So very happy to see Phil! I am even more happy to see him in charge of this important site. His intelligent analysis of what he sees in the ground is always amazing. I appreciate not only his enthusiasm, but his reliability. Thanks for this glimpse of his site.
Good to see Phil doing so well in his environment! I've missed him since his departure from Time Team, and always look forward to catching a glimpse of his enthusiasm.
Coming from the background of being an ex archaeologist and having worked in a number of museums, it’s still upsets me to hear somebody say in her first three minutes that she’s about to see something that so FEW ever get to see. That’s what bothers me about museums; after they study it, unless it’s on display, it goes into a drawer somewhere. It would be nice if there was a way tofund a way to show all things found and have it on display at all times for everyone to see.
You raise a valid point, but in defense of Prof. Roberts, she does make it perfectly clear that she has been given ' privileged access ' to materiel in storage. Unfortunately most major museums around the world house more important artifacts in storage than can be displayed for the public to see. It isn`t an ideal situation, but does represent a perennial problem of limited display space. As an Emeritus Prof. of Early Medieval History, I recall a number of occasions when I was surprised ( but delighted ) when historic items were presented to me ' from the back room ' as it were, that I had been completely unaware of. The complexities, and the logistics of displaying more items or artifacts is an issue than continues to challenge museum curators, and is, unfortunately unlikely to improve in any significant way for the foreseeable future.
@@MrTorleon I understand the point regarding the logistics, completely. There must be a profound back-log of finds that have remained out of reach to even working professionals such as yourselves. I am hopeful that in a couple of generations everything that lies behind the archive doors will be scanned and available for study by all. Its like that saying "Chopping your own wood warms you twice" ... and then perhaps "scanning your archive discovers even more treasures"
3:58 It’s a Phil Harding sighting!!! 🤩 Fabulous episode as always; but the ones with our illustrious flint-knapper extraordinaire are always that little bit more special. His enthusiasm is, to borrow his own words, “absolutely gorgeous” ❤
@samuelgarrod8327 you give me the creeps, with your wierd comments, he's an archaeological legend. No one cares about your neurosis, or your opinion, Mr negative
I don't find the new Time Team episodes as engaging as the original. However, this series, Digging for Britain, is so different in many ways that I think it surpasses and surprises other contemporary series and even all others before. Prof Alice Roberts is the perfect front for the series, so much so that she is, to my mind, the equivalent of being the David Attenborough of archaeology. Then, when you add Phil Harding to an episode, you know you will end up with a classic. What a combo they are. I am still smiling on hearing Phils laugh and witnessing his enthusiasm for the subject once again.
Recently watched an episode of Wessex Archaeology and as they were reviewing some finds in a passageway they passed by an almost full sized sculpture of Phil Harding replete with hat. No feather though. Might be ritual purpose for the feather?!
I'd like to work with Phil on a Clovis site over here across the pond. We have very cool lithic sites over here. His enthusiasm is contagious, sometimes us archaeologists can get jaded.
Clovis is most intriguing, but now I must admit, the u s a has a much easier past it seems, you guys seem to be pushing human occupation further and further into the past, with that and the decimation caused by the y d b and interesting history yo say the least. When I finally get over there from the uk. I so much want to go to serpent mound. It seems a very special and sacred place. Take care yall. Love from over the way.😁👍
It was heartbreaking to see so many infant remains. It must be emotional for those digging these small sites. The care that their loved ones took to bury their beloved sweetings is so endearing and wrenching. Thank you for this intimate glimpse into history.
YAY for Phil! I am really impressed that he is still out there getting his hands dirty. Good for him. He is a national treasure of Great Britain. I'd love to tip a brew with him.
I really enjoy the format of the series. It's the genuine reactions of the archiologists as they pull objects from the soil is impossible for them to recreate because they're not actors. It's like looking at myself when I discover a mineral where it doesn't belong (I'm a field Geologist as a day job).
