I’m surprised this show wasn’t longer lived. So very interesting.

@bernadettekavanagh9984

Ай бұрын

I think there should be several parts to this story.

@mistyvaughn6356

Ай бұрын

I don't think they did more than 1 season. I wish there were more.

This should still be going even today. We learned so much from cold cases. Theres thousands skeletal remains in vaults waiting to be seen This program should be back. ❤

@sleepycatsqueeze

18 күн бұрын

How this program ran for only two seasons is sad imho.

I could listen to professor sue black for hours. Remarkable lady ,

@iloveharrold

25 күн бұрын

I find she seems very trustworthy

Wish there were more in the series. Dame Dr Susan Black rocks it

@kiwimid

8 ай бұрын

I was watching a lecture by her recently and she appeared to make oblique reference to a 'terrible series' that she would never repeat, I wondered with some sadness whether she meant this series as I am so fond of it. 😢

@monicacall7532

Ай бұрын

Dame Sue and her entire team rock! I do wish that this show would return. I wish that the US had TV shows like this. History documentaries here are more like “Alien Invaders Helped Ulysses Grant to Win the Civil War” which is a total crock.🤬

It would be wild if they uploaded these to like GED match and you could see if you were related to some of these ancient skeletons they find.

@mindymorgan8479

12 күн бұрын

Except for ancient DNA would connect millions to each person born that long ago.

@Couchintheclouds

12 күн бұрын

@@mindymorgan8479 but 1 million as a percentage of the total world population isn’t that much and it would be interesting and get get more people interested in science.

Love this show, sad there are only two seasons, filmed in 2010 and 2011.

@ladyfarmer55

Жыл бұрын

Not the only one. Far more entertaining than "Married at First Site".

@OhCanadathebest

3 ай бұрын

Uk shows rock​@@ladyfarmer55

From Sydney Australia. I came across these episodes years ago and still love them. Love the team. Love the shows. Fascinating.

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

Xanthe Mallett is from around now and on Aussie telly sometimes

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

And it is

They should redo a mini series on all these cases with updates using new technology. Or they can start a new global series, where they go around the world in search of cold cases

@commonsense571

Жыл бұрын

YES!!🙏🙏🙏

@pinkdoobie

Жыл бұрын

The Norwich case was in the news a few months ago. Further generic investigation proves definitely that the bodies were Jewish, which then allowed them to finally receive a decent burial.

For me to learn so much is a dream come true. I sure stay up late at night so I can see these wonderful videos thanks again.. Granny90

@nillyk5671

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad for you :D Keep learning!

This show is brilliant I have learned so much from it. Ancestry is fascinating.

An additional possibility ( confirmed by many other records ) is that sailors on these long journeys abroad sometimes died on the way, got into fights & were killed in arguments or, died in skirmishes on land. Captains needed to have a full compliment of crew, and were quite well known to use any methods to obtain sturdy individuals willing to join the crew. These new crew members would of course be recruited at the ports they visited & could be Portuguese Spanish or indeed any race colour or creed capable & willing. Being residents of the ports they would most probably be individuals already having sea & sailing experience, & therefore already suited for the job. It was of necessity incumbent on Captains because trying to manage a vessel in storms while lacking sufficient crew, invariably endangered all.

@Metta33

Ай бұрын

It would also be handy to have crew member that you didint have to pay wages to.

@johnwahannah2385

29 күн бұрын

The oldest boat found in Britain was in the style of Egyptian boat built some two and a half thousand years before the vikings were about.

@Metta33

5 күн бұрын

@@johnwahannah2385 before the vikings were recorded in account that survives to this day. They were surely about earlier.

14:35 I'm hugely excited by this. The excellent Shardlake historical//crime book series has a continuing character who came from North Africa to a monastery in Tudor England. His parents had converted to Christianity when he was a very young boy. I don't think I've ever had a book "come to life" for me like this. I actually thought the character was a bit far fetched, coming from North Africa, becoming a monk, then after the dissolution of the monasteries becoming an apothecary. And yet here he is!

Watching these has made start considering a career in forensic anthropology

I’ve seen all the shows and hope more are made.

@eddiesroom1868

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I appreciate it, this show was fascinating

What a great series! Why is it not on any more. I read there were 2 seasons, but KZread only has 4 episodes.

@SandraNelson063

2 ай бұрын

I know that Dr. Black has devoted herself to helping in the hunt for child molesters. So she would not be available.

