National Geographic - Warrior Graveyard (HD) (2011) Part 1 Navy of the Damned

Warrior Graveyard uncovers some extraordinary warrior skeletons from history Samurai, Crusaders and The British Navy. Archaeologists and forensic scientists use remains to tell the story of famous warriors of the past in this three-part documentary series. These three films will unleash the full force of modern forensics upon them battle scars, bone deformations and recoverable scraps of DNA will all be tested and explored. CGI and drama will then bring them dramatically to life, revealing a revolutionary new picture of how these warriors lived - and died. Extraordinary discoveries of skeletons found in the mass graves of warriors are bringing back to life the world's most legendary fighting men. In Warrior Graveyard Back from the Dead they come under cutting-edge forensic investigation. Expert examination of their battle scars, bone deformations and teeth enamel shows who they were and how they lived, fought and died.

Part 1 Navy of the Damned

Recent archaeological sites in England offer a whole new perspective on the life and death of the seafarers and marines who built the British Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bones of sailors reveal surprising and shocking facts. Apparently not only seasoned men but also half children did their service in the Royal Navy; according to the investigations, the youngest were no older than 13 years. A forensic archaeologist studies the injuries on bones discovered at the site of an battle and suggests how these people may have died. Three-hundred-and-fifty skeletons, exhumed from Royal Navy graveyards from the age of Nelson's Navy, are throwing an extraordinary new light on how these sailors lived, fought, outwitted their enemy, and, from the oldest to youngest, suffered for victory. These men were the beating heart of the most victorious fleet in history and never have so many of these sailors' remains been available for forensic investigation. Six remarkable stories stand out the child sailor, the top man, the American gunner, the freed slave, the marine and the victim of the sailor's most dreaded disease syphilis. Broken bones, amputations, injuries from blows with a saber or cutlass, sexually transmitted diseases, but also malnutrition - the list of causes of death is long. There is definitely no tale of seafaring romance. These fighters and sailors sailed the globe as cannon fodder, conquered an empire for the crown, and were themselves forgotten. No longer just bones in a box, the men of Nelson's Navy are back from the dead.

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