I enjoy revisiting museums in order to focus on a specific aspect. I rarely go with a purpose. Instead, I watch and listen in on the docents. I like to find one peeking continuously at the displays or talking to another visitor about the story behind the display or the area it represents or some such specific. Then I wait for them to be alone and ask questions. I've learned many interesting things this way from both professionals in the field and passionate volunteer laymen. I've learned about the history of textiles, the mythology behind paintings, the trading in the area represented, anachronisms in paintings, devices and tools of construction of items, now extinct animals represented in regions that still existed in the time items were created, lost techniques, the lives of aristocratic women of the period, the lives of common people of the era, religious symbols and the stories behind them, the newest theories on black holes, all sorts of varied and barely connected pet subjects that I'd never have known about by simply reading the placard or taking the approved tour. It's great fun to learn from these amazing people. ❤
As an American I’m more entertained by British History than the US. Because there is more there. And Prof Alice Roberts is beautiful and I love her accent.
America has an incredible ancient history, I am so confused by this statement? Is Native American history disregarded? They had burials, artefacts, monuments, religions, languages etc just as our British history contains?
When you see Phil Harding and Alice Roberts you are seeing two people who love their jobs. Their enthusiasm and commentary draw you in and keep your attention. Great episode!
I love this real archaeology. No three day limit. No tiny trenches. Just keep digging until you have what you came for. Whether that takes days, months, or years😊
As a retired U.S. Marine who served 26 months in combat in Vietnam I find it interesting that we were still digging emplacements with fire steps and laying out our machine gun positions much like these shown here. As an aside my grandfather served with the U.S. Army artillery in France during WW-1. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam i965-66, 1970-71 0331,Infntry machine guns
Your comment does t surprise me, the Americans wanted up to date information on war in France, they sent their men to train and see what the British were doing in France, since the British and French had by then years of experience, the British then sent their Military Mission to the US to train American troops, one of them was my grandfather who was an expert sniper, he I think went to the US in 1917, and was responsible for sniping and sniping training for a division. We have a letter from Colonel King 28th US division camp Upton Long Island dated 26th April 1918 thanking my grandfather George Gray of the 5th Cameronians for his work and enclosing a gift of a watch that all the men paid for. The US and British worked hand in glove in both wars so they had a lot of shared tactics and training the same applies today. Yours David Gray
My Grandfather trained on the Salisbury Plain during WW1. He enlisted at 14 years old, fudging his age. He served for England then moved to Australia where he served in the Australian infantry in WW2.
That picture at the end of the WWI segment of the boy in uniform made me instantly cry. It's easy to forget just how young some of the soldiers actually were. I don't know how old he truly was, but he looked to me to be about 14.😢 I joined the army when I was 18 1/2 years old. I'm 47 now. Looking back, I can now appreciate just how young I really was, though I felt like an adult at the time. At 14, I was actually still a child, still playing outside with my neighbors and friends. I could handle the rigors of war at 18/19 years old, just. It would have been devastating at 14.😢 I can't even imagine such a young boy as an active participant in trench warfare, which was such a brutal and mentally destructive form of warfare 😱
I'm ever so glad that a series like this is still made! Its like a breath of fresh air amongst all the rubbish "reality" put out on TV these days. This is reality TV! The younger generation should be watching it with fascination, its essential viewing
Any video with Phil Harding in it, has to be great. I met this amazing guy at Salisbury Museum in July 2024 and was able to have a chat with him. VERY interesting conversationalist. I also love archaeology and watching this type of program, and even though I have never been to a 'dig' myself, I have been to many old sites in this country and others focussing mainly on Roman ruins. I love this country with its incredible history and always feel sorry for people in countries like the USA where there is effectively NO ancient archaeology of any sort and very little history at all before the landing of the Pilgrims.
