Is There An Ancient Roman Temple Of Relics Buried Under Surrey? | Time Team | Odyssey

Six hundred Roman coins, 40 broaches and a peculiar piece of metal lead Tony and the team to a Surrey field. Could the ancient metal be part of a Roman priests' sceptre, and if so, could there also be an unknown Roman Temple underfoot? `Time Team' has hunted Roman temples many times before and always failed to find them: could this be the dig that changes all that?
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[@JoeSmalley1234]

I like the way they narrate with conversations. We are not being talked at or lectured to, it feels like they are making us part of the conversation. Love this show and have seen them each multiple times.

[@donnieboughton1730]

It's almost like it's a tv series...

[@samflower31]

Same, that what sets this one apart for me. Love it!

[@alienmozart9902]

I think I'm falling in love with this show. Just watching a bunch of people passionate about what they do, the childlike joy in making a discovery, it's just pure gold.

[@anoush3948]

If you enjoy listening to people geeking out about their area of expertise you'd love the podcast Ologies!!! So much fun

[@monicacall7532]

That’s why I’m a huge fan of TT. Even if they don’t find anything I love how excited the group are. This is the only kind of reality TV that appeals to me.

[@wendywhite2642]

I've watched oh maybe 50 episodes of Time Team in the year since I discovered it. I don't know where this is in the order of the episodes from old to the end of the series in the early 2000s, and I've seen Phil Harding excited, but I have never seen him so excited that he's stuttering! Flint is certainly his first love, but how many times in your archaeologist life are you the first to discover a Roman Road and settlement no one knew was there! That was a career bump in his life for sure! ❤️😁 I love me some Phil!

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Phils love of the soil makes me happy. What a freakin legend. I'd give my left arm to meet that guy. He made me fall in live w history and archaeology.

[@Ghostvertigo]

Seeing John Gater laugh at Phil & Neil talking about dirt made me LOL

[@vickywitton1008]

Phil is amazing, I love watching him knap flint, very relaxing!

[@mutualbeard]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@sammom8599]

I luv Phil. Always have. His enthusiasm for his craft and his professionalism. Like any good archaeologist he does not jump to conclusions but can admit “I don’t know..” but with a love of his job continues to dig for the full picture. No massive ego to feed.

[@TermiteUSA]

Same here "innitt?"

[@bethbartlett5692]

He is such a likeable man. It's like you could have drinks and feel like he's been a friend for years. The are such endearing characters in the TT Group.

[@A.Hess7749]

Agreed!❤️

[@phoule76]

stone the crows

[@prizecowproductions]

Phil is one of my favourites too second only to Roman Baldrick

[@oldschoolman1444]

Love Phil's technological description of the different soils, soft and crunchy.

[@mzansime]

This was one of my favourite episodes ever! Such interesting finds and possibilities. And not too precious about having a preconceived notion. So they weren't trying to make the archeology fit a fixed expectation, but instead following it to see where it led. Dear Phil was spot on. 👌❤

[@twiddledeebarna3257]

I just discovered this show not to long ago. I used to watch things like this with my dad who has passed away . It just makes me think of him when I watch. Also sad to find out Mick has passed. I thank the team for doing these shows. We don't get anything like this in America.

[@czgator9000]

They tried Time Team America with a different team but it just did not work.

[@moorek1967]

That is because no scientist in America would be featured less than "good looking and charming". American scientists are about looks and money, not actual science. That is why when they say "97% of scientists concur" really means those scientists just agreed to agree and get paid then move on to the next trend. Three years ago the scientific community could define what a woman is, now they just don't know. And how did that happen? Well, people really need to question why they believe the same scientists about climate change but don't know what a woman is and saying men can have babies. American scientists are not scientists, they are media darlings. Just ask Todd Disotell.

[@MrYib]

Ran for about 20 years, then they tried to freshen it up with new faces, think there was concern a bunch of old dudes wasn't modern enough. Anyway, it was canned not long after, then Mick died shortly after that (RIP), and in 2021 the show's illustrator, the phenomenally talented Victor Ambrus, also passed.

[@matthewpocock4824]

The "new digger" 😄💙 I do so wish Australia had this kind of history, I find it fascinating. Who else had a Baldrick moment when Tony donned the priests cap? 😆

[@mutualbeard]

Australia has a short European archaeological record but has a deep indigenous record. I had the pleasure of attending a talk by the late John Mulvaney and would recommend reading his book "A Prehistory of Australian". It opened my eyes to how much the late comers to this country have often disregarded what came before.

