

Viking Apocalypse
2011-12-22 · 90 min · ★ 5.8
Viking Apocalypse is a examines the Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit in Weymouth, UK, a site of a suspected mass execution long ago.[1] 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.[2]
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- Stuart Elliott
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- National Geographic
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- United Kingdom
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- Released
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