Archaeologists Uncover An Entire Medieval Village Killed By The Plague

Archaeologists uncovered a mass grave near Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire containing the remains of 48 individuals, including adults and children. DNA analysis confirmed the cause of death as the Black Death, marking the first plague pit found in the British countryside.

00:00 Bronze Age Siege
12:30 Plague Village
21:50 Stone Age Loch
31:37 Lindisfarne
42:54 Iron Age Brocks

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[chancewatkins]

I appreciate the video but I would recommend changing the title since the plague was like only referenced in a five second time span in the whole video; perhaps a title referencing archeology? It was a pretty awesome video tho' thanks for sharing and God Bless : )

[nabbunsechkie]

Are you telling me that there wasn't a guy yelling, "Bring out your dead"??? 😅

[TihetrisWeathersby]

Monty Python was a lie? I've been deceived, hoodwinked, bamboozled!

[gonefishing]

Absolutely fascinating but what did it have to do with the plague? Don’t get me wrong but did I read the title wrong.? We don’t give enough credit to these amazing people and what they could do. 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[Fairyviewroad]

Seems like the wrong title for this video.

[maryearll]

Late supper with this wonderful programme accompaniment. ❤

[kat]

The title does not describe the subject of the video? Is there another video perhaps entitled 'findings of various archeological digs' that in actuality talks about daily life during the plague (did the two videos get switched)? Enjoyed it, but wld still like to see the video abt life during the plague.

[Colorado]

That sling throwing a lemon shaped projectile through a block of ballistic gel was crazy. Had no idea something like that could penetrate that far through.

[andreabrannon]

"I feel happy! I think I'll go for a walk!

[FreejackVesa]

The woman talking about how people were using boat travel to show off their power, I think she's dead wrong on that. I think more likely there was some sort of pressure that necessitated boat travel - perhaps trade for needed items that just couldn't be found in the local area, or just trade in general. And I think the carved little balls could just be a bored person on a boat spending time carving their sling shot. Historically there are indeed artifacts that modern eyes view to have been created just to display one's power, see Tutankhamen mask for example, but at the same time it's entirely possible that at the time it was believed that that gold mask was required in order to protect the king during his journey in the afterlife. So there was utility, or perceived utility prior to the secondary function of the object highlighting class difference. All that being said, we are talking about small boats and carved balls. I think she is making a tremendous unfounded leap regarding the primary purpose of boat travel being about class. Rest of the doco is quite good, aside from her odd take.

[denisecarl]

While fascinating, isn't it disrespectful to disturb these final resting places?

[robertdiehl]

Spectacular videos of archaeological discoveries. And the deeper look into the lives of everyday people in history. The amount of human suffering is staggering.

[leslietarkin]

Little Carlton's Anglo-Saxon Monastery site was believed to have been built (at the time) on an island. Coins, timber footprints of buildings, & glass, along with the finds shown in the video, date the site to the 7th Century AD.

[Countrygarden]

That brooch is incredible, so beautiful. I hope they find more things at Lindisfarne

[briarelyse]

This is so cool! So many interesting discoveries, can't wait to see more about these sites.

[TheDevice]

A sling bullet has nowhere near the power of a .44 mag as stated at 9:30 perhaps approaching a .38 special using a 30-50 gram bullet at 45 m/s as stated earlier in the show you might get 100-200 ft-lbs energy at most, probably much less while a .44 mag will have about 1200 ft-lbs at the muzzle or more.

[oliverstuart]

I live in Mallorca in the Balearic Islands of Spain, The stone slingers in the Roaman legions came from these parts. They were the best at it, and had fought as mercenaries for the Romans, and Carthaginians before. The name 'Balearic' means 'stone slingers' in punic.

[gijgij]

Not even an attempt to pronounce loch correctly. Very disappointing Prof Roberts...

[connoroleary]

Oh no not Alice Roberts. The one who sees history though the lens of her middle-class BBC bias.
I shall give it a miss 😂

[ScottWSamson]

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