I go over these every couple years. I like this stuff so much I wish they would open this program again and put some new ones out. Thank you.

make me remember of the knights hospitaliers of Malta .. the region, the knights , the crusades, the route and maybe the physiognomy of the general Mediterranean area great eppisode

Fascinating, wish more episodes were made

I always wonder what these individuals names were. They were more than just bones to someone. Dad, brother etc etc

Purely amazing.. glad I've found this show. Thanks for sharing this with us grateful

In awe of these amazing academics

Fascinating, thank you so much for your thorough research !

I remember bingeing on the entire series several years ago.

I'm a bit baffled by the scientist researching the y-chromosomes... surely the passing down of y-chromosomes doesn't necessarily align with the line of surnames. All it takes is one single illegitimate child to overthrow the correlation of all previous generations entirely. But he does state the given link between surname and y-chromosome twice. I'm assuming he probably brought that nuance to the conversation, but it was cut by editors?

I love this show it is just so fascinating to me.

@suzanh7777

3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating indeed.

Absolutely fantastic video!

Hey I want to give you a big shout out I love your videos I like watching all about history & where different people come from & why or how people lived & died

My first thought was a North African who possibly converted to christianity during the crusades, and returned as a loyal friend to England with a crusader.

@nina241085

Жыл бұрын

Like Morgan Freeman’s character in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

@sydneyfairbairn3773

3 ай бұрын

North Africans are often Arabic.

@fionabryant7923

Ай бұрын

Or as a servant , still loyal to his upbringing, longing for home.

@minasan6337

3 күн бұрын

​@@fionabryant7923not likely

I have been finding these episodes very interesting however I find I much prefer the narration in Season 1 (Lawrence Fox) to the narrator in Season 2. The timbre is deeper and seems more serious and intense....plus I've always liked Lawrence Fox's voice and diction...I missed it in Season 2. I would love to see more episodes. Any chance of that happening? There aren't enough of them.

@susannamarker2582

Жыл бұрын

I love Lawrence Fox's voice. It's like Jeremy Irons's voice. Pure masculinity. I hope my husband doesn't see this comment.

Just discovered your channel….absolutely brilliant! I was hooked and engaged in the first 5 minutes. I love things that challenge my preconceptions. Thank you for your work.

Wow! Just love this show

I Love HISTORY COLD CASE. I HOPE THERE BE MORE COMING OUT.

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it’s old and the redhead woman didn’t want to in the first place but her school was paid enough that her opinion didn’t matter sadly. And Xanthe Mallett is now living and working in Australia and is on tv there. But hope it comes back with other people!

love ur vids! very interesting!!

Amazing!

Amazing worth a watch. it would be nice if they showed were the bones they were talking about where on the human body.

Watching this now and I am surprised that it is assumed that the skeleton was a Muslim man who converted. There were Christian churches in Africa in this time period and earlier and evidence of Africans in Europe as merchant, traders, visitors. Even Christian pilgrims. It is very possible the man was already Christian when he came to England.

@christianwouters6764

3 жыл бұрын

Of course. The original issue of the crusades was to protect Christian churches and monasteries in the Middle East. There were many more Christian locals there than now.

@debbralehrman5957

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@suzanh7777

3 жыл бұрын

Had you listened, they very clearly stated there was “a documented case...” . It goes on to say there is no way of knowing the exact origins or reasons. If people listened more, instead of jumping to conclusions, a lot more learning would occur.

@lisaharmon733

3 жыл бұрын

@@suzanh7777 it has been some time since I've seen this, but "a documented case" does not mean "in this case". As the presence of Jew, Christian and Muslim people are documented in Africa at this point in history, assuming that this particular individual's religious choice was Muslim is exactly that- an assumption. First lesson in learning, question assumptions.

@magnificent6668

2 жыл бұрын

Or perhaps he was Ethiopian...that would explain why they presumed him to be north African based on skeletal remains.

Discovered these & Im addicted!

Fascinating

This was very interesting.

Fascinating! Thank you!!!

Love this channel

I’m amazed

@21:00 John Black, "Henry's favourite trumpeter" wrote* a letter asking for a payrise. He said he was being paid less than the previous musician in his position and asked for the raise, plus back pay....and got it! He is also on record as receiving a wedding present from Henry VIII. So it's evident he was treated no differently than the other trumpeters. It's ironic since that was a time we view as hugely intolerant; it definitely was in matters of class, gender, and religion but racially there was no divide. *Using a scribe, as most people did back then.

Another job well done 👏. Love how your team works so hard together . Enjoy all your films.

i just found this channel this is interesting

How are you going to “change understanding” of migration patterns on one individual?

21:02 It would appear that John Blanke was the Louis Armstrong of his time.