My Grand dad was on the Somme front in 1916, opposite of Hill 61. He was with the Sappers that dug the tunnels. He was 18 and one night he decided that either his own people were going to be the death of him in the tunnels or a German would do it above ground. In the dark, one night, he left his lines and made for the Germans, who maybe. would take him prisoner. The British war diary relates that his own people tried to machine gun him and when he got close to the Krauts they threw grenades. A German grenade blew off the heel of his right foot, but he made it and they took him prisoner. After interrogation by the enemy, he was transferred to a German military hospital in Belgium at Waen for treatment and after that he was sent to a POW camp in East Prussia for the rest of the war. When he was repatriated in the spring of 1919, nothing was said about his obvious desertion, and he was sent home. Granddad got no medals or citations but he did have his life.
54:48 thank goodness these babies and mothers were found. Saving them from going into the ocean. That way they can be heard about their story of how they lived and died. 😢it is so sad though.
Interesting to see the trench training grounds. Over in the US, I am sure the military had them. And surprisingly so did one university: Dartmouth College in Hanover NH had the Occom Trenches, where students were training for trench warfare. Hanover sent the first ambulance from the US to Europe. Then the Dartmouth alumni and students joint the war. Hundreds died. Memorial Stadium was built in their honor next to the training trenches. Which were filled in and became a baseball field. Let's hope for peace in the future.
We have been told by neighbors about or grandparents age that where I live was once the site of the old Indian encampment. When excavating a waterline approximately 175 foot long by hand we came across a circular spot of charcoal about 4 foot wide at about 2-5 in depth. We've discovered these same circular deposits of charcoal at other locations at about this same depth. We believe these are the old Indian campfires. We would like to have this charcoal carbon dated. Also one of the old fields here has been full of Indian arrowheads and flint fragments . In fact there is a large arrowhead collection of them about 2'/2'.
The WW1 dig was Incredible . My Grand Father fought on the Western Front in WW1,with the 🍁 CEF. This gave me a better Idea of what it would have actually been like for him.
The white quartz pebbles likely date that cemetery to the early Christian period. The purpose of the pebbles is known to the Orthodox Church. The pebbles were used by very early Christians to sing the Psalms. Pebbles were later replaced by prayer ropes, and after the Great Schism, Roman Catholics adopted the rosary. There would usually be 150 pebbles, but more or less, depending on how many prayer songs a worshipper could sing. I don't know if the pebbles were used by practicing Jews before the time of Christ, but I think it's very likely. If the cemetery is really before Christ, then it's probably a Jewish coastal trading outpost, or perhaps native Britons who practiced Judaism. Either way, it's not a pagan practice. It's Judeo-Christian. Being an Orthodox Christian, I'm always surprised at the knowledge that has been lost in secular academia's rebellion against God. They claim to be experts in their field, but the average Orthodox priest knows more about the past than any archeologist. It only goes to show, there's no such thing as an expert in secular archeology. Whoever buried that child put the pebbles there to sit and sing more than a hundred Psalms in prayer for the baby's soul. So sad. I hope they didn't remove the bones for their macabre, Neo-gnostic, death cult fascination.
A few months ago, three thick gold torcs or torques were found in the northwest of Spain (it seems that in the Bronze Age there was important maritime traffic between the tin-rich area of southern Britain and the copper-rich area of the southwest of the peninsula Iberica, where is Rio Tinto mines
Those poor men who went to war, they had no clue what they were in for. No amount of training could've prepared them for the horrors they witnessed and suffered. The inhumanity of all wars beggars belief that we can inflict such atrocities on each other.. FOR WHAT???
So "elites" gain more power and wealth, always been the same, human life does not matter to these types of people and us ordinary folk are the ones still willing to do their dirty work, high time people woke up to it, but i doubt they ever will, Patriotism seems only to be a good thing when war is about, any other time we are told you are a far right extremist.
Were there no further army written records of the intensive training which took place there ? Have they followed up on that aspect as well as the digs ?