[@CH3FFI3]

Time Team did an episode in Australia at the site of the Ned Kelly gang's final stand. I searched for it but could only find a very poor quality copy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqGzknx8js6KmMk

[@ivanolsen7966]

Hooray ... these videos are once again available in Australia

[@4rdale]

Guy is my favorite Roman expert. And such a cultured voice!

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

I just LOVE watching Time Team. Helps pass the time while sewing and I learn stuff and things

[@vickywitton1008]

I like to watch while sewing too

[@hanes_cymru_]

23:07 - "Tony Robinson; The Priest Of Time Team" Nice haha

[@jeremymatthies726]

I am soooo absolutely loving watching time team. I have a passion myself for history and love seeing all the wonderful and cool history coming forth. Keep up the great awesome work team. Greetings from Canada

[@-Anjel]

22:40 "yes, like a swagger stick". Why don't we have swagger sticks anymore?

[@damionkeeling3103]

Too many bumps on noggins.

[@mcburcke]

Tony wearing that headdress and carrying the sceptre looks like he's off to shoot another episode of "Blackadder"

[@graceamerican3558]

As an American I lived in Surrey (Croydon actually) for about a year. I would love to go back and all these sites. I drove on that road daily. We drove to London… once. 😂 After that we always took the train.

[@mdsf01]

I was expecting someone to say "I have a cunning plan." Nicely done!

[@wiretamer5710]

Interestingly, Tony never says "I have a cunning plan." on TT. Must have been a deliberate editorial decision not to include Black Adder references, because I cannot imagine that he didn't say it occasionally. I'm also surprised that Tony never did the costume thing, especially when other TT members did so.

[@peterjackson4763]

@@wiretamer5710 There was a mention when they found part of a baldrick in one episode.

[@StarwarsFannick]

Love time team, learned so much I recommend to anyone who wants to learn history of the uk, or history in general.

[@eggy68]

Phil was really on point in this one. Love that enthusiasm!

[@ferdi5407]

Watching for the umpteenth time, and not for the last time. Love Love Love TimeTeam

[@mintybadger6905]

It’s a strange state of affairs but I watch this show just for the chance to hear Phil go “Ohhhhh!”.

[@czgator9000]

Or "Stone o' crows!"

[@littleboydesign]

wait till you catch yourself watching this again as well as others 20 years & specials...cheers mates😁

[@barryeva9186]

Certainly am

[@teresaschaefer4861]

Yes,yes and again yes

[@Raycheetah]

I'd just like a comprehensive, sequential playlist of ALL the Time Team episodes, preferably with dates, on one channel. I wish I could say I had the time to watch them all over and over, but let's start with each one ONCE. ='[.]'=

[@evelynpretty2231]

Second go-round for me!! Awesome Show!!!

[@stephenblakely4463]

I absolutely love these videos. Please keep em coming. You all are amazing

[@TacDyne]

"But why were there coins on top of it?" Dude, have you ever walked through an apartment complex parking lot on Saturday or Sunday morning? There is money laying about everywhere.

[@carmineredd1198]

okay, but twenty dollar coins back then could buy an apartment complex

[@CroDubr0vnik]

@Celto Loco Old world civilization.We are inheritors, nothing is new under the sun.

[@maineeveryday3991]

Money laying everywhere? Where you live, I need to move. 😂

[@thomasohanlon1060]

What would be great to see is the Time Team return to past sites (digs) to ether show if anything else has been found or the team does a bit more investigations in the site.

[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

They are coming back look up time team official or time team classics they are making a few new episodes yes a bunch have passed but the young ones are still doing this stuff I know Mick Victor and Robin have passed away but Phil still Works on archaeology

[@Bramble451]

@@tomtinkersrezlife278 Neither Phil nor Tony are part of the new series, though.

[@larryzigler6812]

They have. Look up Time Team Specials

[@twobluestripes]

While it would be fun to get an update (maybe an overview of many sites at a time) of research done since the episode on the favorite sites, for now the returning team have said they want to focus their resources on new-to-them sites that need saving/research most! I think that’s very understandable considering the ultimate goal of archaeology!

[@czgator9000]

@@Bramble451 I appreciate the effort but even though there are many of the old team, it loses quite a bit without them.

[@HabarudoD]

Phil: "OO-AAH" Translation "look at that!"

