Digging Up Britain: A New History in Ten Extraordinary Discoveries

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In 2018, archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that hadn’t been touched for over 4,000 years. This beautiful documentary follows their discovery, and the journey to understand more about the individual buried there. An all-round great bit of archaeology telly. Available on: Netflix ‘Lost’ Kingdoms of Africa Cummins also said it is important would-be detectorists learn the ropes – including how to use the machines and dig a hole properly. Digging For Britain with Professor Alice Roberts is set to return in early 2022 to BBC Two and iPlayer. Now in its 9th series, Alice is joined by a new team of experts who will help to dig deeper in a bid to reveal the story behind the finds. The most exciting finds are brought into Alice’s new Digging Tent for further investigation and analysis to give insight into discoveries that span over 10,000 years of British history. Imagine the main cast of Time Team reunited on a small island in the North Sea for one weekend. Now imagine each of them giving a talk on their favourite archaeological discoveries, and sharing their best memories of working together. That’s exactly what happened at DigNation Festival in 2018! Available on: DigVentures Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?

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But, he added, it is vital detectorists are aware of the law, stressing they must gain permission from the owner of the land before searching it.

This hobby is about uncovering our past, finding things in the middle of nowhere that tell a story,” he said. Time Team is also available on YouTube – the later original episodes on their Classics channel, and new episodes on their Official channel. The new episodes are presented by Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, incidentally. Mysterious sinkhole in East Kennett surrounded by Romans with sarsen stones in the 4th century, possibly as a religious feature

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Everywhere in the country is owned by somebody even if it’s the council for your local park,” he said. Membership of the NCMD, Tamblyn added, includes insurance to protect the landowner in the event of accidental damage.

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