Out of the many, *this is definitely one of the best documentaries on Vikings* I've seen in quite a while. - If one could wish, then there would be *_more_* PBS Viking docus in the future of the same caliber and top-notch production. Episodes that would cover the overall mindblowing accomplishments, Viking conquests and numerous *escapades in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Middle East, Britain, France, etc.* Hopefully _@PBS America_ is already considering this..?! Kudos.
I cannot explain more than the utter thrill of following this documentary…. The best thriller of a witness, I think….. thank you so much to all those involved and I really do hope the team has further success in finding another settlement in North America
I was a young pilot in 1986 , flying a twin otter down the south coast of Labrador not far from Red Bay .I saw very similar mounds on the ground that look very much like the original mounds found in L'anse aux meadows. I have always felt that it may be a Viking site more north .
😢Getting a haircut in Cincinatti, Ohio, I was chatting with the barber about the next day being Columbus Day. When I stupidly pointed out that there was solid evidence that the Norse had "discovered" America five-hundred years before Columbus, he lost his shit. Totally American, he had an Italian name. Talk about tribal. I thought he was going to assault me. Facts can be so infuriating sometimes.
It seems to me that the education system in the USA have been failing people. Angry Italian barbers are one thing, Donald Trump celebrated as a "President" another.
@@elvenkind6072 I live about 20km from the US border. I've worked for two American companies and have been in every state but Hawaii. I have close American friends. They're not stupid. A New York conman took them in. As always, they've put their hearts into it. But they'll figure it out. Then rebuild. It's their nature and their history.
@@paddy1952 Hmm, interesting comment you gave me here. I think you are very close to describing whatever it is I don't understand over here in Norway with deeply skeptical and cautious people that think as a entity about what is good for their country. Because I used to think they are pretty much the same as people in Europe, only something is clearly different. Now I'm thinking that people in Canada and in Oceania is much more similar. But yes, are what you are saying is that American are either/or, almost like they have been playing poker with their politics and have gone "all in" on Donald Trump, and even if they have this nagging feeling that they have been duped, they refuse to let go of the poker face, until their guy falls and can't get up again? That's a bit what you made me think, if you understand what I mean. English is not my native language.
@@dfuncktyh it’s miles behind the quality of content avalible on TH-cam for fellow history enthusiasts, really is a shame they feel the need to dumb it down so much though imo.
So interesting!!! Speaking of the Dragon-Ships, after seeing how the Oak clinker-built planks would allow the ship to twist and flex as it cut-through the water and ride the waves - I can easily visualize what it must have been like for the People sailing in them; especially with full-sails and stormy seas, it must have felt as though the ships were alive - like riding on the back of a flying dragon! …What a thrill!!!
It's a little known fact that the reason they called them "Drakkars" (or dragons) is because they could actually fly. :D That's why they're called ScandinAVIANS. ScandinAVIANS, Carl :D
Nice program. The only thing I wonder about is the turf (sod) houses. From what I understand they were common in Colonial times especially in Canada and of course the US also. At any rate, PBS always comes through with interesting programs. BTW I'm born and raised in Ohio, moved to Danmark in 2006, if you ever have the opportunity to visit Danmark, Roskilde Viking museum is a must see and if you are very adventerous you can buy a rowing place on a Viking ship and row like the Vikings did out to sea! You can watch master shipbuilders building Viking ships using only authentic tools and methods of building, it's really an interesting thing to see and experience.
Scandinavian immigrants were building sod houses in the Minnesota area in the 1800s, so it seems to me that sod buildings are possible in the Colonial period, too - maybe a trapper, or survivors of a shipwreck? But that's why all the evidence needs to be weighed together. Thank you for sharing these. Please put the original publication date in the description. I dug it out from the end of the clip (copyright BBC 2016). As someone who really wants to learn, it's helpful to know when documentaries came out, as this one sets the scene for other developments in the past 8 years. Thank you!
Modern English is derived from the Anglo- Norse language spoken by the descendants of Viking settlers in England The Vikings eventually settled in about half of England, an area running from London in the south to Northumbria in the north. It was called the Danelaw
When John Guy wrote about his first encounters with the Beothuk in Newfoundland he remarked at how European they appeared in clothing and stature. Now we know why!
Hello from Newfoundland, Canada. I live just over 2 hours drive south of Lance Aux Meadows. It's been thought that the Vikings had been in this local area as well but no solid evidence like Lance Aux Meadows. Maybe one day, more sites will be found.
'Vinland' should translate from Old Norse to Vin: meadow, pasture, -Land. In Norwegian today we could say England. I'm from Bergen, Norway, Bergen was called Björgvin in old Norse. Björg: mountain and -vin. Meadow under mountain(s).
Many are, but many don’t know & it’s sad many of our bloodlines have been lost & forgotten & many don’t even know their own ancestors, true warriors as well as the English :)
Lol you can’t be of viking heritage as the Vikings wasn’t a set ethnic group or people. As a Norwegian I can tell you Viking wasn’t even something you were, but what you did. To go into Viking. Basically looting, pillaging, raiding, raping and murder. Better to say: Scandinavian decent.
@@IswhatitismanRecent genetic study conducted in the UK, all Brits are as high as 40% Scandinavian decent, mainly Norwegian, due to the Viking invasions. English is in fact a Western Germanic language related to Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese…
On the "slag" that wasn't and the "roasting pit", the Bretons, Basque and Normans all fished off the Grand Banks from 1500 AD onwards. So the C14 dates placing the "site" around the 17th century would better fit a European fishing camp were repairing or replacing tools, hooks, or lead sinkers, and/or fish drying occurred rather than a "viking" settlement. The site appeared water logged, so most likely clay soils and the stratigraphy unclear. So my guess is that this was a seasonal occupation site and not a permanent settlement. Europeans preferred building on clay soils which are impermeable to water so any wooden structures would not wash away. I'm not sure if Vikings had a similar preference. But I'm sure as farmers, they would be very attune to the landscape and the archaeology would reflect a different land use pattern.
