Wow, what a terrific new TT News episode! It’s one of my favorite TT features. So exciting to know we will get to see Lawrence and Harry on their great Waterloo adventure! Thank you Dani and all your colleagues in front of and behind the cameras. 🎥
I have a feeling we'll get Series 20 next (which is actually pretty good despite the absence of Mick Aston) but I'd like to see them digging (pun intentional) up older series' as well as the missing episodes from the series' we've already got.
I think the dodecahedron was specifically used for jewellery measuring, bracelets on the orbs protruding from it and finger ring sizes as those holes are different sizes.
A couple have been found buried with Roman soldiers. They predominate in Celtic-Germanic areas and some other far-flung parts of empire, but you’d think Italy should have more of them than anywhere. But very few.
Very interesting about bog bodies! Btw Sven Rosborn, credited for a few of those photos, is actually a Swedish archeologist, our region's been part of Sweden for all of 366 years now... 🙂
Super fascinating research from Henry Chapman - the differences definitely make you think about possible reasons for those differences. My local area will probably not be the best place for flint tools, but that book looks amazing! That dodecahedron looks fascinating - reminds me of the enigmatic stone balls from Scotland. It could be some kind of game piece for a game that was never described in any of the texts we still have access to from the Roman period.
I'm 46 years old. When I was 18-19 I wanted to go to collge to become an archeologist. I wish I could go back and follow through with it. I'd at least like to travel to the UK someday and pay to dig or volunteer.
You should not pay. Nobody reputable would ask you to. If you think about that, think about the very bad practices it would encourage around the world. It would work directly against genuine scientific inquiry. We have the internet. In Britain every year there are digs scheduled which you can sign up to as a volunteer for specific days or weeks. No money changing hands.
The stomach contents of the bog bodies is interesting to me. Which i know sounds weird. The stomach contents of tollund man contained barley and flax which is used to reduce anxiety and blood pressure. But it probably means nothing as it was a common food to eat. Also, pale persicaria, a medicinal plant with a range of uses. I assume he took this as he had tapeworms. Lindow man's stomach contained mistletoe, which is poisonous. I can only assume he ate it for medicinal purposes as it is supposedly also good for reducing anxiety and helps to cure cancer, or he was poisoned with it before the sacrifice/execution. Another bog body, moydrum man, had eaten hundreds of sloe stones containing amygdalin (cyanide). This, even today, is used as an alternative aid in cancer treatment, but being that there were hundreds, maybe it was to poison him. It makes me wonder if all three men were suffering from illness and discomfort, or the second two were poisoned intentionally. Maybe it was to make them suffer more or maybe none of this means anything.
Like you, I find ancient bodies' stomach contents fascinating. I'm a little wary of assigning modern or relatively modern uses to some of the herbs/foods but that still leaves a lot of other information. For example, until fairly recently the experts claimed that bread was a relatively modern invention, before that grains were eaten as a sort of porridge. Lindow man disproves that, (along with evidence that his beard was trimmed with scissors). The foods in their stomachs also often indicate the time of year of their death.
If you want to know more about bog bodies I suggest you read the works by Wijnand van der Sanden. A Dutch conservationist from the museum in Assen and a specialist on bog bodies.
