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Secrets Of The Dead Episode 1.03 The Lost Vikings
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Secrets Of The Dead Episode 1.03 The Lost Vikings

Episode Premiere
May 16, 2000
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
Thirteen
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Episode Premiere
May 16, 2000
Genre
Documentary
Period
2000 -
Production Co
Thirteen
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Additional Cast
  • Judith Jesch

Why did Greenland's Vikings disappear? The Vikings of Greenland left no clues to their sudden and mysterious disappearance. Or did they? On a desolate coast of Greenland, an international team of archaeologists, forensic anthropologists, entomologists and botanists sets out to investigate clues in a complex chain of events that may have led to the demise of a Viking colony. Unearthing the ruins of a settlement that included a cathedral complete with stained glass, the scientists carefully identify and date the vestiges of the Viking society. Among their discoveries are a "mini Ice Age," a war with neighboring Inuits, and a religious order that may have doomed the Vikings to obsolescence. (UK/PBS 55 min)