As for their diet, they also brought a lot of onions, to be eaten fresh. Otherwise, they'd die of scurvy. Also - Greenland was a lot greener back in the 900s, during the medival warm period.
1:23:45 ... All the desk work and mapping is great stuff!! ... But once you pick up that first shovel full of dirt!!! .. now you are really looking!!! :)
This was an amazing documentary. Really interesting and beautifully presented. Thanks. ☮️ I thought Australia was the largest island in the world rather than Greenland?
Thank's for the video. I'ts remind me about Gudrid Thorbjørnsdatter, who was the first women there landed in North Amerika ( Vinland ), also a grath story.
@@thevet2009 "Some historians and researchers have pointed to linguistic and cultural connections between certain Maori words and Norse language, as well as similarities in boat designs. However, there is no definitive proof of direct Viking exploration and settlement in New Zealand." - from a google search. I highly doubt it, but apparently there are some people who feel that there may have been some contact at some point.
yes New Zealand! Born and bred there. Recently did dna test. I have dna all around the world, Canada being one. My results show the Big migration of my people before settling in the pacific Islands, eventually landing in Aotearoa (Named by my Tupuna/Ancestors, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud). Tena koe (Sacred Greetings to You).
When we consider the cost of hiring a scribe in those days and the effort it would take to achieve that level of civility, I think it's fair to say we don't give ancient texts enough credit where it is due and that is not even considering the spiritual/emotional value to the individuals at the time.
From Dr. Parcak's Wikipedia page: "In 2011 a BBC news report stated that she had "discovered" 17 previously unknown pyramids in Egypt as well as more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 settlements. The Minister of State for Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass, criticized the report, saying that this was "not accurate" and the BBC apologized. None of the 17 pyramids Parcak claimed to have discovered have ever been found." "A BBC co-production with PBS, NOVA/WGBH Boston and French Television, Vikings Unearthed (first broadcast April 4, 2016) documented her use of satellite imagery to detect possible remains of a Norse / Viking presence at Point Rosee, Newfoundland. In 2015, Parcak stated that remains could likely be a "turf wall and roasted bog" iron ore; however, an excavation conducted in 2016 proved that she was wrong and that the "turf wall and accumulation of bog iron ore" were actually the results of natural processes."
The modern Russia owes it's roots to the Vikings. Long ago the Vikings sailed up the rivers of the 'then Russia' and conquered and settled the land as the Viking ''RUS'', whence the name Russia comes from.
How is this NEW, as a male 67 year old, I remember being taught this in school in England in the Late 1960s. Or was it just a guess by my History Tutor?
@bitemyshite Not very impressed by your attempt to spit hair..... This video did NOT present anything new....even if they started out with some nonsense about questioning .....did the Viking reach North America? .......and rewriting of history..... The 100% proof of a Viking settlement in North America / Newfoundland was given in 1960 by the Norwegian archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad. So what the original comment said is still valid today.......
Something I love about the Viking expansion and some of the more conspiracy suggestions of how far they got in places like the Americas, and how experts usually come out and say "it's unlikely; but even we're not sure anymore!" For example there is a suggestion that a certain Mesoamerican (I believe Astek) adaptation of one their gods (Feathered Serpent drawn as a human I think) MIGHT have been the result of them encountering a Viking party come REALLY far south. Personally I don't put faith in this theory anymore then I do the theory "Ancient Egyptians where in South America" baseless claims... but then again it took centuries to figure out if the Viking tales of Vineland where real or not, and even after we found a settlement location was found on Canada's East Coast it took decades before experts came out to confirm that yes it was a Viking Settlement and yes it fits the description of Vineland... so MAYBE they followed the coast that far South (though the god looking like it does being directly a result of Vikings and Mesoamericans near the Gulf of Mexico meeting; that's most definitely not what's happening)
@@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors Australia is defined as the smallest continent .....not an island.... That is a definition given by science..... But maybe you surpass everything in science...????
@@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors OK......than Eurasia is also an island ....with an area that dwarfs Australia. It has an area equivalent to North America, South America plus near to twice times of Australia. Australia can do well without making up stories....
If the Vikings had landed anywhere else in Newfoundland besides the desolate L'Anse aux Meadows area they'd still be there today. The province has many beautiful inlets and bays elsewhere around the island that would have been perfect for living.
Sadly, archaeological opinion (summarised in the Wikipedia article on Pointe Rosee) casts doubt on the identification of this site as a Viking settlement. But it was worth trying! There must be some evidence remaining of Vinland settlements somewhere. The other parts of the video on Greenland settlements and L'Anse aux Meadows is very well presented.
The problem is that some of the most likely sites became later settlements, like Quebec City. With hundreds of years of construction on top of any possible evidence.
@@sgjoni that's where carbon dating on artifacts come in. I understand what your saying though, that there was definitely stuff buried and will remain buried forever.
I'm a viking descendent from Rolo William the William the Conqueror William the Conqueror all the way down to Robert the Bruce & Queen Elizabeth I know that Rolo had made it to North America so to watch this program was so Amazing thank you for your going to your satellite 🛰 to find them ❤❤❤
Your comment is difficult to understand and rambling; try some punctuation. As far as Roll traveling to North America, what is your source for this claim?