I don't know what Roman dodecahedra were used for. They only appear in northern Europe, not around the Mediterranean which suggests a northern European cultural link or perhaps religious association. But it was surprisingly widespread around northern Europe and Britain, which, in turn, suggests that Roman logistics were used to help transport the idea around. One person suggested about a decade ago that they were for some sort of glove making* but I found that wildly unconvincing for two reasons. First of all, the dodecahedron doesn't make glove-making easier and secondly, a lot of fibre and textile working equipment is still relatively simple. By contrast, those dodecahedra required some precision engineering. That's why I would disagree with the suggestion in the comments that they were used for measuring ring sizes. As measuring devices go, that is far too complicated to make and not particularly easy to use. In any case, they are in a variety of sizes. There are also suggestions that they are some sort of sighting device. Assuming that sighting refers to aiming weapons, my gut says the Mediterranean Romans would do that, not the northern barbarians. And that is where I am really scratching my head. With all due respect to the Romans, if those dodecahedra were purely for religious purposes, I think they'd have gone for 'near enough is good enough'. They'd have been colourful and made of things like wood or ceramics. I don't think they'd have bothered with the little feet on the corners which most dodecahedra have. Then there is the question, are they actually Roman (yes, they certainly have Roman stylistic elements) but they are found in places where the Romans conquered barbarians. Did the barbarians take Roman technology and apply it to something that was important to them? I think someone needs to look at the places dodecahedra were found with the same sort of mindset as Prof Henry Chapman looking at bodies in bogs. They also need to look and see if any other items from that time were found with or near the dodecahedra. * Also, the person specifically mentioned glove _knitting._ Most people say that knitting was not invented until some time between 500 & 1000 AD, in the Islamic world. While I'm open to suggestions that knitting was invented earlier, or invented in more than one place, I do need evidence and, to date, we don't have that.
Look into making a metal chain with it (same concept as knitting). There's a video of it. It works ridiculously well, and pulling the chain through the holes tightens and lengthens the chain. I'm convinced now as it works so well.
One person suggested about a decade ago that they were for some sort of glove making but I find that wildly unconvincing for three reasons. First of all, the dodecahedron doesn't make glove-making easier and secondly, a lot of fibre and textile working equipment is still relatively simple. By contrast, those dodecahedra required some precision engineering. Thirdly, the person specifically mentioned glove knitting. Most people say that knitting was not invented until some time between 500 & 1000 AD, in the Islamic world. While I'm open to suggestions that knitting was invented earlier, or invented in more than one place, I do need evidence and, to date, we don't have that.
@@ellehan3003 it's been proved again and again that 'knitting' with a dodecahedron is a really,, really dumb idea. It just doesn't work. Apart from knitting not being around in roman times.
I grew up on Lindow Moss. It's not very big, and none of it is hard to access. There have been other bodies found there, and at least one was from a murder in the mid 1900's.
Time Team seem to find a lot of enclosure ditches. They are confusing to me as a modern-day urban person. If I wanted to keep animals outside or inside an area, my first instinct would be to build walls or fences like we have been doing for the last few centuries. Drainage ditches make sense to me, for the record. If they have done some reconstruction of iron age (or any other age) farm homesteads with enclosure ditches, it would be interesting to see how they were actually used to the best of current knowledge. That could be a part of a Time Team episode where they excavate that sort of thing. Ideally it already has been done, so feel free to point me in the general direction. 😄
We still use a form of enclosure ditches today in the form of 'grids' eg here in Australia we fence a large sheep or cattle property then have grids at openings in the boundaries, usually where a road passes through. This eliminates the need for a gate to enclose stock. Some of these roads are for public use and traverse hundreds of kilometres, if gates where installed it would require many stops to open & close the gates - not practical for road trains (semi trucks with multiple trailers) & relying on the public to close gates to retain thousands of heads of stock. A grid is simply a ditch with a metal covering suitably spaced so stock are unable to walk over it.
@LeeAnneGuerin Ah. But there are no indications that I know of from the iron age of cattle grids. And definitely not a 360 degree one. The roads are actually openings in the ditches.
Duodecahedrons were candle holders. Roman Legionairies on the march used them to hold candles. On the march, candles were purchased from the locals, variying in sizes accordeing to how the locals made them. Therefore, a candle holder would have to have varied sizes according to the size of the candle, and sit with the candle verically, thus the knobs functioned as feet. This candle holder was small and easily carried by a Roman soldier. In addition to candle holders, duodecahedrons could also be used for gaming or devining when the soldiers were off duty. Difference in sizes are accounted for by whom used them. Common Legionnaireies got the small ones with officers the big ones to light a larger area. It wasn't written about by the Romans because it was such a mundane object.
