[00:02.428] | The grandest of these tombs had openings cut in the wall. |
[00:05.675] | To create side chambers where the most important bodies . |
[00:09.291] | Could be laid out in aristocratic spaciousness like family vaults in a country church. |
[00:19.998] | Unlike medieval knights, though, these grandees were buried with eagles and dogs, or even treasure. |
[00:27.838] | The kind of thing that the Vikings who broke into these tombs thousands of years later were quick to filch. |
[00:37.824] | In return, though, these early tomb raiders left their own legacy. |
[00:42.089] | These wonderful graffiti,these runes were carved by the most skilled rune carver in the western ocean. |
[00:51.021] | I bedded thorny here. Ingegirth is one horny bitch. |
[01:04.450] | As for the Orcadian hoi polloi, well, they ranked space in a common chamber. |
[01:09.911] | On a floor carpeted with the bones of hundreds of their predecessors. |
[01:15.373] | A crowded waiting room to their afterworld. |
[01:30.373] | For centuries, life at Skara Brae must have continued in much the same way. |
[01:35.490] | But around 2,500 BC, the island climate seems to have got colder and wetter. |
[01:42.493] | The red bream disappeared, and so did the stable environment the Orcadians had enjoyed for countless generations. |
[01:50.468] | Fields were abandoned, the farmers and fishers migrated, leaving their stone buildings and tombs. |
[01:57.297] | To be covered by layers of peat, drifting sand and finally grass. |
[00:02.428] | The grandest of these tombs had openings cut in the wall. |
[00:05.675] | To create side chambers where the most important bodies . |
[00:09.291] | Could be laid out in aristocratic spaciousness like family vaults in a country church. |
[00:19.998] | Unlike medieval knights, though, these grandees were buried with eagles and dogs, or even treasure. |
[00:27.838] | The kind of thing that the Vikings who broke into these tombs thousands of years later were quick to filch. |
[00:37.824] | In return, though, these early tomb raiders left their own legacy. |
[00:42.089] | These wonderful graffiti, these runes were carved by the most skilled rune carver in the western ocean. |
[00:51.021] | I bedded thorny here. Ingegirth is one horny bitch. |
[01:04.450] | As for the Orcadian hoi polloi, well, they ranked space in a common chamber. |
[01:09.911] | On a floor carpeted with the bones of hundreds of their predecessors. |
[01:15.373] | A crowded waiting room to their afterworld. |
[01:30.373] | For centuries, life at Skara Brae must have continued in much the same way. |
[01:35.490] | But around 2, 500 BC, the island climate seems to have got colder and wetter. |
[01:42.493] | The red bream disappeared, and so did the stable environment the Orcadians had enjoyed for countless generations. |
[01:50.468] | Fields were abandoned, the farmers and fishers migrated, leaving their stone buildings and tombs. |
[01:57.297] | To be covered by layers of peat, drifting sand and finally grass. |
[00:02.428] | The grandest of these tombs had openings cut in the wall. |
[00:05.675] | To create side chambers where the most important bodies . |
[00:09.291] | Could be laid out in aristocratic spaciousness like family vaults in a country church. |
[00:19.998] | Unlike medieval knights, though, these grandees were buried with eagles and dogs, or even treasure. |
[00:27.838] | The kind of thing that the Vikings who broke into these tombs thousands of years later were quick to filch. |
[00:37.824] | In return, though, these early tomb raiders left their own legacy. |
[00:42.089] | These wonderful graffiti, these runes were carved by the most skilled rune carver in the western ocean. |
[00:51.021] | I bedded thorny here. Ingegirth is one horny bitch. |
[01:04.450] | As for the Orcadian hoi polloi, well, they ranked space in a common chamber. |
[01:09.911] | On a floor carpeted with the bones of hundreds of their predecessors. |
[01:15.373] | A crowded waiting room to their afterworld. |
[01:30.373] | For centuries, life at Skara Brae must have continued in much the same way. |
[01:35.490] | But around 2, 500 BC, the island climate seems to have got colder and wetter. |
[01:42.493] | The red bream disappeared, and so did the stable environment the Orcadians had enjoyed for countless generations. |
[01:50.468] | Fields were abandoned, the farmers and fishers migrated, leaving their stone buildings and tombs. |
[01:57.297] | To be covered by layers of peat, drifting sand and finally grass. |