All excavations very cool. Thanks for putting this together. Tip. Whoever was the camera person for the Cave excavation site, where burials were inside and outside the cave during various time periods, must stop with the camera spinning, constant focus changes in slow motion, and other odd camera movements that cause vertigo, dizziness, and inability to keep watching. Steady camera and rapid focus . Smooth and steady.
What I don't understand is WHY the museums has all this stuff that the public CAN'T see locked away form us? If they have it why not display everything so we can enjoy it too.
just fell over board in love the first time alice roberts appeared on what was at the time my favourite tv program. and many yrs later nothing has changed, the most good looking girl and women alice roberts. a true diamond.
So very happy to see Phil! I am even more happy to see him in charge of this important site. His intelligent analysis of what he sees in the ground is always amazing. I appreciate not only his enthusiasm, but his reliability. Thanks for this glimpse of his site.
Don't get too excited. The credits show the programme was made in 2016.
@@jeremyrowley1240 So?
His analysis is clearly wrong. Its two cricket fields and a golf ball.
Good to see Phil doing so well in his environment! I've missed him since his departure from Time Team, and always look forward to catching a glimpse of his enthusiasm.
3:59 .. WOO! It’s Phil!! Gonna be a good segment for sure!! .. love that man!!
His interviews on YT are so much fun to watch.. he is an absolute GEM!
But his long finger nails creep me out.
@@aleta5873 Good for digging, however.
Phil's a guitar player, and those fingernails pick the strings.
Twin henges, triplet Roman temples he is a man built for speed.
He took some getting used to but now I love his lovely enthusiasm!
Coming from the background of being an ex archaeologist and having worked in a number of museums, it’s still upsets me to hear somebody say in her first three minutes that she’s about to see something that so FEW ever get to see. That’s what bothers me about museums; after they study it, unless it’s on display, it goes into a drawer somewhere. It would be nice if there was a way tofund a way to show all things found and have it on display at all times for everyone to see.
I agree with you
You raise a valid point, but in defense of Prof. Roberts, she does make it perfectly clear that she has been given ' privileged access ' to materiel in storage. Unfortunately most major museums around the world house more important artifacts in storage than can be displayed for the public to see. It isn`t an ideal situation, but does represent a perennial problem of limited display space.
As an Emeritus Prof. of Early Medieval History, I recall a number of occasions when I was surprised ( but delighted ) when historic items were presented to me ' from the back room ' as it were, that I had been completely unaware of. The complexities, and the logistics of displaying more items or artifacts is an issue than continues to challenge museum curators, and is, unfortunately unlikely to improve in any significant way for the foreseeable future.
@@MrTorleon I understand the point regarding the logistics, completely. There must be a profound back-log of finds that have remained out of reach to even working professionals such as yourselves. I am hopeful that in a couple of generations everything that lies behind the archive doors will be scanned and available for study by all. Its like that saying "Chopping your own wood warms you twice" ... and then perhaps "scanning your archive discovers even more treasures"
Also, sadly, museums like the Smithsonian don't put things on display that would show that the truth is far from what we are taught or told.
How right you are, especially if it upsets or casts doubt on the "established" theories of some. Very unfortunate
3:58 It’s a Phil Harding sighting!!! 🤩 Fabulous episode as always; but the ones with our illustrious flint-knapper extraordinaire are always that little bit more special. His enthusiasm is, to borrow his own words, “absolutely gorgeous” ❤
He gives me the creeps 😂
@@samuelgarrod8327 some things are best left unsaid
Thanks for your stellar observation.
@@GailBrenner-vt9ou thanks for your asinine one 🥰
@samuelgarrod8327 you give me the creeps, with your wierd comments, he's an archaeological legend. No one cares about your neurosis, or your opinion, Mr negative
Prof Alice is a real bonus treasure. So well spoken and professional. Always in my watch list.
Prof Alice Roberts ....and Phil Harding (Time Team stalwart) - what a show!!