Sufferers of Asthma should transfer to live in Ipswitch,even while I was only staying in Ipswitch over a weekend a few months ago,I never used my blue pump,the air there is much more breathable than anywhere else😉

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

Not anymore I’m sure… but cities in general are problematic… I bet it’s nice overall though…

@pamelaadam9207

Ай бұрын

I find the opposite when I am down in that area. I can't wait to get back across the border

Ok... @ 38:00 -- Is it mitochondrial DNA from mom's side that he has examined to point to the Mediterranean? Father could still be sub-saharan. Physical appearance could still be sub-saharan....

He was a Templar

@pamelaadam9207

Ай бұрын

Potentially. Or a convert who then returned here with his comrades

Could this man already be Christian and fighting on the crusades and got a house and when he gets home he has trouble walking and gets helped by the Monk's until his death and his buried with the rest of the very ill people who probably in like an hospital run by the Monk's? It makes sense!

Feels a bit wrong when they pull a tooth or drill the bones for anaylysis..Of course it cannot be done any other way.

People didn't discriminate on the basis skin color until the 17th century.

@fionabryant7923

Ай бұрын

Don't you believe it

@williamhiller3988

Ай бұрын

@@fionabryant7923 why not?

While Tunisia is certainly part of the African continent , the term Mediterranean seems more appropriate for this man and for the rest of North Africans, for that matter. Tunisia was Carthage and a majority of those inhabitants later moved to Spain, Sicily and beyond. Its people are Mediterranean and would have appeared similar.

I work in a antibiotic IV outpatient department in a hospital and to see all these people coming in with abscesses/infections like what killed this man is just wow. I used to use this how to teach medical assistants

I had gotten my DNA done and I'm 71% English, Irish,Scottish, Welsh, swedish and 1% African western (?) congo, banitu regions, DNA summary says mother's side, I'm so curious but have no clue on how to start. Any info would be appreciated

Je suis passionnée par ces enquêtes, mais je suis française, j'ai besoin de sous titres, ou traduction en Français

It is my belief (no scientific evidence so cue calls of 'you are racist'!) that there is no essential difference between today's peoples, those people born with a black skin is to protect them from the damaging effects of the very hot sun that those born/live in i.e. Africa are subject to, Mother Nature's way of looking after her precious people ...

I love these programmes. It's the sort of job I would have liked to have had but being 69, it's not going to happen any day soon! Great work.

It is nice to believe that he had some level of care to ease his painful existence

I wonder if the people living in those apartments know they're living on top of what was once a medieval burial site? Think that would make me a tad uneasy that things might start going "bump" in the night.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

25 күн бұрын

Mid Evil Ghosts?

nice invention

he also could be Ethiopian. there has been a christian presence there for ages. and it fits north africa.

Mansa Musa was born after this but richer than anyone known alive even today

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

Was he though? Having money can be nice and all but that’s not what really matters

Maybe he had joined a pilgrimage? Love Lawrence Fox’s voice, perfect

anyway of turning Closed caption and which herb was used.

Do they have a channel on tv too or is it just utube?

@thecaravan1

3 жыл бұрын

it's was on tv in the uk, bbc 2.

I don't believe Sue missed the abscess. She's too thorough.

@suea5942

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct. As the person who wrote the original report on the skeletons in 2009, I can confirm that the abscess in the spine of this individual had already been spotted well before this programme was made!

@as-pz9ck

Жыл бұрын

@@suea5942 Why then would they set it up so it was a mistake? Sue Black seems a person of ethics and doesn't seem to be one who would follow a scripted storyline.

@ah9025

Жыл бұрын

@@as-pz9ck that’s why she won’t make anymore of them ((:

@elsakristina2689

5 ай бұрын

@@ah9025 I think I heard about her quitting this show because of it feeling too scripted at times

What are these professionals doing now, they are wonderful presenter, I hope they have professorships somewhere.

I wish they would have told us what the surname was. So curious

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

He might not have had one, it was still a new thing started in England roughly in the 11th century and he’s from the 13th

@kiwimid

8 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed for Smith 😅

@hollybug-76542

Ай бұрын

​@kiwimid 😂😂😂 know many

They should compare his features to that of the painting of King Henry VIII's favorite Hornblower.

It's amazing how they're figured it out where he came from.

Ashley mallet has lived in Australia for several years

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

25 күн бұрын

Xante, and yes she has been here 10+

Me too! Betsy Hope

I don't think that finding a skeleton from a sub saharin region is necessarily uncommon. Trade could be the reason. The Romans used ships to transport just about everything. Ships would have come and gone to and from England all the time. The Gibraltar strait is narrower than the distance between Calais and Dover. The Spanish fought against (what they would have been known as) Moors all the time. Ipswich stands on the estuary of the river Orwell, about twelve miles from the sea. It is one of England's oldest towns, with evidence of a Roman settlement in the area.

