3 Hours Of Digging For Britain’s Greatest Ever Finds

[@detective29]

Wow... Alice Roberts, Raksha, and Phil Harding!!! Doesn't get any better. Greatly enjoyed these.

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Phil Harding is the man. So glad he got to dig that double hinge. He's a gentleman and a scholar. His passion for British heritage is second to none.

[@kimberlypatton205]

Henge..

[@75YBA]

He’s a gem!

[@stevec-b6214]

@@kimberlypatton205 It was properly the vault of spall chick!

[@Tawadeb]

Great to see more of Phil Harding digging

[@JackSteel1965]

I could listen to Alice for days

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Yeah, well. Hmmm.

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

I adore Phil, had a huge crush on him for years. Keep digging!

[@GailBrenner-vt9ou]

LOVE PHIL. HOPE HE WELL.

[@lindahughes2289]

RAKSHA ! SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, WISHING YOU WELL !!!

[@lnbjr7]

Great to see Phil again on a dig! When was this dig recorded?

[@DH007-w2d]

Bulford was in 2016.

[@ChristianThomas-wf5dl]

I love Phil Hardìng..would like to see more of him. He has a way of explaining things like no other. He's also very funny. Regarding the lack of training of the WW1 soldiers, I say it was the poor leadership of the General staff that cost the lives of so many of the soldiers.

[@Tawadeb]

Time Team channel

[@2charliep]

He’s a genuine enthusiast with the ability to translate that enthusiasm to his listeners/viewers.

[@markjawitz6363]

Big fan of him here in the USA as well. Most folk here are completely unaware of the fabulous archeology shows in the UK, and the gems who dig into present on them.

[@suzanned6226]

Waterloo uncovered for more Phil

[@Tawadeb]

@@suzanned6226 thx

[@danielleeuwis1623]

As non British citizen I do love these serie and especially to see Phil again, I’ve watched so many time team episodes and am really fond him. And besides the storytelling I find the hostess one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen. I love this and thank you Mr Harding !

[@austinmiller1427]

I love British documentaries.

[@AncyllaWijkstra]

Ange from new Zealand. I like learning about history and archeology.

[@MrDaiseymay]

you're in the right place

[@philippemonnier1596]

Thank you so much for this document. We dont have such interresting series in France... Philippe (France)

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHY NOT ? OUR COUTRIES WERE ONCE JOINED, PRE-HISTORY. THE VIKINGS OCCUPIED FRANCE, BEFORE US.

[@westcountrymudlarks]

love these programmes cant wait

[@argosz8046]

Brilliant catch up of the latest. Each segment was well covered and gives us more to follow up on.

[@dstnurquhart]

3 hrs of Digging For Britain, Oh my!!

[@santafedave1051]

I have watched every episode of the first series and Phil is the one that makes the show!

[@tedpreston4155]

At 55:45, the white pebbles were likely placed over the grave in order to discourage scavengers from digging into the grave. I use that method to protect the graves of pets when I bury them here. A grave gets filled with dirt, then covered in several layers of small stones, and then a layer of larger ones. The larger stones get moved off the top and re-used when the next pet dies, and the risk of digging is reduced. I wonder if the Neolithic children's graves were protected that way too.

[@hughbean6785]

Thanks Alice enjoyed this

[@Westmansouth]

If I could find a Lady who looks at me like Alice Roberts looks at an archeological find , I would be a very happy man.

[@robroy5352]

my 1st wife was better than bethany hughes,,,

[@robroy5352]

wen she was younger,,,,,,,

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@robroy5352 she was a archeologist ?

[@gregedmand9939]

Great Britain seems an archeological paradise. Is this due to a national obsession with history, and so unique a handling of the land? Surely France, for example, must have an equal or greater story beneath the ground? Is it because there's so many periods of time, preserved in a relatively small geographic area? What is it that makes the UK so special?