[@rachelkristine4669]

That's quite the beanie , that Tony is wearing! Great show! 🤣🤣🤣🥰

[@garyhorton5873]

Really like Phil’s mind excellent. But all the crew work so hard to find the answers to every site.

[@kristifreeman5830]

I love these videos

[@lindseyelliott7038]

These are my new favorite blokes hands down.

[@renofredrenofred4913]

This episode is very productive, more so than many I've watched. Quite interesting! Well worth the watch! A great many "results".

[@larryzigler6812]

For me all have been well worth watching.

[@LotsofStuffYT]

I love how everyone has their own hypothesis and no one really knows.

[@mutualbeard]

A perfect Time Team.

[@celticwolff5429]

As soon as the questions about the Roman roads came up, I started chanting "Stewart, Stewart" in my head.

[@damionkeeling3103]

That headdress at the end is modelled after the Guildford headdress and is possibly Celtic in origin. It is a similar design to earlier headdresses made of metal plates found at Deal, Kent and Sandberg ridge near Roseldorf, Austria.

[@therecklesswarlock6439]

omg i used to watch this show as a kid! i finally found them again

[@AtticusJackson]

I'm a simple man. I see Baldrick, I hit like.

[@earlofsmeg]

🤣🤣🤣 Because he has a cunning plan.

[@22RedEyeJedi22]

tought I knew The presenter Tony from somewhere after about 10 episodes and then it hit me....from blackadder.....so good

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Such rich soil…the gardener in me, lol.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting,

[@melindak.21]

It’s a TOTALLY GREAT SHOW! I’m Obsessed!

[@SamtheIrishexan]

Good dig!!

[@lindaconnor7294]

Great Video

[@Patrick_Cooper]

"Tipping Down" a very British term. I may have to adopt it for the few times a year we actually get rain...

[@johndraper7136]

So, the stone head featured in the episode is evidence of the work of Medusa, who was conquered by Perseus, i.e., the temple is that of a local Perseus.

[@skwoods7986]

that was a really enjoyable episode.

[@barbarapatterson4132]

The one thing about this program was when they found something ,they didn't finish the dig. I hated that. I would have been great to see the finished finds. Especially towns cor e spending when they started a find and never finished them

[@damionkeeling3103]

Or they find an earlier layer but lack the time to investigate it so mediæval and Roman get priority over iron age and earlier.

[@SandraNelson063]

The work they did was often to help the local University or archaeological society. TT would do the preliminaries, to prove there was really something there worth investigating. The University or society would then be able to round up some funding to continue the dig.

[@arturovaldes546]

If the Roman's know the effort these people are putting for a few coins and broken pots they would be laughing.

[@damionkeeling3103]

Not when they realised how little of their civilisation survived, reduced to a few pottery sherds and building foundations. There's not a single standing Roman building in Britain. The Roman Baths at Bath are reconstructed starting in the Middle Ages.

[@borderreiver3288]

brilliant....

[@emiche711]

I’m about to find out! 🙌

[@davidgodley521]

Tony you look as good as ever!

[@dlow8423]

While I'm still watching this video as I'm writing this, I'm thinking it's a Roman camp site to where a priest and tax collector camped at while collecting the taxes in the area. They will still have all the things they will need while there, like cooking and worship area etc...

[@phoule76]

it's at a crossroads, so it's far too important than for just a seasonal campsite. I think their theory that it was a seasonal market holds more water

[@captainjamesmartin]

Thoroughly enjoyable. Persistent naysayer Guy does irritate me though.

[@Bramble451]

But he's usually right. More often than Neil was.

[@jonerlandson1956]

forensics... you got to love it...

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@allstardaddy_0170]

Love watching these, however painful the commercial interruptions are every 20 seconds. Good God!

[@Dovietail]

If the 3 day working limit really bothers me in this episode. I hope they came back to this site or that they planned to in the new series.

[@Bowie_E]

Clicked double quick for Tony's hat in the thumbnail 😂

[@stevienicks1269]

It is truely fantastic!

[@Kaaxe]

Wish they had more than 3 days. Presumably other archeologists pick up these sites when they leave

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@myview5840]

Was there any battles near by where maybe the roman troops buried their wealth before going into battle. Maybe a tent camp. Could of lost and never managed to recover their stuff?????

[@petercameron1688]

Hi, has been any follow up on this site ?

[@shengmei9186]

WOW!

[@haskelldavis5244]

At 11:30 when Tony does the big grunt pulling the brooch out you can see the pin part still in ground. Hope they saw it because he didn't.