A jeweller has used them to make metal chains. You can use the knobs to loop the metal wire around, and then when at the right length, you can pull the chain through each consecutive hole, from biggest to smallest to make the chain tighter and tighter. Also lengthening it. It's the best theory I've come across and works far too well imo.
@@ellehan3003 Then there should be more of them found in wealthy town/city workshop areas, and probably closer to the centre of the empire, no? But they are often associated with relatively remote (from Rome) Celtic & Germanic locations, one in North Africa - and a couple have been found buried with soldiers.
Agreed. Maybe any kind of cord like rope or metal bracelet. Someone made a video of them using it for making bracelets made from wire, and it works too well to not be the most likely explanation.
Those doh-dekka-heedrons are actually pomanders, stuffed with dried flowers and herbs, used to give clothing and bedding a scent of flowers. Apparently.
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era". I'm pretty sure you knew that, or you wouldn't be using the culture wars dog whistle "tripe". Gotta love the intellectual honesty of the far right.
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It's a total shame that people have to PAY MONEY TO LEARN. the history of thi🎉s country. Its back to the " if you have money " you can be in the big boys club. The Time Team got its start from the common people. Phil and the team did the show to encourage people with no funds to find out about our history. Having to pay extra to learn from others,isn't what was expected of the viewers.. Shame on the "new Time Team money grabbing managers. 🇬🇧🤔🗿🏴
The only reason Time Team are able to make new episodes, bring us news, etc, is because people pay for it. Those are the Patreon members. In the old days when it was on Channel 4, it was advertisers' money that paid for new programming. Nothing is free, it all has to be paid for by someone.
All of the brand new Time Team episodes have been released for free, worldwide here on RUclips for everyone to enjoy. However, as Time Team is now independent, it's the support from our Patreon members that makes it possible to continue producing these new episodes. We appreciate that not everyone is able to afford membership, so we're also in the process of releasing many Classic episodes from the archives here on RUclips, with over 70 episodes and 10 specials from the original run so far released since 2020, with more on the way. The new Podcast is also free for all to listen to. Time Team is now more accessible and inclusive than ever possible before, with fans worldwide helping us to investigate more sites.
@@amandachapman4708 what do you think u-tube are showing the program for,thier own pleasure. No!u-tube us a billion dollar industry that makes money for its self and from advertisements. You know,the things that we don't want to see but are forced . This pays very well to the creators of the said programs. Otherwise they wouldn't do it,as you say,nothing is free in this world,EXCEPT for the time team crew that are making lots of funds from u-tube reruns.Why should a program produced for free be placed into the market place for others to make money. And then force the original viewers of time team( which by thier own admission they are not time team anymore,its a totally different crew.read above reply from time team) to watch reruns for " free" but to learn new things I have to pay extra. Maybe you should get your facts right before suggesting people should pay for something they shouldn't have to pay for. Its greed,nothing else. Its just another moneymaking spinoff.🏴🤔🗿🦨💨🇬🇧
@@TimeTeamOfficial And your trying to tell me you earn nothing from the advertisements shown every 5 mins. Maybe be a little more truthful. How much of a fool do you think the people really are. The program succeed because it was grassroot archeology by and for locals to learn the history of thier areas. And it made money for the makers from the many adverts shown. Otherwise it wouldn't have made it at all. I don't mind people making money,I object the fact I have to pay to learn all of the history not just snippets to tantalise me to give over money to you to get educated. It's a great place to learn and also a moneymaker,and like all industries some get greedy. Thank goodness for the myriad of good content put out for free. Truely enlightened people that want to share what they know( like the old team wanted) ,for free. No,it's just smoke and mirrors to get funds from viewer to watch a rerun that was shown for free originally on ch 4! 🇬🇧🦨💨🤔🗿🏴
The original Time Team was funded by advertising on Channel 4 or it would have never existed. It was never “free”. You had to sit through their ads. New Time Team is EXACTLY the same. You get all the old episodes plus all the new episodes FOR FREE, but have to sit through some ads, just like before. What Patreon sponsors get extra is some footage and a one week head start on the new dig programs. But more than anything it allows us to contribute to the existence of the program itself. These digs are hugely expensive, mobilizing hundreds of people. 5 second ads on YT are not going to be able to pay for that alone. So if you can’t contribute that is fine you get to enjoy the new programs for free, but don’t rail against the Patreon system that is what is bringing you the program in the first place.
