Archaeologists explore the transition from Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxon period. The episode highlights key archaeological sites, including Anglo-Saxon graves in Dorchester and Northumbria, which reveal a blending of Roman and Germanic cultures. It also examines rare artefacts that shed light on the lives of ordinary people, as well as high-status individuals like warriors and royalty. The episode emphasizes the challenges of uncovering physical evidence from the so-called Dark Ages and the importance of these discoveries in understanding Britain’s past.
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Did they have skilled slaves? Imagine your master saying make me nice bling or I’ll chop off your whatever. Better figure out how to swordsmitgh or I’ll do … probably every warrior raider could have cool stuff made all the time
Muslims want us to have no history
There's no freaking way this video is from 1 yr. Ago . I just seen a freaking blockbuster yo
Next show will be The Saracen Invasion of Post Imperial Britain.
i hope that human remains are reburied with honor after they are of no furthur use
Nonsense there was no invasion prove it
Haven't you heard Anglo Saxons didn't really exist as a people or culture apparently just a bunch of unremarkable randos
Well-behaved Anglo-Saxons upon their death become Angel-Saxons.
Cannibalism.
English have never come out of the Dark Ages they still think they run the world. See the light