Will his people know the people that were buried there where they found him

"He went ALL the way to Ipswitch." 😅😅

Why all the crashing and background noise?

Tunisians are caucasian or mixed. Beautiful man.

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, now, it might not have always been the case

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

But he was like the rest and all

Is the narrator the same guy who plays Hathaway on Inspector Lewis?

@deewhite4346

2 ай бұрын

Yep it is lawrence fox narrating this .

Why can't my lab have those fancy colourful eppis?

21:52 He says "the word Moor by itself means black" Er, no it doesn't mean that at all. It means Muslim. A Moor is an old English word to refer to a Muslim. Blackamoor means a Muslim who has black or dark skin.

@monkiram

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing but I looked it up and apparently Moor on its own was also used to refer to Africans/black people not just Muslims. He's a historian so I'm sure he knows more than we do

@WeavesWorldGlasgowGlaschu

3 жыл бұрын

Anne Onimous most of Africa were Muslims and they carried out around the world. Timbuktu is in west Africa!

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeavesWorldGlasgowGlaschu wrong, that was, like Christianity, imposed upon them. There was a lot more villages in those days and they had their own beliefs. Not Islam or Christianity. And many if not most, still do.

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

And there’s places in the uk that have moor in the name, or are named moors (hills, if I remember right) so…

@utej.k.bemsel4777

Ай бұрын

Moor, in German Mohr means Maure, coming from Mauritania.

The opinion it was African was initially based on the width of the jaw alone? From what I was saying the naval cavity is far too narrow to be African.

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

No, obviously only a small part has been shown.

@minasan6337

3 күн бұрын

Not necessarily the nasil cavity is very difficult to presume ethnic origin and can mainly only be used to determine age.(Not all africans have large nasil cavities hes most likely mixed with northern africa and some kind of southern europe)

What is Pagets Disease? My grandfather suffered died from it. He was from Liverpool.

@CDM1971

25 күн бұрын

Just looking it is disease of the bone most commonly occurs in the pelvis, skull, spine, legs a disease that disrupts the replacement of old bone tissue with new bone tissue

Will they give him a proper burial even if he has no name.

great series, interesting investigations. spoilt by poxy adverts. i dont buy anything from adverts that interupt what i'm watching, i bet you dont watch them either? wish companies would realise that

My great-great grandmother died from an abcessed tooth, sometime in the 1880s.

Not subsaharan African, indigenous African. Black Africans are indigenous to ALL of Africa.

He certainly has some of the features of what I would call a 'Moor', I have only met the ones in Spain, they are quite beautiful with fine features, high cheek bones and a slim nose. They are also coal black almost like ebony. not brown like many Africans and West Indians we see today. I think this man may well have come to the UK through the Crusades but to me he looks more Egyptian, which of course is part of North Africa.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

25 күн бұрын

And Egypt has a very old Christian community in the Coptics. Coptics emigrated throughout the Commonwealth since forever.

I think people would watch these on a netflix or amazon prime type format if its not on there already it should be

Please, traduction ou sous titre en français...une Fan

He could have come over with the Crusades or through the ports, pirates or pilgramages. He could have north African ancestory but born in Europe. I get the impression some of the forensic team want to find something that isn't there, that there was a thriving black population in Medieval England.

This needs subs for the hearing impaired.

@pundle11

6 ай бұрын

It has subtitles …turn them on !

Im thinking a blue's band on tour

Please tell me they DNA typed this guy because the increase hapsburgs also had prominent jaws

Had to guess his skin tone?

@Cassxowary

2 жыл бұрын

And didn’t give him hair because that’s unknown too… some of it is guesswork

King offa of Mercia did mint his coins with a verse from the Koran in Arabic script so there must have been Muslims in Britain at that time, one of the coins is on show in the British museum.

I think that not having Africans around England in the Middle Ages would be more shocking than their "discovery" that they were around.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

25 күн бұрын

?. How about East Asian's?

The parish records of Hertfordshire list people of African origin living there in the 1500s...i believe one was a victualer meaning he ran a pub and he was married to a.local lady.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

25 күн бұрын

Yes history is amazing. A Russian Jewish Butcher was Mayor of cork in 1505, a Chinese Fishmonger was the City engineer.

First they insisted Sub-Saharan Africa, then concluded north Africa,