Digging for Britain

Professor Alice Roberts (Time Team) tells the story of Britain through the countryâ€™s archaeological finds, from the rituals at Stonehenge to the practices of the ancient Celts and the struggles between the Anglo-Saxons and Viking invaders. As Roberts shows, sometimes discoveries are made by professional archaeologists, sometimes by amateur enthusiasts, and sometimes by crews on building sites.

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S4 A1 – Celtic Rituals
9 april 2016
51min
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Roberts pieces together the archaeological evidence to better understand Stonehenge’s mysterious rituals, a pagan Celtic tribe’s bizarre animal sacrifices to their gods, and the secrets of a site that contained Britain’s earliest human remains.
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S4 A2 – The Thames
16 april 2016
52min
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Traveling to the east of Britain, Roberts highlights the most exciting recent finds. In the Thames Estuary, divers battle the elements to solve a maritime mystery dating from the 1600s. Back on land, a team of archaeologists uncover a mass grave in the British capital, and an amateur metal-detectorist discovers how desperate the Anglo-Saxons were to make the Vikings go away.
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S4 A3 – Viking Treasure
23 april 2016
52min
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In Scotland, a metal detectorist discovers a Viking hoard: arm rings, gold ingots, brooches, and a large Christian cross. But as Roberts explains, sometimes discoveries are made when least expected, such as when a new housing development unearths a graveyard of Iron Age warriors whose tribe may have traveled from continental Europe to settle in Yorkshire.
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