Interesting statistics. What is your source for the 99.9%-number? Also: Burials are not made "to be found". Pretty much nobody is hoping that somebody will dig up grandma in 1000 years. OK, maybe 0.1%... 🤣
I was enjoying your video until you used the term “BCE”. For god’s sake, why? Do you refuse to use the names of cities that bear the names of Christian saints?
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. Doing a quick Google search on common era I get: The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era". Please stop being offended by culture war nonsense, right wingers appear to be going out of their way to be offended (all while referring to people on the left as "snow flakes"). And to the best of my recollection, Time Team has been using CE and BCE for as long as I can remember.
They've used it my entire lifetime, in line with common usage in Australia. Not everyone are religious fanatics like the USA. Pull the stick out of your proverbial.
I’ve loved Time Team for many years. But I cringe each time I hear newspeak suck as BCE. I can’t stand it. It’s AD and BC, nothing else. Political correctness is infuriating.
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. Doing a quick Google search on common era I get: The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era".
Please stop being offended by culture war nonsense, right wingers appear to be going out of their way to be offended (all while referring to people on the left as "snow flakes").
And to the best of my recollection, Time Team has been using CE and BCE for as long as I can remember.
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@@TimeTeamOfficialthanks for the update and information/site address.
@@TimeTeamOfficial The podcast is also fantastic.
I hope you met up with the illustrious Philip Harding DL FSA while you were visiting the Waterloo Uncovered battlefield site.
An expert flint knapper, by all accounts. Well mostly by his own account, but anyway, you have to get him on film.
Thank you, Dani! Always a delight when a new TT News drops.
God Bless the Waterloo Uncovered Charity. Great work.
flint knapping without Phil? sacrilege - but still love ya work - ah edit, Bob gives the main man a shout out
And Henry without his GPS pole 🤣
I had forgiven him before that when I noticed the Norwegian flag in the right background... ;-)
I was expecting him to say that the best way to find knapped flint in the countryside, was to follow Phil Harding.
😊I'm fascinated with this channel. I like history and I feel they make it come alive with their finds and digs!!! 😊
Time Team is Awesome!!!
Henry had previously touched on his interest in bog bodies. Glad for the follow up on his research and examples of what the deposits are and mean...
Aw, that Flint guy was adorable. I'll certainly by his book.
Very nice thanks.
More cool stuff. Thanks, Dani.
My book list keeps getting bigger because of you!
I absolutely adore this show
Wow, what a terrific new TT News episode! It’s one of my favorite TT features. So exciting to know we will get to see Lawrence and Harry on their great Waterloo adventure! Thank you Dani and all your colleagues in front of and behind the cameras. 🎥
Series 19 is ok but can we have the really early series too please
I have a feeling we'll get Series 20 next (which is actually pretty good despite the absence of Mick Aston) but I'd like to see them digging (pun intentional) up older series' as well as the missing episodes from the series' we've already got.
They haven't touched Series 4 yet. That would be a good one.
I think the dodecahedron was specifically used for jewellery measuring, bracelets on the orbs protruding from it and finger ring sizes as those holes are different sizes.
A couple have been found buried with Roman soldiers. They predominate in Celtic-Germanic areas and some other far-flung parts of empire, but you’d think Italy should have more of them than anywhere. But very few.
Another exciting episode; thank you for this series! Very glad to hear we’ll have a seasonal chat soon with you and Naomi!
Another great episode. I particularly liked the new section with Giselle. She is very natural on camera. More Giselle please. Cheers.