Rollo came from Jutland (Jylland) originally. The kings were from a town called Jelling. Rollo's grandson was William the Conquerer. He founded the state of England and his kingdom lasted until the Plantagenets.
Just a point: there is a school of thought that it was NOT monks who wrote the Icelandic Sagas but Celtic women who wrote them down. One of the first Icelandic settlers was a woman from the British isles who settled there after her husband/partner was killed in "England". It was also more likely that the story tellers were women because the inside of the house was a woman's domain while the outside of the house was a man's domain.
Obviously bullshit, first Iceland was settled by Irish Monks, the Vikings who settled Iceland after the Irish Monks were Norwegians not Danes. Most if not all of the Vikings who plundered and invaded England were Danes. Most of the Vikings who invaded and plundered Ireland were Norwegians.
Apparently there is only one sailing "school" left that teaches navigation by the stars.......somewhere over by Papua New Guinea, if I remember correctly. Love your educational videos.
Aotearoa New Zealand actually - Maori and Polynesian navigation techniques are still taught and used today! Their ancestors sailed the largest ocean on Earth and populated all the islands of the Pacific from Hawaii to Easter Island (Rapa Nui) to New Zealand (Aotearoa).
You could always join the Navy if you want to learn that lol. They know that GPS isn't gonna work 100% of the time, esp. when you're dealing with adversaries who have nukes.
The narrow-minded aspect of where archeology searches is absolutely aggravating. There are digs in Northern Manitoba that have been shut down. A natural path of travel west leads you towards Hudsons Bay which would naturally funnel them south towards Lake Winnipeg and eventually the Red River down through to Minnesota and the Mississippi. When someone can explain the Kensignton Runestone in Minnesota as a fallacy, then I'll believe I'm wrong. The archeologists are following only ONE route of travel. And not necessarily the likeliest one.
Kensington Runestone Spirit pond Runestone Poteau Runestone Mustang Runestone Heavener Runestone Shawnee Runestone All fake and probably done by Scandinavian immigrants when there was a migration boom between 1820 and 1920. Just do your research on each Runestone.
I always thought Columbus never made it to North America - IT WAS Juan Ponce de León In 1513 that claimed the area around today’s St. Augustine in Florida for the Spanish crown.
The norse word «Vin»is used in a lot of placenames in Norway today and the meaning of the word describes rich grasland or meadow. It is more likely that vinland means rich grasland even though it would be more fun if it had to do with grapes. It is interesting that the site today also has meadow in its name.
Im from Norway and my name is Odin actually. Vin in norwegian means wine in english, like the alcoholic drink. So its more likely that the more correct translation of vinland today would be wineland.
@@establisha In modern Norwegian VIN is wine, but in the viking times VIN mean fields, pasture. Many placenames today shows that: Bjørgvin (Bergen), Vinje for example..
If the vikings found or discovered America it would prove to me, the things that I thought about and I need as I new to be true that the vikings did discover America , would give me a rubber stamp they I have always believed that they the vikings did live in America.
Yes its more likely than not, if you look at it this way, people have been travelling by sea from Europe and the Middle east for thousands of years, they would have landed and started their own culture and life style this would have happened world wide for at least a thousand years ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
the church,, forgot, to mention, that the ones that stayed, improved our farming techniques a huge amount, especially the danes. they, also, gave ordinary people, a fairer say, in how things would be run
Interesting documentary but was made in 2016. They leave the ending open ended, but sadly a report has come out since stating there is no evidence of Viking Settlement in the area. "In their November 8, 2017, report to the Provincial Archaeology Office in St. John's, Newfoundland, Parcak and Mumford wrote "There are no clear findings of human activity prior to 1800. that they "found no evidence whatsoever for either a Norse presence or human activity at Point Rosee prior to the historic period" and that "None of the team members, including the Norse specialists, deemed this area as having any traces of human activity." As absolutely no evidence of a Norse presence was found, and with many of the Norse experts stating that this was not a likely site for a Norse settlement, no future excavations are planned for Point Rosee. Parcak and Mumford state in their report that their findings do not warrant a return to Point Rosee. Parcak has not applied for any new archaeological permits to excavate at Point Rosee since 2016."
The Greenland Vikings paid taxes to the King of Norway with shiploads of fur and timber. Granted, Greenland has fur seals, but mink? Beaver? One fun idea is to dig through 14th century tombs, and earlier, and search for remains of fur that originated from North America.
They paid tax to Norway.......because it was Norwegian territory..... It stood under direct administration of the bishop in Nidaros(Trondheim). The archives of the Vatican has both letters and maps ....provided by the bishop in Nidaros.....that proves the settlements on Greenland ....and the discoveries of North America.
LOL "Did they discover North America long before Columbus?" Was said as if it is not a scientifically proven fact yet. Hello From Newfoundland, Canada.
As a Canadian Professional archaeologist I’m not really happy about their excavation methodologies. And why the Canadian government allows it is beyond me.
Those first clips of parades and the burning of the ship come from Scotland, in the Northern Isles where we have a strong relationship with the norse, pagan culture
Living in Newfoundland I’d say the few that came here didn’t become a large enough population and over time died out. Any of them that did travel back to green land iceland probably couldn’t convince enough people to leave their homes to travel to Newfoundland. It’s a harsh climate to live in and I could imagine only the desperate would consider leaving their established homelands to sail to Newfoundland after it had been discovered. That’s my guess anyway
I found a small object buried in the ground I really think it Viking artifact. I live on Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. I need a professional to look at it.