She looks like Jodi Foster
Isn't (Time Team stalwart) the one they all ways say " We got 3 days to dig"
@@PPuffNstuffshe’s better looking than Jodie.
I don't find the new Time Team episodes as engaging as the original. However, this series, Digging for Britain, is so different in many ways that I think it surpasses and surprises other contemporary series and even all others before. Prof Alice Roberts is the perfect front for the series, so much so that she is, to my mind, the equivalent of being the David Attenborough of archaeology. Then, when you add Phil Harding to an episode, you know you will end up with a classic. What a combo they are. I am still smiling on hearing Phils laugh and witnessing his enthusiasm for the subject once again.
Recently watched an episode of Wessex Archaeology and as they were reviewing some finds in a passageway they passed by an almost full sized sculpture of Phil Harding replete with hat. No feather though. Might be ritual purpose for the feather?!
I miss sir Tony 😢
Yeah watched 5 minutes of it and turned it off absolutely garbage it's as ll about talking and hardly any Archaeology..
Suzannah lipscomb is my favorite! But I’m prob a bit bias due to my hardcore crush on her. lol
Soooo great to see Phil Harding still with trowel in hand and still enthusiastic about stone tools.
This is an episode from 2016
Super cool to see Phil Harding on this program!!
Love seeing Phil again!!
The reason so many soldiers were slaughtered in the first word war was down to their leadership, not their training.
I'd like to work with Phil on a Clovis site over here across the pond. We have very cool lithic sites over here. His enthusiasm is contagious, sometimes us archaeologists can get jaded.
Clovis is most intriguing, but now I must admit, the u s a has a much easier past it seems, you guys seem to be pushing human occupation further and further into the past, with that and the decimation caused by the y d b and interesting history yo say the least.
When I finally get over there from the uk. I so much want to go to serpent mound. It seems a very special and sacred place.
Take care yall. Love from over the way.😁👍
@@alanphillips556 Serpent Mound is amazing. I'd suggest some of the sites in the Southwest as well. The rock art there is amazing.
Another fantastic episode. Loved the last part highlighting that babies have been loved and lost for all humanity.
Not quite true is it, people from the Gaza strip hate others far more than they love their own children.
It was heartbreaking to see so many infant remains. It must be emotional for those digging these small sites. The care that their loved ones took to bury their beloved sweetings is so endearing and wrenching. Thank you for this intimate glimpse into history.
Yay! A Phil Harding sighting! 😊
I love Phil!
Phil is England to the core!
Ooh argh too right
Good to see Phil again.
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When Alice said Wessex archeology, i was hoping Phil Harding would make an appearance. Yay
Any day with Phil is a good day in archeology
YAY for Phil! I am really impressed that he is still out there getting his hands dirty. Good for him. He is a national treasure of Great Britain. I'd love to tip a brew with him.
Oh Wow!! the elusive Phil Harding on the digs! love this Guy and his enthusiasm for History and archeology!
This is absolutely fascinating. I would give anything to get to it with a shovel and spade myself. Phil Harding is a absolute legend.
I was a HUGE TIME TEAM fan , your show has filled that gap since they have left the scene thank you
Time Team moved onto RUclips now and Patreon
I really enjoy the format of the series. It's the genuine reactions of the archiologists as they pull objects from the soil is impossible for them to recreate because they're not actors. It's like looking at myself when I discover a mineral where it doesn't belong (I'm a field Geologist as a day job).
This is my first time watching. I think this may become one of my favorite channels to watch. 😊
Nice to see Phil Harding again!
Thanks once again for a fantastic documentary.