BOfM - it's so nice to see this knowledge written down and passed on.
Just love Dani...from the state here.
Very interesting about bog bodies! Btw Sven Rosborn, credited for a few of those photos, is actually a Swedish archeologist, our region's been part of Sweden for all of 366 years now... 🙂
Super fascinating research from Henry Chapman - the differences definitely make you think about possible reasons for those differences.
My local area will probably not be the best place for flint tools, but that book looks amazing!
That dodecahedron looks fascinating - reminds me of the enigmatic stone balls from Scotland. It could be some kind of game piece for a game that was never described in any of the texts we still have access to from the Roman period.
Greetings from South Africa
Bog bodies were my first archeology love.
I'm 46 years old. When I was 18-19 I wanted to go to collge to become an archeologist. I wish I could go back and follow through with it. I'd at least like to travel to the UK someday and pay to dig or volunteer.
You should not pay. Nobody reputable would ask you to. If you think about that, think about the very bad practices it would encourage around the world. It would work directly against genuine scientific inquiry. We have the internet. In Britain every year there are digs scheduled which you can sign up to as a volunteer for specific days or weeks. No money changing hands.
@eh1702 oh ok sweet, thanks for the info!
great news Dani. Appreicate the updates.
"The Bog People" by PV Glob (no, really). Great book on Danish finds during 20C.
Amazing book! And yes, that really was his name.
Thank you.
I love these so much!
Always excellent from you girls and guys X
Someday maybe I can join a dig as a volunteer
That would be epic
The stomach contents of the bog bodies is interesting to me. Which i know sounds weird.
The stomach contents of tollund man contained barley and flax which is used to reduce anxiety and blood pressure. But it probably means nothing as it was a common food to eat. Also, pale persicaria, a medicinal plant with a range of uses. I assume he took this as he had tapeworms.
Lindow man's stomach contained mistletoe, which is poisonous. I can only assume he ate it for medicinal purposes as it is supposedly also good for reducing anxiety and helps to cure cancer, or he was poisoned with it before the sacrifice/execution.
Another bog body, moydrum man, had eaten hundreds of sloe stones containing amygdalin (cyanide). This, even today, is used as an alternative aid in cancer treatment, but being that there were hundreds, maybe it was to poison him.
It makes me wonder if all three men were suffering from illness and discomfort, or the second two were poisoned intentionally. Maybe it was to make them suffer more or maybe none of this means anything.
Like you, I find ancient bodies' stomach contents fascinating. I'm a little wary of assigning modern or relatively modern uses to some of the herbs/foods but that still leaves a lot of other information. For example, until fairly recently the experts claimed that bread was a relatively modern invention, before that grains were eaten as a sort of porridge. Lindow man disproves that, (along with evidence that his beard was trimmed with scissors). The foods in their stomachs also often indicate the time of year of their death.
Thanks for another interesting news round 👍
If you want to know more about bog bodies I suggest you read the works by Wijnand van der Sanden. A Dutch conservationist from the museum in Assen and a specialist on bog bodies.
I've spent years looking for a flint arrow head and all I have found is a neolithic polished stone axe from Cumbria.
I don't know what Roman dodecahedra were used for. They only appear in northern Europe, not around the Mediterranean which suggests a northern European cultural link or perhaps religious association. But it was surprisingly widespread around northern Europe and Britain, which, in turn, suggests that Roman logistics were used to help transport the idea around.
One person suggested about a decade ago that they were for some sort of glove making* but I found that wildly unconvincing for two reasons. First of all, the dodecahedron doesn't make glove-making easier and secondly, a lot of fibre and textile working equipment is still relatively simple. By contrast, those dodecahedra required some precision engineering. That's why I would disagree with the suggestion in the comments that they were used for measuring ring sizes. As measuring devices go, that is far too complicated to make and not particularly easy to use. In any case, they are in a variety of sizes.
