[LouieFisk]

Fascinating era in history.

[IndispensableDestiny]

Northwest Eurocentrism. I demand studying the lost tribes of Northeast Europe.

[bigbob]

Rename it “Tracing the Roots of White Supremacy” and they’ll get all the money they could ever want.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Maybe Uhtred of Babbenburg could help explain it to them.

Someday someone is going to excavate S Korea and wonder why and how the seemed very similar to the USA despite enthnic identity and geographic separation.

[AZLiberty]

Five year project to investigate the ‘lost kingdoms’ of Northwest Europe

When they're done with that, it will be high time to investigate the lost countries of Northwest Europe: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark.

[zeestephen]

The expression “Beyond the Pale” is related to this topic, specifically as it applies to Ireland and Scotland.

Ancient maps of the British Isles colored all areas that were under the control of Rome, and later England, with a pale flesh tone color.

Geography that was outside those “pale” areas was considered unknown and probably quite dangerous.

[BeauBo]

Lithuania was huge.

[jmacusa]

I wouldn't worry too much about 5th. century Europe. Seems to me the way things are going in Western Europe Western Europeans are going to be extinct.

[ConservaTeen]

I wonder if the Basque language came from the lost civilizations they are exploring?