Posted on 08/31/2024 8:26:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Same thing happened to lot of Vikings and Romans
“the boat sent out a distress signal at around 5:45 p.m.”
The Vikings had radios?
There are lots of different types of criminal matters. In this case criminal negligence (doing a bad job making the boat) would be pretty obvious. Of course we also should remember that every country with a coast has smuggling, and sometimes regular people stumble upon smugglers and bad things happen. So actually VERY reasonable for authorities to check some things.
ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ» Prayers for her and her family. Some of the comments here are inappropriate. I guess if the ship was caught broadside by a 16’ wave, not much could be done.
Those long ships were designed mainly for coastal raiding, slipping over underwater harbor obstacles and sailing up river. They had very low drafts. They probably used more seaworthy ships like knarrs for sailing to Iceland, Greenland and North America.
Britain's long-time archaeology show "Time Team" which now airs on YouTube and Patreon were granted special permission to dig at the site of the burial last year, and I believe will be returning there at some point. The Sutton Hoo dig videos are both on YouTube and Patreon. During the episodes, they showed clips of the ship being built. It's going to take some time, as they are using the traditional techniques that were used to build the original ship. I believe they plan to sail it when it is completely finished. When I was in London in 2006, I made sure I got to see the treasures collected from the site in 1939.
The movie "The Dig" is a 2021 British drama film starring actor Ralph Fiennes who plays Basil Brown, the self-taught Archaeologist who uncovered the ship and grave.
They took "every" precaution except going to sea in a canoe when modern technology and navigation techniques are available.
Modern people are just not built like the ancients. Training a middle age archaeologist is not the same as the old Vikings who lived the lifestyle.
TBH, I'm not sure what the point of this exercise is. Part of me thinks the ancients would say modern man is crazy for not leveraging modern tools, materials, safety gear, and equipment.
Still, very sad. She was somebody's daughter, friend, and colleague.
The question is whether or not the handling of the ship was an instance of criminal negligence. Presumably experienced and knowledgeable researchers understand the risks. The Titanic submarine disaster, on the other hand, may well have involved criminal negligence, but like the Baikonur Cosmodrome disaster, the guilty perished with their victims.
I suspect the poster meant building a pyramid the same as the ancient Egyptians did - sans modern technology.
Then moving rocks becomes not so easy.
Proving eternally that brains does not equate to common sense.
This kid is the embodiment of my tag line.
We could do that too. It’s not magic. It’s not even a mystery, there’s actually diagrams in the pyramids. And we could probably do it easier than they did, just because we’re taller and stronger.
Sad ending to an adventure-especially for someone so young-the real Vikings were good at observing the sea and weather without modern means-we are not and probably should require safety classes and better precautions to avoid injury and death before setting off to recreate a bit of history. Some of the comments here are really inappropriate-do these people have a stand-up routine for funerals, too?
That was an awfully small boat to be attempting to cross the North Sea in - especially in rough conditions. Doubtless, plenty of Vikings were lost at sea when caught in rough seas like that.
I don’t know. My implication was that the old guys jettisoned her as extra weight during the storm. Being stuck to the boat bottom is mighty weird, being too new to have barnacle encrustation dense enough to trap an adult body.
So until all avenues have been traveled I wouldn’t dismiss murder.
The Norse who sailed in the original vessels had decades of experience, and even some of them ended up at the bottom of the North Sea. Experimental Archaeology is great. But it does have its risks.
Actually, a team tried to build a tiny replica of an Egyptian pyramid a few years back for a documentary. If I remember right, it was intended to be about 30 feet tall, versus the 455 foot height of the great pyramid. They initially attempted it using only the skills and techniques they believe the ancient Egyptians had available and they failed miserably. So they brought in heavy equipment, including a crane, and were finally able to complete it, but it looked like a joke in comparison to any part of the real thing. And their tiny version was just a pile of carved stones, without any of the intricate internal passages and rooms of the real article.
So dumb people tried it. That doesn’t mean people who actually know what they’re doing can’t. Really, it’s piled stones. If you think we can’t pile stones, you’re just plain silly. There’s no magic in the pyramids, just hard work and planning.
Indeed. Not too make a joke of it but on the water there is always what lies beneath...
Ideally, cremation on a offerings-laden longboat.
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