There are also suggestions that they are some sort of sighting device. Assuming that sighting refers to aiming weapons, my gut says the Mediterranean Romans would do that, not the northern barbarians.
And that is where I am really scratching my head. With all due respect to the Romans, if those dodecahedra were purely for religious purposes, I think they'd have gone for 'near enough is good enough'. They'd have been colourful and made of things like wood or ceramics. I don't think they'd have bothered with the little feet on the corners which most dodecahedra have.
Then there is the question, are they actually Roman (yes, they certainly have Roman stylistic elements) but they are found in places where the Romans conquered barbarians. Did the barbarians take Roman technology and apply it to something that was important to them?
I think someone needs to look at the places dodecahedra were found with the same sort of mindset as Prof Henry Chapman looking at bodies in bogs. They also need to look and see if any other items from that time were found with or near the dodecahedra.
* Also, the person specifically mentioned glove _knitting._ Most people say that knitting was not invented until some time between 500 & 1000 AD, in the Islamic world. While I'm open to suggestions that knitting was invented earlier, or invented in more than one place, I do need evidence and, to date, we don't have that.
Lovely video. How was looking back at the zip line did?
For checking coin size to determine value perhaps in a time where coins were many and varied?
I found this on FB, but it's not in my patron app.
Is this a consequence of the move to wednesday?
Dodecahedron looks like it is made for a type of knitting. There are several RUclips videos showing how to knit with one.
Look into making a metal chain with it (same concept as knitting). There's a video of it. It works ridiculously well, and pulling the chain through the holes tightens and lengthens the chain. I'm convinced now as it works so well.
One person suggested about a decade ago that they were for some sort of glove making but I find that wildly unconvincing for three reasons. First of all, the dodecahedron doesn't make glove-making easier and secondly, a lot of fibre and textile working equipment is still relatively simple. By contrast, those dodecahedra required some precision engineering. Thirdly, the person specifically mentioned glove knitting. Most people say that knitting was not invented until some time between 500 & 1000 AD, in the Islamic world. While I'm open to suggestions that knitting was invented earlier, or invented in more than one place, I do need evidence and, to date, we don't have that.
Except that it produces really bad knitting…
@@ellehan3003 it's been proved again and again that 'knitting' with a dodecahedron is a really,, really dumb idea. It just doesn't work. Apart from knitting not being around in roman times.
I grew up on Lindow Moss. It's not very big, and none of it is hard to access. There have been other bodies found there, and at least one was from a murder in the mid 1900's.
He’s saying it was hard to access then, at that time.
Time Team seem to find a lot of enclosure ditches. They are confusing to me as a modern-day urban person. If I wanted to keep animals outside or inside an area, my first instinct would be to build walls or fences like we have been doing for the last few centuries. Drainage ditches make sense to me, for the record. If they have done some reconstruction of iron age (or any other age) farm homesteads with enclosure ditches, it would be interesting to see how they were actually used to the best of current knowledge. That could be a part of a Time Team episode where they excavate that sort of thing. Ideally it already has been done, so feel free to point me in the general direction. 😄
Oh good question! I've been watching the show for ages and never thought about that!
We still use a form of enclosure ditches today in the form of 'grids' eg here in Australia we fence a large sheep or cattle property then have grids at openings in the boundaries, usually where a road passes through. This eliminates the need for a gate to enclose stock. Some of these roads are for public use and traverse hundreds of kilometres, if gates where installed it would require many stops to open & close the gates - not practical for road trains (semi trucks with multiple trailers) & relying on the public to close gates to retain thousands of heads of stock. A grid is simply a ditch with a metal covering suitably spaced so stock are unable to walk over it.
@gwengleysteen5305 perhaps a ditch is simpler & quicker to produce than building a fence or wall & it requires no resources other than digging tools.
@LeeAnneGuerin Ah. But there are no indications that I know of from the iron age of cattle grids. And definitely not a 360 degree one. The roads are actually openings in the ditches.
Duodecahedrons were candle holders.
