Is An Ancient Roman Bridge Buried Under This Muddy River? | Extreme Archaeology | Unearthed History

[@acerb4566]

"Extreme Archaeology". These people are Brave!! They even go deep in caves & mines that other Archaeologist fear to go!

[@EmbraceTheJourney]

this team was amazing. Nothing was going to stop them. Great video, great historical discovery, thank you very much

[@ozzyluvngirl]

Highly engaging end awesome video. Guys did work. Thank you, I enjoyed it.

[@rittherugger160]

Plywood. Lay a sheet down, walk onto it, place another sheet, walk onto it, place another sheet.... You could do it with only 2 sheets. It would just take longer.

[@letstrytouserealscienceoka3564]

Yeah, I was thinking about something like 1/4" rubber, 6 ' wide, A big roll of it, one piece. You could even use something slightly less dense than water to make it easy to take out. You could walk out there in street clothes.

[@lenabreijer1311]

There wouldn't be time to do any archeology.

[@michaelpfister1283]

So... Laying a temporary plank causway to the site was impractical? Or even using something like, say, snowshoes to walk out there on the mud? This opening sequence seems like it was chosen more for the drama than any practical reason. :-/ Work smarter, not harder.

[@ozzyluvngirl]

You and I have the same thinking on all of that. I was thinking snow shoes myself.

[@Afro408]

There is history of our Australian Aboriginies using what was Kuditcha? boots to cross muddy lake beds. Essentially just solid snow shoes, or very wide short skis, made from stiff bark with a thong strap of twisted bark. In the mud shown here, an inflatable dingy would slid on it? Interesting to watch anyway, but also tells me that a lot of scientists have no practical skills. ;)

[@magsj6474]

Ya, opening scene was stupid. Why wouldn't anyone have checked the mud first? Or approached by raft and done the sampling from the water. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the video. Thank you, had to get that off my chest

[@lenabreijer1311]

They would be gone when the tide comes in and they were not allowed to have that happen. So they would need to take the time to lay them down and take them back up. All in 1 hour.

[@cindyloomis-torvi3396]

The mud swallows everything.

[@glendamears3618]

A great team of clever young people..😊❤

[@YDuskyCricket]

22:03 that looks like the underlay of the Roman road. *My POV - need to get myself certified as being an amateur archeologist after watching Time Team for so many years (plus other shows.) Ready to go out in the field now, 😂.

[@aaronjaben7913]

bloody silly trying to walk out in the mud! Also the zip line is overly complicated. My first thought was "sit in a boat and wait for the tide to go out".

[@margomoore4527]

Good idea.

[@thelongdrag9188]

Mark: Chainsaw is the last thing we'd like - the archaeology is too fragile Katie: I can't saw through it - the wood's too hard!

[@michaelnewman5734]

Whatever you do ,don't consider a raft cos that would be just silly

[@sirpainter1]

That was my thought too, a raft. Thought I'd read the comments 1st to see if anyone else was as smart as me & ta-da I found 1.

[@micheleploeser7720]

You guys are better than the new time team and I really like the old original time team

[@746laurie]

Mark was even more of a drama queen than Tony was in the original Time Team programmes

[@jfc213]

briliant

[@glendamears3618]

You need flat boarding to get over there😮

[@lianefehrle9921]

A rubber boat would have been what was needed 12:11

[@dl7596]

That's what I kept thinking -- why not some kind of flat, floating platform or flat bottomed boat-like thing like they use in the Everglades, instead of their thin, stick legs poking down into the mud.

[@lenabreijer1311]

Lol In that tide? They use rubber boats here in the bay of Fundy, to do white water rafting on the tide.

[@magsj6474]

This was a very chaotic, disorganized, drama-filled archaeological dig. They should probably let actual archaeologists work on it next time.

[@earlhobenshield166]

Why Didn't they use a bloody flat bottom boat?

[@KubotaManDan]

seems like a time before drones & battery powered sawzall tools. they had a crane they didn't use on camera. seems fishy maybe 20 years old this video.

[@kevinrenn9123]

I agree, would be nice if the person posting this would put a date. The also spelled Katie Hirst's name wrong in the credits and I'm pretty sure this is from the 2004 TV series "Extreme Archeology". If you're post other peoples work at least give them a little credit otherwise people will think you are a liar and thief

[@thelongdrag9188]

Yes. Their faces show they look a lot younger with peachy complexions than in more recent programs in which they appear. Alice has done a lot of stuff since then.