A pity that the Vikings are only depicted as pagan raiders. In the year 723 of 724 a pagan tree of veneration, the Donar Oak in the Hesse region, Germany, was cut down by (Saint) Boniface, only to christianize the (in his view pagan) locals by force. Boniface would later in 754 AD be killed near Dokkum during another of his christianization raids. Dokkum is in the Dutch province Frisia, then Viking territory. As to that it is absolutely not astonishing that the Vikings developed an absolute aversion to everything that stunk of christianity. Above that, the Vikings had - contrary to the christian monks - at that time no written chronicles, thus nowadays resulting in highly biased reports.
Siir Henry Sinclair was murdered on his return from North America in 1400 AD. Sir James Gunn was buried in Westport Massachusetts. Both men were Vikings and Templars. !!!
These Scandinavian raiders, for me, were not "Sea-Wolves"; instead they were "Mongols in Ships". They brought slaughter on a scale over and above any wolf-pack attacks. Similar to the Khan's forces, they were wanton murderer(s) and slavers. That which they wanted they took, anything they didn't understand they destroyed. They only traded with entities who possessed armed-forces capable of annihilating them. They were, however, excellent boat/ship builders and repairers, they were master-mariners of their time; and they were brave. Good old Snorri, and his "tales of daring-do!"
Mayor Viking kings are related with Kainuu kinghood (Iceland sagas. (Kajaani) even NOR (Norway) was named after finnish prince. Most Viking age weapons are founded in Finland. Romans, Vikings and Mongol empires wont dare to come here ;) There are you some history.
Sounds like the ship they found with all the dead guys piled on each other..and then there's dogs bones and birds and such on top....Dogs and Birds arent *usually* sacrificial animals... I think this boat was basically a dump.Who's to say those vikings weren't killed by some people already inhabiting that part if the land, piled them up in their boat like trash and continued to throw the carcasses of dead animals and shit on the pile as it was likely away from the village and those that killed the men. I mean let's face it Vikings were a hateful group of human back then.
The butternut proof seems sketchy to me. Don’t nuts float? Can’t birds carry the nuts further north? Not proof of anything. Anyone could have carried the nuts north.
Inaccurate in places the vikings didnt march to ripon they would have navigated up the river Trent why else build a horse shoe shaped fort beaching on the river they navigated and attacked up the Thames as far as Reading in berkshire the navigable rivers gave them access deep into the country
it is unprofessional for archaeologists to express disappointment just because the evidence does not support their grandiose theories. That may cause the glory-seekers to misrepresent what they have found.
These excavations happened in 2016. In 2017 a provincial report said there was "no evidence whatsoever for either a Norse presence or human activity at Point Rosee prior to the historic period"
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Out of the many, *this is definitely one of the best documentaries on Vikings* I've seen in quite a while. - If one could wish, then there would be *_more_* PBS Viking docus in the future of the same caliber and top-notch production. Episodes that would cover the overall mindblowing accomplishments, Viking conquests and numerous *escapades in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Middle East, Britain, France, etc.* Hopefully _@PBS America_ is already considering this..?! Kudos.
I cannot explain more than the utter thrill of following this documentary…. The best thriller of a witness, I think….. thank you so much to all those involved and I really do hope the team has further success in finding another settlement in North America
I was a young pilot in 1986 , flying a twin otter down the south coast of Labrador not far from Red Bay .I saw very similar mounds on the ground that look very much like the original mounds found in L'anse aux meadows. I have always felt that it may be a Viking site more north .
😢Getting a haircut in Cincinatti, Ohio, I was chatting with the barber about the next day being Columbus Day. When I stupidly pointed out that there was solid evidence that the Norse had "discovered" America five-hundred years before Columbus, he lost his shit. Totally American, he had an Italian name. Talk about tribal. I thought he was going to assault me. Facts can be so infuriating sometimes.
It seems to me that the education system in the USA have been failing people. Angry Italian barbers are one thing, Donald Trump celebrated as a "President" another.
@@elvenkind6072 I live about 20km from the US border. I've worked for two American companies and have been in every state but Hawaii. I have close American friends. They're not stupid. A New York conman took them in. As always, they've put their hearts into it. But they'll figure it out. Then rebuild. It's their nature and their history.
@@paddy1952 Hmm, interesting comment you gave me here. I think you are very close to describing whatever it is I don't understand over here in Norway with deeply skeptical and cautious people that think as a entity about what is good for their country. Because I used to think they are pretty much the same as people in Europe, only something is clearly different. Now I'm thinking that people in Canada and in Oceania is much more similar.
But yes, are what you are saying is that American are either/or, almost like they have been playing poker with their politics and have gone "all in" on Donald Trump, and even if they have this nagging feeling that they have been duped, they refuse to let go of the poker face, until their guy falls and can't get up again?
That's a bit what you made me think, if you understand what I mean. English is not my native language.
@@elvenkind6072 Close enough.
I had a similar experience when I reminded a friend of mine that the "founding fathers" were slave owners. Facts.
How can they start the show with....."Did the Vikings reach North America?" When there's a 100% confirmed Viking village in Newfoundland in Canada?
this first aired a long time ago
The show was made for 'normal people' (people with no historical knowledge). And it adds an element of sensationalism.
@@dfuncktyh it’s miles behind the quality of content avalible on TH-cam for fellow history enthusiasts, really is a shame they feel the need to dumb it down so much though imo.
@@JeeL04 It first aired in 2016. We've known since the 60s that vikings were in North America at some point. lol
They basically instantly say "yes, they did", so stop the blahblah
So interesting!!!