I enjoy revisiting museums in order to focus on a specific aspect. I rarely go with a purpose. Instead, I watch and listen in on the docents. I like to find one peeking continuously at the displays or talking to another visitor about the story behind the display or the area it represents or some such specific. Then I wait for them to be alone and ask questions. I've learned many interesting things this way from both professionals in the field and passionate volunteer laymen. I've learned about the history of textiles, the mythology behind paintings, the trading in the area represented, anachronisms in paintings, devices and tools of construction of items, now extinct animals represented in regions that still existed in the time items were created, lost techniques, the lives of aristocratic women of the period, the lives of common people of the era, religious symbols and the stories behind them, the newest theories on black holes, all sorts of varied and barely connected pet subjects that I'd never have known about by simply reading the placard or taking the approved tour. It's great fun to learn from these amazing people. ❤
Hello Phil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a fab hoard they found on Jersey, truly impressive in its magnitude
Phil is a legend!!
Always love to see Phil. This was very interesting.
Phil!! Love to see him still digging TT isnt the same without you or your hat 🤠
That coin hoard seems to look like a sack shape, fascinating.
My first thought? Offshore banking.
thank you for another fascinating video, always good seeing Phil
I *LOVE* Phil!
Great to see him on this & not looking that much older than on TT!
This series was filmed in 2016
As an American I’m more entertained by British History than the US. Because there is more there. And Prof Alice Roberts is beautiful and I love her accent.
Me too. I often think it's a shame America didn't exist in the Middle Ages.
What is her accent?
@@davidfinch7407it did
@@ibl82Bristol
America has an incredible ancient history, I am so confused by this statement? Is Native American history disregarded? They had burials, artefacts, monuments, religions, languages etc just as our British history contains?
When you see Phil Harding and Alice Roberts you are seeing two people who love their jobs. Their enthusiasm and commentary draw you in and keep your attention. Great episode!
Phil Harding a Good Bloke but let's not Forget my mate MIck Ashley a real Gem
Thx lads 👍🇬🇧
Aston
Mick Aston is the archaeologist, Mick Ashley is the bloke who peddles nasty nylon tracksuits through Sports Direct
Fantastic! Education meets entertainment. Thank you!
0:38 Phil!! holy crap I remember him from watching time team with my dad as a kid
Amazing stuff, that hoard of coins is astonishing!
I love this real archaeology. No three day limit. No tiny trenches. Just keep digging until you have what you came for. Whether that takes days, months, or years😊
Wonderful episode !
What a lovely, great show! Thank you Alice, Phil and all the archeologists who work so hard to bring us informative stuff like this! Keep digging!!!❤
As a retired U.S. Marine who served 26 months in combat in Vietnam I find it interesting that we were still digging emplacements with fire steps and laying out our machine gun positions much like these shown here. As an aside my grandfather served with the U.S. Army artillery in France during WW-1.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam i965-66, 1970-71
0331,Infntry machine guns
Thank you for serving
Your comment does t surprise me, the Americans wanted up to date information on war in France, they sent their men to train and see what the British were doing in France, since the British and French had by then years of experience, the British then sent their Military Mission to the US to train American troops, one of them was my grandfather who was an expert sniper, he I think went to the US in 1917, and was responsible for sniping and sniping training for a division. We have a letter from Colonel King 28th US division camp Upton Long Island dated 26th April 1918 thanking my grandfather George Gray of the 5th Cameronians for his work and enclosing a gift of a watch that all the men paid for. The US and British worked hand in glove in both wars so they had a lot of shared tactics and training the same applies today.
Yours
David Gray
When Phil Harding is speaking in vowels only... he's got a good find. Aaaaa, Ooo, Uuuuu.... :)
Fantastic show, and good to see Phil in action. :) Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely brilliant.!! Thank you 👍
My Grandfather trained on the Salisbury Plain during WW1. He enlisted at 14 years old, fudging his age. He served for England then moved to Australia where he served in the Australian infantry in WW2.
Alice is fantastically talented ❤
Phil Harding is on the show .. and everyone is RIGHTFULLY flipping out :))
I hope this never stops.
Phil Harding captures my interest for watching this video.
More Phil please!
I'd love to hear more updates on the excavations at Tintagel!
