Viking Apocalypse (2011)

Directed by

Stuart Elliott

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

50 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows archaeologists as they unearth a Viking burial pit in Weymouth, UK. They find dozens of male skulls and work to uncover why the Vikings were executed and buried there.

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What happens

Viking Apocalypse is a TV program on the National Geographic Channel. The show examines the Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit in Weymouth, UK, a site of a suspected mass execution long ago. As they begin digging, archaeologists discover many male Viking skulls and search for clues that may reveal why Weymouth would have been a site for these beheadings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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