Roman Legionairies on the march used them to hold candles. On the march, candles were purchased from the locals, variying in sizes accordeing to how the locals made them. Therefore, a candle holder would have to have varied sizes according to the size of the candle, and sit with the candle verically, thus the knobs functioned as feet.
This candle holder was small and easily carried by a Roman soldier.
In addition to candle holders, duodecahedrons could also be used for gaming or devining when the soldiers were off duty.
Difference in sizes are accounted for by whom used them. Common Legionnaireies got the small ones with officers the big ones to light a larger area.
It wasn't written about by the Romans because it was such a mundane object.
What's your source for this claim?
If the Romans didn't write about it... How do you know about it??
A jeweller has used them to make metal chains. You can use the knobs to loop the metal wire around, and then when at the right length, you can pull the chain through each consecutive hole, from biggest to smallest to make the chain tighter and tighter. Also lengthening it. It's the best theory I've come across and works far too well imo.
may be a Roman multi tool?
@@ellehan3003 Then there should be more of them found in wealthy town/city workshop areas, and probably closer to the centre of the empire, no? But they are often associated with relatively remote (from Rome) Celtic & Germanic locations, one in North Africa - and a couple have been found buried with soldiers.
What was the mysterious Roman dodecahedron for? Let us know in the comments...
Candle holder?
Gambling/Gaming
Difficult to say without all the wood and leather bits.
Socks and hose, ask a knitter
One theory I have seen is that it was a measure, possibly for measuring the thickness of items such as standardising candles for sale 🤔
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Irelands bogs would be going back a few thousand years.
Wish I could hear the dialogue better and understand it
The Roman Dodecahedron could be a game dice. Or for the same randomizing use in a temple of other similar purposes.
Looks like a cord knitter to me.
Agreed. Maybe any kind of cord like rope or metal bracelet. Someone made a video of them using it for making bracelets made from wire, and it works too well to not be the most likely explanation.
Those doh-dekka-heedrons are actually pomanders, stuffed with dried flowers and herbs, used to give clothing and bedding a scent of flowers. Apparently.
Dodecahedron=catrop?
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Maybe they were digging up the bodies for an iron-age Sherlock Holmes
What is the common era and where did the tripe come from?
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era".
I'm pretty sure you knew that, or you wouldn't be using the culture wars dog whistle "tripe". Gotta love the intellectual honesty of the far right.
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Random dudes fall in and died over and over for 15,000 years, archeologists find it and it's either religious or a temple or an offering.,,
Why did they change "before Christ" and Year of our Lord (AD)
To Before Christ Existed and Christ Existed,
BCE CE....
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian.
@@resourcedragon what decides what's a the common era? What decided it was before the common era?
The year of our Lord... zero,
@@AKSnowbat907whose Lord is it anyway? Equally arbitrary & ambiguous.
Do not watch this time team video it is filled with more adds than program
It's a total shame that people have to PAY MONEY TO LEARN. the history of thi🎉s country. Its back to the " if you have money " you can be in the big boys club. The Time Team got its start from the common people.
Phil and the team did the show to encourage people with no funds to find out about our history. Having to pay extra to learn from others,isn't what was expected of the viewers.. Shame on the "new Time Team money grabbing managers. 🇬🇧🤔🗿🏴
The only reason Time Team are able to make new episodes, bring us news, etc, is because people pay for it. Those are the Patreon members. In the old days when it was on Channel 4, it was advertisers' money that paid for new programming. Nothing is free, it all has to be paid for by someone.
All of the brand new Time Team episodes have been released for free, worldwide here on RUclips for everyone to enjoy. However, as Time Team is now independent, it's the support from our Patreon members that makes it possible to continue producing these new episodes. We appreciate that not everyone is able to afford membership, so we're also in the process of releasing many Classic episodes from the archives here on RUclips, with over 70 episodes and 10 specials from the original run so far released since 2020, with more on the way. The new Podcast is also free for all to listen to. Time Team is now more accessible and inclusive than ever possible before, with fans worldwide helping us to investigate more sites.