Speaking of the Dragon-Ships, after seeing how the Oak clinker-built planks would allow the ship to twist and flex as it cut-through the water and ride the waves - I can easily visualize what it must have been like for the People sailing in them; especially with full-sails and stormy seas, it must have felt as though the ships were alive - like riding on the back of a flying dragon!
…What a thrill!!!
It's a little known fact that the reason they called them "Drakkars" (or dragons) is because they could actually fly. :D That's why they're called ScandinAVIANS.
ScandinAVIANS, Carl :D
Nice program. The only thing I wonder about is the turf (sod) houses. From what I understand they were common in Colonial times especially in Canada and of course the US also. At any rate, PBS always comes through with interesting programs. BTW I'm born and raised in Ohio, moved to Danmark in 2006, if you ever have the opportunity to visit Danmark, Roskilde Viking museum is a must see and if you are very adventerous you can buy a rowing place on a Viking ship and row like the Vikings did out to sea! You can watch master shipbuilders building Viking ships using only authentic tools and methods of building, it's really an interesting thing to see and experience.
Scandinavian immigrants were building sod houses in the Minnesota area in the 1800s, so it seems to me that sod buildings are possible in the Colonial period, too - maybe a trapper, or survivors of a shipwreck? But that's why all the evidence needs to be weighed together.
Thank you for sharing these. Please put the original publication date in the description. I dug it out from the end of the clip (copyright BBC 2016). As someone who really wants to learn, it's helpful to know when documentaries came out, as this one sets the scene for other developments in the past 8 years. Thank you!
Modern English is derived from the Anglo- Norse language spoken by the descendants of Viking settlers in England The Vikings eventually settled in about half of England, an area running from London in the south to Northumbria in the north. It was called the Danelaw
Love Viking history and these kinds of programmes 🤘
When John Guy wrote about his first encounters with the Beothuk in Newfoundland he remarked at how European they appeared in clothing and stature. Now we know why!
I'm Canadian, And they should have been given the time it takes, and not just 14 days ,, !!
Exactly!
Would the Canadian government really want to find a site that would change history.... I'm thinking NOT.
New Ross has a long house foundation and they, the government doesn't want you to know @darthvaper7157
Hello from Newfoundland, Canada. I live just over 2 hours drive south of Lance Aux Meadows. It's been thought that the Vikings had been in this local area as well but no solid evidence like Lance Aux Meadows. Maybe one day, more sites will be found.
Lucky you. My family is in Ontario now but we were on the Rock 3 generations ago
'Vinland' should translate from Old Norse to Vin: meadow, pasture, -Land. In Norwegian today we could say England. I'm from Bergen, Norway, Bergen was called Björgvin in old Norse. Björg: mountain and -vin. Meadow under mountain(s).
Proud to be of Viking heritage
Many are, but many don’t know & it’s sad many of our bloodlines have been lost & forgotten & many don’t even know their own ancestors, true warriors as well as the English :)
Lol you can’t be of viking heritage as the Vikings wasn’t a set ethnic group or people. As a Norwegian I can tell you Viking wasn’t even something you were, but what you did. To go into Viking. Basically looting, pillaging, raiding, raping and murder. Better to say: Scandinavian decent.
@@IswhatitismanRecent genetic study conducted in the UK, all Brits are as high as 40% Scandinavian decent, mainly Norwegian, due to the Viking invasions. English is in fact a Western Germanic language related to Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese…
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@@Iswhatitisman True so true
Very very educational! Hello from Philippines
On the "slag" that wasn't and the "roasting pit", the Bretons, Basque and Normans all fished off the Grand Banks from 1500 AD onwards. So the C14 dates placing the "site" around the 17th century would better fit a European fishing camp were repairing or replacing tools, hooks, or lead sinkers, and/or fish drying occurred rather than a "viking" settlement. The site appeared water logged, so most likely clay soils and the stratigraphy unclear. So my guess is that this was a seasonal occupation site and not a permanent settlement. Europeans preferred building on clay soils which are impermeable to water so any wooden structures would not wash away. I'm not sure if Vikings had a similar preference. But I'm sure as farmers, they would be very attune to the landscape and the archaeology would reflect a different land use pattern.
A lot of viking blood flows in the Russian population.
My thoughts exactly. Why did it have to be viking. Very lose at best.
Thanks so much for posting.
we visited Roskilde, Denmark and the museum in Oslo, Norway.
oh goody!!!
As for their diet, they also brought a lot of onions, to be eaten fresh. Otherwise, they'd die of scurvy. Also - Greenland was a lot greener back in the 900s, during the medival warm period.
Very cool vid, scratching down through time.
Look at the oak island on the east coast nova Scotia has 2 oak islands that lead to New Ross.
The islands mark there trading posts
This is an excellent documentary
1:23:45 ... All the desk work and mapping is great stuff!! ... But once you pick up that first shovel full of dirt!!! .. now you are really looking!!! :)
This was an amazing documentary. Really interesting and beautifully presented. Thanks. ☮️
I thought Australia was the largest island in the world rather than Greenland?
Australia is a continent and therefore not an island
It's the smallest continent.
Thank's for the video.
I'ts remind me about Gudrid Thorbjørnsdatter, who was the first women there landed in North Amerika ( Vinland ), also a grath story.
The Title scene is filmed in Shetland during the annual Up Helly Aa ceromancy held ay the las Tuesday in January every year.
Good documentary!
My family is Viking. Thanks for this.
Vikings had definitely travelled to Canada and even as far as New Zealand. History has some catching up to do in regards to accuracy and truth.
New Zealand?! What are you smoking?