As a former history teacher, I just enjoy watching these programs.
That picture at the end of the WWI segment of the boy in uniform made me instantly cry. It's easy to forget just how young some of the soldiers actually were. I don't know how old he truly was, but he looked to me to be about 14.😢 I joined the army when I was 18 1/2 years old. I'm 47 now. Looking back, I can now appreciate just how young I really was, though I felt like an adult at the time. At 14, I was actually still a child, still playing outside with my neighbors and friends. I could handle the rigors of war at 18/19 years old, just. It would have been devastating at 14.😢 I can't even imagine such a young boy as an active participant in trench warfare, which was such a brutal and mentally destructive form of warfare 😱
Thanks so much for the amazing information! I am pleased to see how sensitively you treat the history of the country.
My own stamping ground. There is so much archaeology here it has to be a great place for students
Loved this episode!
"Not on the average take out menu "..... Love Phil Harding!!
Tack så mycket för videon! 🇸🇪
9.40 Phil has special ceremonial balls it seems.....🤣
Made me think of my own maternal Grandmother dead and buried in 1925 with her infant daughter in her arms.
Big Phill in the house 🏠
Look at Phil looking fancy I've watched him for years on Time Team and never saw him with his hair combed. I love it!!
I'm ever so glad that a series like this is still made! Its like a breath of fresh air amongst all the rubbish "reality" put out on TV these days.
This is reality TV! The younger generation should be watching it with fascination, its essential viewing
wow very very interesting thanks more please
Any video with Phil Harding in it, has to be great. I met this amazing guy at Salisbury Museum in July 2024 and was able to have a chat with him. VERY interesting conversationalist. I also love archaeology and watching this type of program, and even though I have never been to a 'dig' myself, I have been to many old sites in this country and others focussing mainly on Roman ruins. I love this country with its incredible history and always feel sorry for people in countries like the USA where there is effectively NO ancient archaeology of any sort and very little history at all before the landing of the Pilgrims.
Great documentary Thankyou 😊
ENJOY YOUR SHOW 👍
20:30 Wow, that's nuts. To think that I have never heard that anywhere else, until now.
Those axes look unused. The ridge flakes are still shiny. WOW. Ceremonial use?
I wondered if they'd given them a bit of a service and polish before burying them.
Ooh dr Alice. Stunning!
Learning a great deal about the "Raimans".
Lovely to see Alice and Phil together .
My Grand dad was on the Somme front in 1916, opposite of Hill 61. He was with the Sappers that dug the tunnels. He was 18 and one night he decided that either his own people were going to be the death of him in the tunnels or a German would do it above ground. In the dark, one night, he left his lines and made for the Germans, who maybe. would take him prisoner. The British war diary relates that his own people tried to machine gun him and when he got close to the Krauts they threw grenades. A German grenade blew off the heel of his right foot, but he made it and they took him prisoner. After interrogation by the enemy, he was transferred to a German military hospital in Belgium at Waen for treatment and after that he was sent to a POW camp in East Prussia for the rest of the war. When he was repatriated in the spring of 1919, nothing was said about his obvious desertion, and he was sent home. Granddad got no medals or citations but he did have his life.
54:48 thank goodness these babies and mothers were found. Saving them from going into the ocean. That way they can be heard about their story of how they lived and died. 😢it is so sad though.
Thank you so much dearst Alice , afher a day hard work I am verry please to see your videos
Interesting to see the trench training grounds. Over in the US, I am sure the military had them. And surprisingly so did one university: Dartmouth College in Hanover NH had the Occom Trenches, where students were training for trench warfare. Hanover sent the first ambulance from the US to Europe. Then the Dartmouth alumni and students joint the war. Hundreds died. Memorial Stadium was built in their honor next to the training trenches. Which were filled in and became a baseball field. Let's hope for peace in the future.