@@amandachapman4708 what do you think u-tube are showing the program for,thier own pleasure. No!u-tube us a billion dollar industry that makes money for its self and from advertisements. You know,the things that we don't want to see but are forced . This pays very well to the creators of the said programs. Otherwise they wouldn't do it,as you say,nothing is free in this world,EXCEPT for the time team crew that are making lots of funds from u-tube reruns.Why should a program produced for free be placed into the market place for others to make money. And then force the original viewers of time team( which by thier own admission they are not time team anymore,its a totally different crew.read above reply from time team) to watch reruns for " free" but to learn new things I have to pay extra. Maybe you should get your facts right before suggesting people should pay for something they shouldn't have to pay for. Its greed,nothing else. Its just another moneymaking spinoff.🏴🤔🗿🦨💨🇬🇧
@@TimeTeamOfficial And your trying to tell me you earn nothing from the advertisements shown every 5 mins. Maybe be a little more truthful. How much of a fool do you think the people really are. The program succeed because it was grassroot archeology by and for locals to learn the history of thier areas. And it made money for the makers from the many adverts shown. Otherwise it wouldn't have made it at all. I don't mind people making money,I object the fact I have to pay to learn all of the history not just snippets to tantalise me to give over money to you to get educated.
It's a great place to learn and also a moneymaker,and like all industries some get greedy. Thank goodness for the myriad of good content put out for free. Truely enlightened people that want to share what they know( like the old team wanted) ,for free. No,it's just smoke and mirrors to get funds from viewer to watch a rerun that was shown for free originally on ch 4!
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The original Time Team was funded by advertising on Channel 4 or it would have never existed. It was never “free”. You had to sit through their ads. New Time Team is EXACTLY the same. You get all the old episodes plus all the new episodes FOR FREE, but have to sit through some ads, just like before. What Patreon sponsors get extra is some footage and a one week head start on the new dig programs. But more than anything it allows us to contribute to the existence of the program itself. These digs are hugely expensive, mobilizing hundreds of people. 5 second ads on YT are not going to be able to pay for that alone. So if you can’t contribute that is fine you get to enjoy the new programs for free, but don’t rail against the Patreon system that is what is bringing you the program in the first place.
99.9% of things found in bogs are there not to be found.. whatever hypothesis you build to make up bog burials is ridiculous!!😂😂
Interesting statistics. What is your source for the 99.9%-number? Also: Burials are not made "to be found". Pretty much nobody is hoping that somebody will dig up grandma in 1000 years. OK, maybe 0.1%... 🤣
I was enjoying your video until you used the term “BCE”. For god’s sake, why? Do you refuse to use the names of cities that bear the names of Christian saints?
Is this a parody of a typically right-wing snowflake comment or are you serious?
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. Doing a quick Google search on common era I get: The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era".
Please stop being offended by culture war nonsense, right wingers appear to be going out of their way to be offended (all while referring to people on the left as "snow flakes").
And to the best of my recollection, Time Team has been using CE and BCE for as long as I can remember.
They've used it my entire lifetime, in line with common usage in Australia. Not everyone are religious fanatics like the USA. Pull the stick out of your proverbial.
I think you might find much of archaeology & science quite frustrating to your beliefs. Best not to torture yourself.
I’ve loved Time Team for many years. But I cringe each time I hear newspeak suck as BCE. I can’t stand it. It’s AD and BC, nothing else. Political correctness is infuriating.
BCE is "before the common era" and CE is the "common era".
They changed it because not everyone is Christian. Doing a quick Google search on common era I get: The expression "common era" can be traced back to 1615, when it first appears in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era".
Please stop being offended by culture war nonsense, right wingers appear to be going out of their way to be offended (all while referring to people on the left as "snow flakes").
And to the best of my recollection, Time Team has been using CE and BCE for as long as I can remember.