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

We were invaded so many times, and the norm was to dig a hole and Bury your valuables in time of conflict. Also, valuables buried with the dead.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@no-oneinparticular7264 That sums it up in a few but relevant words. I'm told that, way back in prehistory, Britain was part of Europe, and we would have been easily occupied by whichever tribe was most powerful at that time, as would, and was, France etc. BUT the ice age . and later, big melt, created a channel between us, and we, became an island, and isolated, So, much later, the europeans stood on the ciffs at Calaise, and thought, whats that island over there, lets go and take a look ( invade ).

[@elizabethtowers3321]

So good to see Raksha, and Phil Harding again. When was this filmed? It was my understanding that Phil had passed away.

[@lauraamundson769]

Still alive!

[@Peter-ReneDiekmann]

really great excavations....i really liked that video as a stranger....coming from Germany and interested in History anywhere

[@johncoates3005]

I visited Stonehenge in 1964 and also a place nearby called woodhenge where a circle of post holes had been found.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Me too, in the early 1960's, when i rode by motorbike right up to the stones, and even climbed on them. I have the photos to prove it. Back then, nobody really care that much about them. except the historians. Now of course, I'd never do such a thing, even if i could,

[@jimdavidsmith4374]

Key information would be the length of the training. I would think two months to be the minimum required, for a company, and possibly more for a battalion. The training would have to include info on latest method used by the enemy. A couple of weeks would not be enough.

[@emcarver8983]

It's a pity that bad, greedy, corrupt and jealous people would take this history away from us. We should protect it at all costs.

[@GeraldEgnier]

I would love to meet Alice in person

[@simonfraser3332]

good to see Phill still has his hat! xD

[@wyvrennemacdaniels]

5:20 i heard it phil you cheeky genius. "an axe. axecelent!"

[@peterwhitejr.9374]

I know I'll never have the opportunity but I think it would be amazing to have a pint with Phil and just listen to him tell his life experiences

[@syfieldsjr1576]

Omg just vomited!

[@robost8040]

The Danes did their share of brutality to Swedes for hundreds of years long ago. As a Swede, I feel little sympathy for those probable Danish Vikings who were killed.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Get over it!!! 😂

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

​@@samuelgarrod8327that doesn't make sense, you need to clarify

[@27thstreet3]

Swede AND Dane militaries were responsible for brutality against local populations. But you go ahead and get twisted up about violence that had nothing to do with YOU personally.

[@uswjmc22]

Visby

[@Parker_Douglas]

As a Scot I totally understand your displeasure with the Dane’s as Scot’s feel re the English

[@wajunawild785]

Congratulations on your find

[@WayfaringDay]

Love Phil's enthusiasm. And I thought maybe those balls were used as sling shots.

[@whathappenedtomyYThandle]

35:50 Skeletons buried with what was inside the cave. They were probably grave robbers, thieves, a traveling family. Killed and buried with what they tried to take.

[@douglaswhite9777]

I wish to comment on the piece you have that has little holes in. It looks like it’s a modern piece but it is from prehistoric times. This was part of a bagpipe probably a one drone type Nobody knows how long ago bagpipes were made this may have been a prehistoric bag pipe with the leather bag, which would’ve been made of animal skin long ago the only thing missing is the bag the drones, or one drone which probably rotted way back for some reason this was preserved in that mud may be something connected to the mud might have Pete in the mud and it is a black wood, but this is definitely part of a bagpipe of that prehistoric. And I would say probably a one type of drone pipe and the mouthpiece is probably missing right of the way long ago I’m surprised that this survived as long as a did

[@tonitouchberry6257]

Wow! He was so wrong about carving ivory! It is one of the most beautiful and easily carved substances on this planet! That's why artisans loved working with it but it almost completely wiped out the worlds elephant population. I know this because, as a jeweler, I bought some back in the 1960's.... before it was banded in this country! I am now 79 and realized, way back then that, morally, I would never make a profit by selling it. I carved a few pieces as gifts and still have the rest!

