Posted on 07/28/2009 7:38:47 PM PDT by pissant
Naked, beheaded, and tangled, the bodies of 51 young men—their heads stacked neatly to the side—have been found in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, according to carbon-dating results released earlier this month.
The mass burial took place at a time when the English were battling Viking invaders, say archaeologists who are now trying to verify the identity of the slain.
The dead are thought to have been war captives, possibly Vikings, whose heads were hacked off with swords or axes, according to excavation leader David Score of Oxford Archaeology, an archaeological-services company.
Announced in June, the pit discovery took place during an archaeological survey prior to road construction near the seaside town of Weymouth (map).
A Mere Flesh Wound
Many of the skeletons have deep cut marks to the skull and jaw as well as the neck. "The majority seem to have taken multiple blows," Score said.
The bodies show few signs of other trauma, suggesting the men were alive when beheaded.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
Don’t mess with the Saxons... They are the NFL’s most ruthless team.
As best I can tell, none of the Vikings (or the Anglo-Saxons either) would have had any problem getting an Hawaiian birth certificate.
ping
In Viking days, even the British had the concept of self defense.
It’ll be interesting to see what the DNA reveals.
Gory GGG ping
Roland was a warrior from the land of the midnight sun
With his Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray
Through ‘66 and 7, they fought the Congo war
With their fingers on their triggers, knee deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese
Roland the Thompson gunner
Roland the Thompson gunner
His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best
So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead
That son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Time, time, time, for another peaceful war
Norway's bravest son
But time stands still for Roland, ‘til he evens up the score
They can still see his headless body stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombassa, in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun, he didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner, talking about the man
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
The eternal Thompson gunner
Still wand’ring through the night
Now it's ten years later, but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst
Of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it
forget DNA, the lutefish stench should still be there
No doubt that this was the result of some early Viking health care bill.
I have a different opinion ... all of them are ughh. Look way too slutty, regardless of their clothes or lack thereof.
I wouldn’t bring a single one home to meet my mother.
‘Beheaded ... but Otherwise Healthy’ sounds like a report from an ObamaCare Medical Team.
51 Headless Vikings Found in English Execution Pit?
National Geographic News | July 28, 2009 | James Owen in London
Posted on 07/28/2009 1:34:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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I just know there is a Great Name for a Rock Band buried somewhere in that title!
I feel very strongly about this...
Headless Vikings Found in Bottomless Pit.
Early form of British healthcare for immigrants?
But I don’t LIKE Spam!
And the one dead center wearing the badger fur hat.
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