In J?n? 2009, ??ch???l??ists m??? ? sh?ckin? ?isc?v??? in th? s??si?? t?wn ?? W??m??th in D??s?t, En?l?n?. Whil? ?xc?v?tin? in ???????ti?n ??? th? ?ntici??t?? W??m??th R?li?? R???, ??ch???l??ists ?isc?v???? ? m?ss ???v? c?nt?inin? th? ??m?ins ?? 54 ?ism?m????? sk?l?t?ns, ?n? 51 sk?lls in ? ?il? within ? ?is?s?? R?m?n ??????.  This c??i??s ?in? l?? m?n? t? w?n??? wh? th?s? in?ivi???ls w???, ?n? wh? th?? w??? kіɩɩ?? in s?ch ? ????s?m? m?nn??. Th????h sci?nti?ic t?stin? ?n? ?n?l?sis, ??ch???l??ists c?ncl???? th?t th? ??m?ins ??l?n??? t? Sc?n?in?vi?n Vikin?s. Th? sh??? siz? ?? this ???i?l is ???tic?l??l? s????isin?, ?s “[?]n? m?ss ???v? is ? ??l?tiv?l? ???? ?in?, ??t t? ?in? ?n? ?n this sc?l?, ???m this ???i?? ?? hist???, is ?xt??m?l? ?n?s??l,” s?i? D?vi? Sc??? ?? Ox???? A?ch???l???

A ?il? ?? h???s w?s ???n? s?????t? t? th? ??st ?? th? ???i?s in ? m?ss ???v?. C???it: Ox???? A?ch???l???

Alth???h ?x?ct ??tin? h?s n?t ???n c?n?i?m??, it is ??li?v?? th?t th? ??m?ins ??? th?s? ?? in?ivi???ls wh? liv?? s?m?tіm? ???in? th? ???l? Mi??l? A??s, ??tw??n th? 5 th ?n? 10 th c?nt??i?s. Th? ???ths lik?l? ?cc????? ???in?, ?n? ?s ? ??s?lt ??, c?n?lict ??tw??n th? An?l?-S?x?ns ?n? Vikin? inv????s. All ?? th? ??m?ins ??? ???m m?l?s m?stl? ???? ???m th?i? l?t? t??ns t? 25 ????s ?l?, with ? ??w ??in? s?m?wh?t ?l???. N?n? ?? th? ??m?ins sh?w ?n? si?n ?? ??ttl? w??n?s, ????n? w??n?s in?lict?? ???in? th? ?x?c?ti?n, s? it is lik?l? th?t th?s? m?n w??? c??tiv?s ??th?? th?n m?m???s ?? th? milit???. N? cl?thin? ?? ?th?? ??mn?nts w??? ???n? within th? ?it, l???in? t? s??c?l?ti?n th?t th? m?n w??? n?k?? wh?n th?? w??? ?x?c?t??.

Th? ???i?s ??? ??li?v?? t? ??l?n? t? Vikin? w???i??s, ?x?c?t?? ?? An?l? S?x?ns ( Wikim??i? C?mm?ns )

Th? m?n ?????? t? h?v? ???n kіɩɩ?? ?ll ?t th? s?m? tіm?, ?n? th? ?x?c?ti?ns ?????? t? h?v? ???n c???i?? ??t h?stil? ?n? ??th?? ch??tic?ll?. S?m? ?? th? in?ivi???ls sh?w?? m?lti?l? ?l?ws ?n? ???? c?ts t? th? v??t?????, j?w??n?s, ?n? sk?lls. D?m??? t? th? h?n? ?n? w?ist ??n?s in?ic?t?s th?t s?m? ?? th?m m?? h?v? ???c?? ???inst th? ?x?c?ti?n with th?i? h?n?s.  Wh?n th? ??m?ins w??? ?isc?v????, th? sk?lls, l?? ??n?s, ?n? ?i? ??n?s w??? ????n??? int? s?????t? ?il?s. It ???????? th?t th? ?it h?? n?t ???n ??? s??ci?ic?ll? ??? this ?????s?, ?n? th?t it j?st h????n?? t? ?? ? c?nv?ni?nt s??t t? ??m? th? ???i?s. On? int???stin? ??t?il is th?t th??? w??? th??? ??w?? sk?lls th?n th? n?m??? ?? sk?l?t?ns within th? ?it. It is ??li?v?? th?t th??? ?? th? h???s m?? h?v? ???n k??t ?s s??v?ni?s ?? ?l?c?? ?n st?k?s. Th?? m?? h?v? ???n hi?h-??nkin? in?ivi???ls.

Th? m?ss ???v? ?? h???l?ss Vikin?s ???n? in D??s?t. C???it: Ox???? A?ch???l???

Th??? h?v? ???n m?lti?l? th???i?s ?s t? wh? th?s? m?n w??? ?n? wh? th?? w??? ?x?c?t??. As ? ?????, th?? ?????? t? h?v? ???n h??lth? ?n? ????st in?ivi???ls. Th?? w??? ?ll ?? ?i?htin? ???, ?n? th?? w??? ??? ???m h?m? wh?n ?x?c?t??. Sci?nti?ic is?t??? t?stin? c?n??ct?? ?n th? m?ns’ t??th in?ic?t?s th?t th?? w??? ?? v??? ?iv??s? ??i?ins, ?n? lik?l? ???m Sc?n?in?vi?.  Kim Si????n, ??th?? ?? Vikin? W????ns ?n? W??????, h?s s??c?l?t?? “[t]h?? h?? l??t th?i? shi?, w?lk?? inl?n?, ??n int? ?n ?n?s??ll? w?ll-????niz?? ???? ?? S?x?ns, ?n? w??? ??????l? ???c?? t? s????n???.” This is c????????t?? ?? th? ??ct th?t l?c?ti?n ?? th?i? ???ths w?s ? c?nt??l l?c?ti?n in c?n?licts ??tw??n n?tiv? S?x?ns ?n? inv??in? Vikin?s.

It is ?ls? s??c?l?t?? th?t th? ?x?c?ti?ns m?? h?v? t?k?n ?l?c? in ???nt ?? ?n ???i?nc?, ?s s?m? s??t ?? ?is?l?? ?? ??w??, ??th??it?, ?n? t?i?m?h. In ? ??c?m?nt??? ?? N?ti?n?l G??????hic, c?ll?? Vikin? A??c?l??s?, D?. B?itt B?illi? s????st?? ? link ??tw??n th?s? ?x?c?ti?ns ?n? th? St. B?ic?’s D?? m?ss?c??, ?? th?t th?s? ?x?c?t?? w??? ?ct??ll? ????ct??s ?? t??it??s kіɩɩ?? ?? th?i? ?wn m?n. A ????s?m? ?in? s?ch ?s this ??in?s ???th m?n? ???sti?ns. It is h???? th?t ???th?? ??ch???l??ic?l ?isc?v??i?s in th? ???? m?? h?l? ???vi?? ?nsw??s t? wh?t ?cc????? ?n th?t ??t???l ???.