[@colette6984]

It was not just the young men of/in Britain. Many young men in Newfoundland volunteered for the WW1. To tell them apart, the Newfoundlanders had targets placed on their backs. Truly men to the slaughter! Many died, among them those who would have been the next leaders of Newfoundland. I truly believe that we wouldn't have joined Canada if those men were alive. The vote was 51 to 49 as it was. This is all in the past, and so it can not be changed. As a Newfie who was raised on the West Coast (BC), I can't say I'm not happy to have been raised here. It's helped shape me into who I've become. But I do wonder what could have been... Newfoundland: a strong independent country.

[@alaricengelen295]

Nice

[@teresaly278]

I love time team so much, Dr. Alice Roberts can you please tell me what brand of red hair dye and color do you use to get that night red Budica hair

[@lundworks9901]

I theorized that the ring ditches and banjos enclosures were Auroch deterrent. Maybe the unexpected terrain broke their legs, and that's why archeologists find their bones in the ring ditches, not ceremonial.

[@christiandobson1162]

Missing my firstborn brothers already😢

[@GailBrenner-vt9ou]

Love phil. I am an old lady. Is Phil and his fam well.

[@morpheus2573]

It's pretty clear that the small chalk balls are the first golf balls. The pit represents the 18th hole positioned close to the clubhouse. ☝️

[@peterwhitejr.9374]

I know I will never have the opportunity but I'd love to have a pint with Phil and listen to his stories

[@suemount6042]

Me too such an evocative story teller of history and a master flint napper.

[@johncarmon9528]

is it me or do those stab wounds on the viking pelvis and skull look like pitch fork tines and maybe not a spear tip not all the men would have had a sword or spear just an observation

[@lianefehrle9921]

9:52 these chalk balls could be markers for the hides to make clothing.

[@Jazzersize]

1:19:17 forbidden cherry lifesaver

[@paddybrennan3644]

Is that a chess set? From 1200 ad ?

[@MericaF1rst]

Why do they keep it from the public? Their tax dollars fund the digs .

[@alanwilkinson9487]

I'm right behind you..

[@lukepollard2202]

Those pits look like a weapons store

[@matty-jams]

Alice Roberts reminds me of Elena from Uncharted 5. The British version I suppose. lol

[@kimberlypatton205]

Maybe it’s just my pareidolia, but the view from below the cave make it almost appear to me as 2 skull eye sockets… possibly the burials etc are related on a superstitious or traditional level? Looking up at the cave that’s what ai can imagine…

[@comitatus5337]

Really heart breaking to think that when the Caliphate take over Britain that henge will be destroyed as it has a religious conotation.

[@doncook2054]

I love how these shows insist on looking at the archaeology, not just going on what Victorians lies......this is reality.

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

War should be forgotten, our dead remembered, not interested in barbed wire. All those folks care about is gold and silver. I sometimes wonder "Do we have to know everything about the past", and maybe some human remains left in situ or place somewhere that isn't a cardboard box in a museum storeroom, a place that is more reverent. Dna can be taken, reconstructions made from skulls, we can know more about these remains than just keeping in a box for age and health can be assessed.

[@martinrooms3084]

How about telling us some dates and info?

[@jacquelinewillems981]

When will I hear about severe climate changes that coincidenced with the "Dark Ages?"

[@kevinwatson1947]

If only they knew what has happened to our country today, would you have given your life for the shyte hear today.

[@David___84h]

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[@alaricengelen295]

And I'm from England 🇬🇧

[@ianofliverpool7701]

It's not correct to called the period "The dark age" when it was far from dark.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

Dark ages is called so, because not so much is known about this time. Its the period of history which is the most difficult to find a lot of information as opposed to other times in history.

[@CharityGal]

It's known as the Dark Age because the Roman Catholic Church would not allow people to read the Bible for themselves, and many were illiterate, could not read or write. But in Britain and Ireland, knowledge was growing and scholars went to Ireland to study.

