Was There a Dark Age Collapse after the Romans Left Britain?
22Archaeoscoop no.11
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0:00 Introduction
1:23 Medieval Toy Workshop
8:15 Britain’s Economy DID NOT Collapse after the Romans
13:12 DNA Pinpoints Pandemic Culprit
18:35 aDNA Used to Identify Lentils’ History
23:03 The World’s First Known Author Gets a Face!
26:40 Conclusion
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Medieval Toy Workshop Unearthed in Freiburg: Archaeologists Discover Forgotten Childhood Treasures:
https://arkeonews.net/medieval-toy-workshop-unearthed-in-freiburg-archaeologists-discover-forgotten-childhood-treasures/
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New study shows Britain’s economy did not collapse after the Romans left:
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/britain-economy-thrived-after-the-romans-left/
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Ancient DNA Pinpoints Culprit Responsible for World's First Pandemic:
https://archaeology.org/news/2025/09/05/ancient-dna-pinpoints-culprit-responsible-for-worlds-first-pandemic/
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Ancient crop discovered in the Canary Islands thanks to archaeological DNA:
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ancient-crop-canary-islands-archaeological.html
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Priestess, Poet, Politician:
https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2022/features/akkadians-enheduanna-poet-politician/