Archaeologists uncover headless corpses of 51 Vikings executed by Saxons in Dorset killing field
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 8:12 AM on 12th March 2010
They knelt and cowered together - a once proud and fearless band of raiders stripped and humiliated by their Saxon captors.
他們跪下和畏縮在一起 - 一個曾經自豪和無畏的掠奪者組合，被他們的撒克遜人俘虜者脫光和羞辱。
One by one, their executioners stepped forward, uttered a prayer and brought their axes and swords crashing down on the necks of the Viking prisoners.
一個接一個，他們的劊子手踏出，發出祈禱聲，用他們的斧頭和劍轟落維京人囚犯的脖子上。
The axes fell until the roadside was sticky with blood from the decapitated corpses of the 51 men, most barely in their twenties.
斧頭落下直到路邊被51個斬首屍體的血變粘，他們大多數僅在廿歲。
Burial site: The decapitated skulls were left in one part of a pit and the bodies in another near Weymouth, Dorset, during excavations for a relief road
埋葬地點：砍下的頭顱被遺棄在坑的一部分，屍體則在多塞特韋茅斯附近的另一個坑，在挖掘間道時
A researcher sifts through the Viking bones found by the side of the road
一位研究員篩選在路邊發現的維京人骨頭
Life was tough and short for Vikings. The 51 executed would have been a captured raiding party
對維京人生命是艱難和短暫的，51個疲行刑的可能是一組被抓獲的突擊隊
The first waves of Vikings to arrive were after loot - and they saw the undefended monasteries, with their silver chalices and gold crosses as a soft target
第一波到達的維京人是在劫掠之後 - 和他們看到不設防的寺院，以銀酒杯和黃金十字架作為一軟性目標
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1257333/51-headless-Viking-skeletons-Weymouth-ditch.html
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