We have been told by neighbors about or grandparents age that where I live was once the site of the old Indian encampment. When excavating a waterline approximately 175 foot long by hand we came across a circular spot of charcoal about 4 foot wide at about 2-5 in depth. We've discovered these same circular deposits of charcoal at other locations at about this same depth. We believe these are the old Indian campfires. We would like to have this charcoal carbon dated. Also one of the old fields here has been full of Indian arrowheads and flint fragments . In fact there is a large arrowhead collection of them about 2'/2'.
The WW1 dig was Incredible . My Grand Father fought on the Western Front in WW1,with the 🍁 CEF. This gave me a better Idea of what it would have actually been like for him.
The white quartz pebbles likely date that cemetery to the early Christian period. The purpose of the pebbles is known to the Orthodox Church. The pebbles were used by very early Christians to sing the Psalms. Pebbles were later replaced by prayer ropes, and after the Great Schism, Roman Catholics adopted the rosary. There would usually be 150 pebbles, but more or less, depending on how many prayer songs a worshipper could sing. I don't know if the pebbles were used by practicing Jews before the time of Christ, but I think it's very likely. If the cemetery is really before Christ, then it's probably a Jewish coastal trading outpost, or perhaps native Britons who practiced Judaism. Either way, it's not a pagan practice. It's Judeo-Christian. Being an Orthodox Christian, I'm always surprised at the knowledge that has been lost in secular academia's rebellion against God. They claim to be experts in their field, but the average Orthodox priest knows more about the past than any archeologist. It only goes to show, there's no such thing as an expert in secular archeology. Whoever buried that child put the pebbles there to sit and sing more than a hundred Psalms in prayer for the baby's soul. So sad. I hope they didn't remove the bones for their macabre, Neo-gnostic, death cult fascination.
On the henge with Phil maybe the stone balls were used in a leather sling for hunting
Phil!
Maybe those large stones were placed on the baby's burial to perhaps prevent animals from digging up the burials.
We love our Phil!
Phil! Great to see you! But lose the comb-over, bro!
A few months ago, three thick gold torcs or torques were found in the northwest of Spain (it seems that in the Bronze Age there was important maritime traffic between the tin-rich area of southern Britain and the copper-rich area of the southwest of the peninsula Iberica, where is Rio Tinto mines
God. i love Phil. good to see ya again.
Those poor men who went to war, they had no clue what they were in for. No amount of training could've prepared them for the horrors they witnessed and suffered. The inhumanity of all wars beggars belief that we can inflict such atrocities on each other.. FOR WHAT???
So "elites" gain more power and wealth, always been the same, human life does not matter to these types of people and us ordinary folk are the ones still willing to do their dirty work, high time people woke up to it, but i doubt they ever will, Patriotism seems only to be a good thing when war is about, any other time we are told you are a far right extremist.
I swear, by now I can tell you exactly when it’s Phil Harding by just a picture of him explaining something using his pinky finger!!
Gosh, his nails though
Were there no further army written records of the intensive training which took place there ? Have they followed up on that aspect as well as the digs ?
All excavations very cool. Thanks for putting this together.
Tip. Whoever was the camera person for the Cave excavation site, where burials were inside and outside the cave during various time periods, must stop with the camera spinning, constant focus changes in slow motion, and other odd camera movements that cause vertigo, dizziness, and inability to keep watching. Steady camera and rapid focus . Smooth and steady.
Gracias
Placing a bone of your ancestor in the grave of the recently deceased shows the desire to maintain connection with family heritage.
What I take from this: diversirty is anything BUT strength.
😊the legend Phil he was Time Team Alice just as brilliant as ever
What an insight into WW1 training on Salisbury plan
What I don't understand is WHY the museums has all this stuff that the public CAN'T see locked away form us? If they have it why not display everything so we can enjoy it too.
just fell over board in love the first time alice roberts appeared on what was at the time my favourite tv program. and many yrs later nothing has changed, the most good looking girl and women alice roberts. a true diamond.
Brilliant and interesting,