Archeologists Uncover How Napoleon Lost At Waterloo

Have Archeologists uncovered a key strategic advantage that Wellington held over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo? Join Professor Alice Roberts and a team of expert archaeologists as they uncover the timeless masterpieces from across Britain and beyond.

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[tonyjohnson]

Yay. Good ole Phil Harding. I knew him by his voice before I saw him.

[jfc]

dr alice is a true wounder she is woundefull thanks

[dewardroy]

Thank you, Dr. Alice Roberts and everyone!

[RealAndySkibba]

I feel like they should've just asked ABBA.

[PG-zvmf]

9:54 "The artifacts from the bottom of this trench date to the year of the battle" as the shot slowly pans across Phil Harding standing in the bottom of the trench 😂

[sev-nutz]

No one tried to sell me their book on this video and that's awesome! 😎

[BobBlarneystone]

I read somewhere that the bones of the soldiers buried at Waterloo were dug up and ground for fertilizer. Is that so?

[DoctorPlaga]

Lord Wellington, the Iron duke, defeated Napoleón, deal with it...!

[PBUCKY]

With the observations of the sailor's skeletal injuries, we see the importance of navy rum

[emilioalcazar-suvi]

Awesome the history of waterloo teethts..and the mistery of the bodies continues..

[katiemoyer]

Lovely and scholarly presentation. Thank You to all involved. 👌

[j.r.shartzer]

TVF spreading the Alice Roberts content across all their channels. I will follow it all.

[kenowens]

She had flaming red hair when she worked on Time Team.

[stevewiles]

Why did Napoleon loose? cause he was French in

[kathyastrom]

I am about 90% sure one of my 5th great-granduncles fought in the 23rd Light Dragoons at Waterloo. I know that, at the end of November 1814, he was transferred to England from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment as the War of 1812 was wrapping up. I found someone with his name in that Dragoons regiment’s paybook that began on December 25, 1814, and that man fought at Waterloo. I just have to find the previous paybook to see if the man was a new member or had been in it for longer than just a few days or weeks. If he’s there any earlier than mid-December, he’s not my guy. The National Archives does have that earlier paybook, but it’ll cost me $$ I don’t have right now to get the pages scanned. Oh well, someday eventually!!

[PierreGillet-ix]

Where are the bones, if any, excavated in the Waterloo battle field ?

[markthornton]

1815 was a very wet year do to volcanic activity in Indonesia, it rained egregiously for the three day battle...on the 18th the French did not start at 7 0r 8 am as one could on a fine summer day but later, at 11:30 after the soaked fields could be negotiated...and we all know what the results of a late start can do to ones aims for the day....

[PierreGillet-ix]

It seems they have been retrieved by farmers to be used as fertilizers !

[gregbors]

You could say he came up a little… short



I’ll let myself out 😔

[philiprayner]

Napoleon made one mistake he should have brought up heavy mortars and Leveled Hougoumont