[@PtolemyJones]

I wonder why the description of Roman temples in Britain sounds so different from the Roman temples in Rome?

[@toomanyopinions8353]

It's thousands of miles away and inhabited by different people. One of the things that made the Roman empire so successful is that they didn't force their culture onto occupied peoples. Whats found in England is thousands of years of culture with an added Roman influence.

[@nellinightshade3358]

this is what i binge-watch. bugger the comedy series.

[@neilbush9873]

My theory is the romans played 2 up in long grass a lot which leads me to believe that romans originally came from Australia where this coin tossing game was very popular with ww1 soldiers.

[@MarkDibley]

S14 E11 - "Road to the Relics", 25 March 2007

[@bartadams2431]

Is there an ancient roman temple of reli good shows

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Time Team is seriously great! I do wonder why no reference to the goddess of the horses--Epona was the Celtic goddess related to the horse. TT has excavated Celtic coins with horses on them--another example of the reference to Epona. See also the White Horse of Uffington.

[@ogedeh]

Boy I sure hope so

[@daniel3231995]

are these docs dates (90s?),got that blurred bloom.hope tony & the team is still alive.

[@arthurprentice7110]

Time Team members frequently mention grinding or storing corn but I thought corn wasn't introduced til after contact with the 'New World'.

[@KermitEFrog-nv7dv]

Some Europeans when using the word "corn" employ it as a catch-all phrase for any type of grain or cereal-crop like oats, barley, wheat, rye, sorghum, etc. The Romans certainly had experience with those crops, and that's most likely what the Time Team is referring to when they say "corn".

[@Songbirdstress]

Corn means wheat in the UK.

[@OnDasherOnDancer]

“New World” corn is called maize in Europe .

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Or "sweet corn" , that certainly is a newcomer to Europe, as are chillies and peanut butter!

[@lordkumquat6810]

The spear head might be a ballista Bolt?

[@captainkirk9879]

Oui

[@jayfigg7981]

TELL PHIL TO LOOK FOR THE GRAIL AT THE PUB!

[@iangriffiths9840]

At 47:00 Baldric returns!

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Watch out for flying Ford Anglias.

[@slothythebadger7726]

When time team themselves don't update odyssey will do.

[@BryonLape]

How many more channels are going to upload reruns of Time Team?

[@czgator9000]

Reijer Zaaijer has a Time Team channel and there are a bunch on Amazon Prime.

[@TermiteUSA]

Phil's hat always bears the rest

[@benediktmorak4409]

While i know by now what this - TT has only 3 days - means, many a good dig would never have been shown with out these -3 days -...

[@TesterAnimal1]

I hope this isn’t going to prove Betteridge’s Law!

[@petrusinvictus3603]

WoW! You Britons can find anything. Here in Finland our rising from last Iceage we get 7 km2 , per year so well be Superpower!

[@j.o.a.t9718]

Of all these findings, where did all the buildings go? And then there is all the earth which has deposited on top of it all. Very interesting.

[@phoule76]

only the foundations would have been made of stone, whereas the wooden walls and roofs would have burned and rotten away over time. And any good stones from the bases got "robbed out" and recycled for later construction elsewhere.

[@peter486]

im getting panic all my stars and icons i looked up to ar getting old...

[@sethlogee]

I always wonder why when they want to use a metal detector that have a local do it and don’t have their own?

[@yuwish6320]

Blaming the diggers.... come on, Tony. You dug it up yourself and had a helping. You'da been better off opening it up and spilling some out and sharing it. Libations are meant to be shared after all. Don't believe me? Ask Bacchius.

[@osalicsomonic6069]

Phil goes up the hill

[@jared1181]

Can we combine and decipher the real finds and tell the real throughout

[@CroDubr0vnik]

Did you ever heard about mudflood,Tartary?Ofc its buried.

[@garypeterson4483]

how about the site of a huge battle/massacre

[@alexmendoza4261]

Phil sounds like he never passed English class

[@JulianneTure]

It’s a standard West Country accent. Not all educated English people sound like the Prime Minister.

[@Kristopherf1]

Scrunchy!

[@cherylkurucz8852]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tempsitch5632]

Not sure where the old Roman Road is ? That’s what happens when you don’t ask Stuart.

[@dabe9510]

Didnt know Harry Maguire was a Roman expert

[@simritnam612]

No Mithraic temples in ALL of the UK ?

[@mrkitty1367]

goodun