@@thevet2009 "Some historians and researchers have pointed to linguistic and cultural connections between certain Maori words and Norse language, as well as similarities in boat designs. However, there is no definitive proof of direct Viking exploration and settlement in New Zealand." - from a google search. I highly doubt it, but apparently there are some people who feel that there may have been some contact at some point.
yes New Zealand! Born and bred there. Recently did dna test. I have dna all around the world, Canada being one. My results show the Big migration of my people before settling in the pacific Islands, eventually landing in Aotearoa (Named by my Tupuna/Ancestors, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud).
Tena koe
(Sacred Greetings to You).
@@rebjorn79there are native population in new zeeland and other Islands in the area with blond hair and blue eyes
Overuse of the designation of Viking…
…” fregdamen frá Ísland í noreg sammla var, Niðarós var staden ók Eirik han var jarl…”.
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"... the monastery is set on fire --
and part of it burns to the ground ..."
When we consider the cost of hiring a scribe in those days and the effort it would take to achieve that level of civility, I think it's fair to say we don't give ancient texts enough credit where it is due and that is not even considering the spiritual/emotional value to the individuals at the time.
Thanks guys for the update, that`s was cool!
From Dr. Parcak's Wikipedia page:
"In 2011 a BBC news report stated that she had "discovered" 17 previously unknown pyramids in Egypt as well as more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 settlements. The Minister of State for Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass, criticized the report, saying that this was "not accurate" and the BBC apologized. None of the 17 pyramids Parcak claimed to have discovered have ever been found."
"A BBC co-production with PBS, NOVA/WGBH Boston and French Television, Vikings Unearthed (first broadcast April 4, 2016) documented her use of satellite imagery to detect possible remains of a Norse / Viking presence at Point Rosee, Newfoundland. In 2015, Parcak stated that remains could likely be a "turf wall and roasted bog" iron ore; however, an excavation conducted in 2016 proved that she was wrong and that the "turf wall and accumulation of bog iron ore" were actually the results of natural processes."
Thanks - I won’t waste my time watching the rest of this video now…..
The modern Russia owes it's roots to the Vikings. Long ago the Vikings sailed up the rivers of the 'then Russia' and conquered and settled the land as the Viking ''RUS'', whence the name Russia comes from.
How is this NEW, as a male 67 year old, I remember being taught this in school in England in the Late 1960s. Or was it just a guess by my History Tutor?
@bitemyshite Not very impressed by your attempt to spit hair..... This video did NOT present anything new....even if they started out with some nonsense about questioning .....did the Viking reach North America? .......and rewriting of history..... The 100% proof of a Viking settlement in North America / Newfoundland was given in 1960 by the Norwegian archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad. So what the original comment said is still valid today.......
@@Dan-fo9dk It's not even splitting hairs. It's an attempt at gaslighting someone whilst being condescending doing it.
brilliant!!! thank you so so much for this information :)))
Very cewl.
Makes me wanna go digging in my back yard. Maybe I'll find some artifact. ... or just really old dirt.
Very "cool" ü
Something I love about the Viking expansion and some of the more conspiracy suggestions of how far they got in places like the Americas, and how experts usually come out and say "it's unlikely; but even we're not sure anymore!" For example there is a suggestion that a certain Mesoamerican (I believe Astek) adaptation of one their gods (Feathered Serpent drawn as a human I think) MIGHT have been the result of them encountering a Viking party come REALLY far south. Personally I don't put faith in this theory anymore then I do the theory "Ancient Egyptians where in South America" baseless claims... but then again it took centuries to figure out if the Viking tales of Vineland where real or not, and even after we found a settlement location was found on Canada's East Coast it took decades before experts came out to confirm that yes it was a Viking Settlement and yes it fits the description of Vineland... so MAYBE they followed the coast that far South (though the god looking like it does being directly a result of Vikings and Mesoamericans near the Gulf of Mexico meeting; that's most definitely not what's happening)
Vikings had slaves in L'anse aux Meadows. There is always something new to learn.
One mistake in this documentary, Greenland is not the largest island, Australia is! Excellent documentary I hop you find a positive outcome ✌❤
Australia is big enough that it was promoted to the status of a continent
@@HikerBikerMoter Australia is an island and a continent.
@@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors Australia is defined as the smallest continent .....not an island.... That is a definition given by science..... But maybe you surpass everything in science...????
@@Dan-fo9dk Australia is the largest island and a continent.
@@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors OK......than Eurasia is also an island ....with an area that dwarfs Australia. It has an area equivalent to North America, South America plus near to twice times of Australia.
Australia can do well without making up stories....
If the Vikings had landed anywhere else in Newfoundland besides the desolate L'Anse aux Meadows area they'd still be there today. The province has many beautiful inlets and bays elsewhere around the island that would have been perfect for living.
Maybe they needed a clear field in case indians went all in adhd. Which it seems they did
Doubtful. EVERYONE wanted to be the first to find AMERICA!!!
Unless the people already living there drove them out, as the sagas say.
@@joelledurben3799 No indication of violence with the Beothucks. No skeleton bones were found. But it is possible there could have been skirmishes.
Sadly, archaeological opinion (summarised in the Wikipedia article on Pointe Rosee) casts doubt on the identification of this site as a Viking settlement. But it was worth trying! There must be some evidence remaining of Vinland settlements somewhere. The other parts of the video on Greenland settlements and L'Anse aux Meadows is very well presented.
The problem is that some of the most likely sites became later settlements, like Quebec City. With hundreds of years of construction on top of any possible evidence.
@@sgjoni that's where carbon dating on artifacts come in. I understand what your saying though, that there was definitely stuff buried and will remain buried forever.
Outcome may vary depending on the interests of funding source for each excavation site.
