Watch this...

[wiseheart]

...if you are interested in the Crusades. It's a reconstruction of the siege and destruction of the Templar fortress at Jacob's Ford in 1179. Here is the complete episode of 45 minutes.

Warning: some really brutal fighting scenes. Still, it's highly interesting how they reconstruct entire fights from the injuries of the skeleton 900 years later.

Comments

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this link, which I shall forward to The Beloved.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I live to serve. ;)
Hopefully, he'll find it useful.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

And yes, isn't it fascinating what the archaeologists can read from the bones of those long dead?!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's amazing, isn't it? I so love such programmes, they're far too rare for my taste.