[@marvy3022]

@@kevinrenn9123 They have the rights to post these videos, y'know?

[@dewardroy6531]

Armchair QB’s always have all the answers. We viewers can’t know all the details from watching this video. Thing is though, the team got the sample and a date. We viewers got to watch a very interesting video. Well done, I say.

[@YDuskyCricket]

Most of us have watched Time Team for years so yea, we are all probably at least amateur level by now, 😂.

[@madmann5040]

They the produccers ,should have a professional resuce team on standby.

[@kelliv2995]

Sleds maybe? Or Inflatable rafts?

[@doubleT84]

So they built a bridge over the river to a cliff? Was the road so untypical because it was the base of a ramp and the bridge sloped or high?

[@margomoore4527]

Why not “float” a few pieces of plywood and slither along them -low crawl? I can’t imagine why they didn’t use their brains. Looks as though the only way to get to the water might be being lowered from a heli.

[@darrelld.paveyjr.1477]

Those men should have done this first, a tad chauvinistic of them to get the women to do the dirty work. A temporary coffer dam lifted off at completion, leaving the locale as pristine as before would also work. There are rubber tread cranes, this method may have not been financially feasible... Overall Fantastic video and work Katie; Alice; Meg and crew!!!

[@margomoore4527]

They’ll never dig down deep enough to reach the bottom of the piles, so why try? Next time send a couple of divers.

[@dcmackc01]

I think the women would have done a better job planning the dig. Mark always gets the women into dicey predicaments.

[@glendamears3618]

Such a great team of amazing young clever 0 poeple

[@JackyHeijmans]

Why try the easy way if there is a hard way? Put down boards with floaters, use a rubber boat.. but guess that would not make exciting video..

[@katiewenta]

I was wondering the same thing…. Why on earth not lay wide flat planks on the surface? Of course, they’ve been doing this stuff for decades… maybe there’s a logistical/logical reason they didn’t? 🤷‍♀️

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@katiewenta Yea, they say they need to leave it prestine, but go and dig for a road a moment later. I would think that leaves more of a mark then some floating device they can walk on without risking their life? I don't get it either. 😕

[@sirensynapse5603]

Romanes Eunt Domus!

[@K1110.]

That Dude Whining All The Time Is A Bit Of A Drama Queen. At Least You Got A Date Well Done.

[@leighperry2404]

Rubber boat... Set in it and use poles to slide across.

[@glennoloughlin186]

Saber saw clones

[@brianpeck4035]

They could have motored in a line of floating docks and anchored to the muck with earth screws or...instead of dry suits the women could have worn bikinis and gone barefoot. So much less suction to fight against so much more energy and time for mud wrestling. ...or on the cheap they could have laid down and simply rolled across or...hook a bunch of slip n slides together or...

[@lenabreijer1311]

No they couldn't. Not allowed to do that. Didn't you pay attention to what was said.

[@hilarykirkby4771]

Was this a joke? I appreciate tht the Romans took on any challenge, but surely they´d have preferred something a little easier!

[@jefffranklin2779]

❤amazing work done by some extremely good looking women❤

[@hankcincere]

Not very bright, fliat rafts down to foundation, lay down floats from shore to site, geez

[@Derichoule]

A simple job .talk about creating drama

[@alfredmolison7134]

Man. This isn't worth it.

[@remporterschnauzers]

So they had a boat and 2 kayaks but first attempt was across the mud followed by a zip line? Good TV and drama but not credible.

[@Troy_nov1965]

Could have rowed a boat out to it at low tide stood on it cut the timber with chain saw.... done. They had to add all this drama and complicated zip line for a reality TV show ......Ugh.

[@sterlingmoose9335]

A little pathetic but hey it is called Extreme Archaeology. Day 1 wasted by wallowing in the mud, then the high wire act. Wish I was smart enough to have a university education.

[@GayaGreen]

That is a very dedicating way too doo arcology... congr... too your findings...

[@Agameda1]

Ridiculous opening ten minutes.

[@lyndapierson6338]

this was a waste of time

[@margomoore4527]

the mud wrestling was boring and ridiculous.

[@alfredmolison7134]

I swear this is some kind of women torture.

[@paulreed2204]

What a joke this is!