Exactly.. Its amazing what money can sway
the biggest longship, found so far, was found in ireland
I'm a viking descendent from Rolo William the William the Conqueror William the Conqueror all the way down to Robert the Bruce & Queen Elizabeth I know that Rolo had made it to North America so to watch this program was so Amazing thank you for your going to your satellite 🛰 to find them ❤❤❤
Rollo
Your comment is difficult to understand and rambling; try some punctuation. As far as Roll traveling to North America, what is your source for this claim?
Rollo came from Jutland (Jylland) originally. The kings were from a town called Jelling. Rollo's grandson was William the Conquerer. He founded the state of England and his kingdom lasted until the Plantagenets.
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Just a point: there is a school of thought that it was NOT monks who wrote the Icelandic Sagas but Celtic women who wrote them down. One of the first Icelandic settlers was a woman from the British isles who settled there after her husband/partner was killed in "England". It was also more likely that the story tellers were women because the inside of the house was a woman's domain while the outside of the house was a man's domain.
maybe, but the monks were the most likely because they could read and write. Women would be low on the social order not having a formal education.
Obviously bullshit, first Iceland was settled by Irish Monks, the Vikings who settled Iceland after the Irish Monks were Norwegians not Danes. Most if not all of the Vikings who plundered and invaded England were Danes. Most of the Vikings who invaded and plundered Ireland were Norwegians.
Apparently there is only one sailing "school" left that teaches navigation by the stars.......somewhere over by Papua New Guinea, if I remember correctly. Love your educational videos.
Aotearoa New Zealand actually - Maori and Polynesian navigation techniques are still taught and used today! Their ancestors sailed the largest ocean on Earth and populated all the islands of the Pacific from Hawaii to Easter Island (Rapa Nui) to New Zealand (Aotearoa).
@@brettcurtis5710 nga mihi ki a koe mo taku korero e hoa!
Not apparently,it is encoded in Maori genes and most natives of Pacific ocean
You could always join the Navy if you want to learn that lol. They know that GPS isn't gonna work 100% of the time, esp. when you're dealing with adversaries who have nukes.
@@MFKR696 Oh you bet......you need to know both.
People have been sailing into America and Canada for thousands of years
The narrow-minded aspect of where archeology searches is absolutely aggravating. There are digs in Northern Manitoba that have been shut down. A natural path of travel west leads you towards Hudsons Bay which would naturally funnel them south towards Lake Winnipeg and eventually the Red River down through to Minnesota and the Mississippi. When someone can explain the Kensignton Runestone in Minnesota as a fallacy, then I'll believe I'm wrong. The archeologists are following only ONE route of travel. And not necessarily the likeliest one.
Kensington Runestone
Spirit pond Runestone
Poteau Runestone
Mustang Runestone
Heavener Runestone
Shawnee Runestone
All fake and probably done by Scandinavian immigrants when there was a migration boom between 1820 and 1920. Just do your research on each Runestone.
I always thought Columbus never made it to North America - IT WAS Juan Ponce de León In 1513 that claimed the area around today’s St. Augustine in Florida for the Spanish crown.
42:17 Now, that guy can truly say "Folks! Look at that shit!!"
The norse word «Vin»is used in a lot of placenames in Norway today and the meaning of the word describes rich grasland or meadow. It is more likely that vinland means rich grasland even though it would be more fun if it had to do with grapes. It is interesting that the site today also has meadow in its name.
In Gothic "winja" meant pasture
Im from Norway and my name is Odin actually. Vin in norwegian means wine in english, like the alcoholic drink. So its more likely that the more correct translation of vinland today would be wineland.
@@establisha In modern Norwegian VIN is wine, but in the viking times VIN mean fields, pasture. Many placenames today shows that: Bjørgvin (Bergen), Vinje for example..
If the vikings found or discovered America it would prove to me, the things that I thought about and I need as I new to be true that the vikings did discover America , would give me a rubber stamp they I have always believed that they the vikings did live in America.
And I am 82 yes old now I used to have dreams about this from time to time throughout my life
I knew with out a doubt that the vikings were in America.
And I still do and that's with out satellites to day
Well Vikings did discover America 100% sure because your country is created by the Dutch. Frisia is 50% and 50% other europese. Frisians are Vikings.
amazing. so good
Yes its more likely than not, if you look at it this way, people have been travelling by sea from Europe and the Middle east for thousands of years, they would have landed and started their own culture and life style this would have happened world wide for at least a thousand years ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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A lot of viking blood flows in the Russian people.
yes the area where Russia and Ukraine meet the dna is an average of 15% that is way higher than other places they went , usually it's more like 1-8%
the church,, forgot, to mention, that the ones that stayed, improved our farming techniques a huge amount, especially the danes. they, also, gave ordinary people, a fairer say, in how things would be run
I read that they found viking boat anchor holes in rocks on the north shore of lake superior
no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B8nikia
Hva har dette med vikingene og jøre ?
A fascinating people.
any chance they made it down the St Lawrence towards the great lakes?
One thing to realise about Viking culture is that everyone is capable of being a slave and that everyone is therefore basically a slave
Interesting documentary but was made in 2016. They leave the ending open ended, but sadly a report has come out since stating there is no evidence of Viking Settlement in the area.
"In their November 8, 2017, report to the Provincial Archaeology Office in St. John's, Newfoundland, Parcak and Mumford wrote "There are no clear findings of human activity prior to 1800. that they "found no evidence whatsoever for either a Norse presence or human activity at Point Rosee prior to the historic period" and that "None of the team members, including the Norse specialists, deemed this area as having any traces of human activity." As absolutely no evidence of a Norse presence was found, and with many of the Norse experts stating that this was not a likely site for a Norse settlement, no future excavations are planned for Point Rosee. Parcak and Mumford state in their report that their findings do not warrant a return to Point Rosee. Parcak has not applied for any new archaeological permits to excavate at Point Rosee since 2016."
