violent times.