[@islandwoodsie4519]

Please forgive me, love the show BUT. I mean, this Spitfire search , is SOOooo hugely important, right? But, WE ONLY HAVE THREE DAYS to get all this stuff found????? I am not to the end of that segment yet, but it's Not been mentioned yet, WHY.

[@Rebecca_English]

Time Team filmed 3 day archeological digs. They were 3 days because all of the experts had day jobs.

[@clydethecat6028]

The balls were possibly used from a catapult or sling shot device long since rotted away. Just a thought

[@martinrooms3084]

Shouldnt these bones be left in situ as a mark of respect?

[@janetalison8384]

Could they do DNA to see or find relatives today???

[@knightabraxas]

Where is his accent from?

[@islandwoodsie4519]

Could those Chalk balls be ammuntion for their Slings?

[@PortmanRd]

Attacked from all angles by Angles.

[@scrubsrc4084]

So.... Raiding and murdering vikings counts as being enriched.

[@justinmorgan2126]

I'm sorry but finding a spitfire from 80 years ago hardly counts as archaeology especially when you have originals still flying today. Nice that they found it for sure but it has no place on/in a programme like this.

[@stevehunt4660]

😂

[@crazyemraled8494]

Is it a mort

[@gra8078]

In 2016 she says, stop replaying 8 yr old episodes as if they’re new

[@LuciusSeptamus]

Finds prefect balls to be used as slinger ammo.."Must have been a memento"

[@alaricengelen295]

My name is ALARIC king of viking s

[@joshshirk5356]

Could those balls be throwing stones?

[@Tawadeb]

Maybe they wanted to give the Merlin's cave people a Christian burial?

[@SP-fs2jc]

What I will say, whilst watching the latest D4B series, is archaeological world is now dominated by female archaeologists. The dig at Paulton is basically a short little Welshman and about 20 women. Feminism in action.

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

The balls were n't but golf balls !

[@aaron6178]

Phil Harding needs to work on those fingernails lol. Good Lord man.

[@CarlActon]

God your fit

[@SmallLeaflet]

Ye

[@markosborn5713]

White signifying untainted and pure

[@Cigarsmokin_woodworker]

A

[@robynterrey7767]

So sorry guys. I'm going to have to unsubscribe. I hope your life on the island goes well and that you do end up enjoying it.

[@GailBrenner-vt9ou]

Its 2024.. Oct. Is he still alive? Please answer. FK.

[@GailBrenner-vt9ou]

FL.

[@fenixfp40]

What a load of bs Phil comes out with, sad.

[@charlesstewart9246]

Everything is ritual to phil? It's high status axes but it's the refuse? How is it both. Plus wouldn't e ever person over 3yrs would have been very able to produce an axe. Not my words,these are the words of the man himself on many a knapping show. "The flint knob was basically the Swiss army knife of the stone age."! Sound familiar Phil? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛏️🤔🇬🇧

[@mikomiko993]

Don't forget India, it was ur greatest haul.

[@최다미-o7w]

A wonderful attempt to whitewash our unfortunate military past. What a shame you failed.

[@SweetN_Sinner]

I just noticed the hand signaling (thumb, index and middle finger up with ring and pinky down) is similar to the Salvador Mundi painting!!! Same hand held up as well! @ 1:10:11

[@auxiliary4023]

Black dress and orange hair = ....🤔

[@johncarter1150]

Equal, you need a real girlfriend

[@robroy5352]

why was ,,,is,,, infant mortality always been a problem?????? i thought with,, time it would get better

[@robroy5352]

they always ask why did they leave no fkn trees left,

[@robroy5352]

seems the white pebble thing even made it 2 scotland

[@robroy5352]

i always said it had f all 2 do with religeos shit giving cash 2 the gods

[@stephennmullins3989]

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