I find it odd that Lindisfarne wasn't mentioned as the first strike
It wasn’t, there were numerous before that.
So how come there are also lines on the modern structures? 31:11
Look up Sop’s Arm Whitebay. Vikings were there.
Wanted to watch this. But the ads came fast and furious. Got very irked. Tapped out.
The Greenland Vikings paid taxes to the King of Norway with shiploads of fur and timber. Granted, Greenland has fur seals, but mink? Beaver? One fun idea is to dig through 14th century tombs, and earlier, and search for remains of fur that originated from North America.
They paid tax to Norway.......because it was Norwegian territory..... It stood under direct administration of the bishop in Nidaros(Trondheim). The archives of the Vatican has both letters and maps ....provided by the bishop in Nidaros.....that proves the settlements on Greenland ....and the discoveries of North America.
LOL "Did they discover North America long before Columbus?" Was said as if it is not a scientifically proven fact yet. Hello From Newfoundland, Canada.
As a Canadian Professional archaeologist I’m not really happy about their excavation methodologies. And why the Canadian government allows it is beyond me.
This must years old.
Thank you for this video❤
Apparently they have been down in new zealand
Those first clips of parades and the burning of the ship come from Scotland, in the Northern Isles where we have a strong relationship with the norse, pagan culture
Point Rosse and
L'Anse aux Meadows is approx 600km away by boat.. sounds like a good distance between settlements
the explorers were scandinavian, what they did, was called going viking, so, calling them vikings is incorrect
Greenland is thought to be an archipelago under the ice, Madagascar is the largest island!
Educate yourself..... Madagaskar comes in after both Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo.
Living in Newfoundland I’d say the few that came here didn’t become a large enough population and over time died out. Any of them that did travel back to green land iceland probably couldn’t convince enough people to leave their homes to travel to Newfoundland. It’s a harsh climate to live in and I could imagine only the desperate would consider leaving their established homelands to sail to Newfoundland after it had been discovered. That’s my guess anyway
Guess the Vikings found their match on the shores of Estonia :D
I found a small object buried in the ground I really think it Viking artifact. I live on Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. I need a professional to look at it.
Maybe Vikings landed 500 years before NASA on the moon....????
A pity that the Vikings are only depicted as pagan raiders. In the year 723 of 724 a pagan tree of veneration, the Donar Oak in the Hesse region, Germany, was cut down by (Saint) Boniface, only to christianize the (in his view pagan) locals by force. Boniface would later in 754 AD be killed near Dokkum during another of his christianization raids. Dokkum is in the Dutch province Frisia, then Viking territory. As to that it is absolutely not astonishing that the Vikings developed an absolute aversion to everything that stunk of christianity. Above that, the Vikings had - contrary to the christian monks - at that time no written chronicles, thus nowadays resulting in highly biased reports.
Siir Henry Sinclair was murdered on his return from North America in 1400 AD. Sir James Gunn was buried in Westport
Massachusetts. Both men were Vikings and Templars. !!!
These Scandinavian raiders, for me, were not "Sea-Wolves"; instead they were "Mongols in Ships". They brought slaughter on a scale over and above any wolf-pack attacks. Similar to the Khan's forces, they were wanton murderer(s) and slavers. That which they wanted they took, anything they didn't understand they destroyed. They only traded with entities who possessed armed-forces capable of annihilating them. They were, however, excellent boat/ship builders and repairers, they were master-mariners of their time; and they were brave. Good old Snorri, and his "tales of daring-do!"
Mayor Viking kings are related with Kainuu kinghood (Iceland sagas. (Kajaani) even NOR (Norway) was named after finnish prince. Most Viking age weapons are founded in Finland. Romans, Vikings and Mongol empires wont dare to come here ;) There are you some history.
Norway should ask half of Canada as their rightful colony
Sounds like the ship they found with all the dead guys piled on each other..and then there's dogs bones and birds and such on top....Dogs and Birds arent *usually* sacrificial animals... I think this boat was basically a dump.Who's to say those vikings weren't killed by some people already inhabiting that part if the land, piled them up in their boat like trash and continued to throw the carcasses of dead animals and shit on the pile as it was likely away from the village and those that killed the men. I mean let's face it Vikings were a hateful group of human back then.
HAHA I'm glad they didn't find what they were hoping they would. I can't stand Dan Snow LMAO
The butternut proof seems sketchy to me. Don’t nuts float? Can’t birds carry the nuts further north? Not proof of anything. Anyone could have carried the nuts north.
They ain't ready for the Irish conversation yet
If you want the truth, as far as it can be told, read Magnus Magnusson's book "Vikings"
_Easy to understand speech, my level is B2 now, 4 of 6 level_
Greenland. I thought green washing was a new thing. Nothing changes.
Inaccurate in places the vikings didnt march to ripon they would have navigated up the river Trent why else build a horse shoe shaped fort beaching on the river
they navigated and attacked up the Thames as far as Reading in berkshire the navigable rivers gave them access deep into the country
Could this have been a lightning strike?
Newfoundland😊
it is unprofessional for archaeologists to express disappointment just because the evidence does not support their grandiose theories. That may cause the glory-seekers to misrepresent what they have found.
These excavations happened in 2016. In 2017 a provincial report said there was "no evidence whatsoever for either a Norse presence or human activity at Point Rosee prior to the historic period"