The Buried Mysteries Of The Roman Cemetery Beneath Hadrian's Wall | Time Team

The Buried Mysteries Of The Roman Cemetery Beneath Hadrian's Wall | Time Team | Odyssey

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Жыл бұрын

Time Team get permission to excavate a previously untouched Roman cemetery in the vicinity of Hadrian's wall. What will this site reveal about Roman Britain and why a once flourishing settlement suddenly became depopulated.
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@odyssey Жыл бұрын

Want more content about the fascinating history of Hadrian's Wall? Why not check out History Hit's documentary on the fascinating lives of those who lived up at the very frontier of the Roman Empire right here 👉 access.historyhit.com/videos/building-the-wall

@kaynormajames8094 Жыл бұрын

$$w

@leecarlson9713 5 ай бұрын

Saw the comment about why only three days. Here is the explanation as I heard it from the director of TT. Mick Aston wanted to make archaeology more interesting and accessible to the average Briton. After talking with others,he presented it to a television company, and the format was decided on three days. Firstly, the archaeologists had regular jobs (many were at universities across England) and they couldn’t take long periods of time off, to go on a normal dig. Secondly, three days added a bit of suspense, could they accomplish their goal in that time period? And, although I don’t remember hearing this, I should think financing played a part in the time limit. What I am sure of is that no one, no one at all, expected it to be the major hit that it was. For 20 years, TimeTeam kept the viewing public enthralled with the mechanics of an archaeological dig, and the wonderful history of their country. For those of us who have discovered it now, the archaeologists and the supporting crew have become people we wish we could have known in real life. All thanks to a dream that Mick Aston had. RIP, Mick of the rainbow jumpers (or sweaters, as we would call them in the US).

@ericsuhr476 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@adorabellaperfecta3513 Ай бұрын

Also everyone knows that Rome wasn’t excavated in one day!

@1969kodiakbear Жыл бұрын

Achilles Roman. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

@John.Flower.Productions Жыл бұрын

Keep living. There is nothing like being here. (I salute your wife. The world is lacking real women and/or wives.)

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

@@John.Flower.Productions No it's not.

@christopherprimeau7856 Жыл бұрын

@Anna Anna yes it is.

@1969kodiakbear Жыл бұрын

@@christopherprimeau7856 kzfaq.info?search_query=broca%27s+aphasia+exercise

@joannnelson9847 Жыл бұрын

You are doing very well!!!! You are learning....to understand!!!

@marekvollach7831 Жыл бұрын

This host is so wonderfully animated, passionate and personable in his delivery

@mjc11a 11 ай бұрын

I agree! Sir Tony Robinson was well suited for this position.

@georgelong9957 5 ай бұрын

He always has a cunning plan .

@megangrulkey7522 Жыл бұрын

I started watching these to fall to sleep, and now I'm taking an intro to archeology my senior year of college bc I genuinely love the field of study. Btw I'm a psych major lol

@megangrulkey7522 Жыл бұрын

I still watch them at bed time but if they are too good I have to change the episode haha

@wabisabi6875 Жыл бұрын

Time Team never ceases to amaze, educate, and entertain. Bravo!

@atoieno Жыл бұрын

I'm a Time Team tragic! This has to be one of the best filmed, directed, and edited episodes. Lots of close footage and zoomed and panned wide-angle lens shots. Lots of explanations, and lots of gritty digging in grotty conditions.

@harriethowell5444 Жыл бұрын

Time Team is amazing! I am addicted to all episodes.Thanks for this amazing show!

@Ricimer671 Жыл бұрын

So, the Romans marched north, got to Scotland, took one look and built a wall, sounds about right.

@kristiskinner8542 10 ай бұрын

😂 pretty decent burn Romans, pretty damn decent lol

@bethbartlett5692 Жыл бұрын

I like the Time Team episodes with Helen. Her smile always told of her deeper knowledge and ultimately that proved to be validated. Far less talking, a trait I am relearning. 😉

@alix5514 9 ай бұрын

Me too... I miss her wen she's not on!

@josephkarl2061 Жыл бұрын

That Roman coin is absolutely fascinating. I didn't know it was possible to put so much information on such a small object, and it is in such good condition for an object of its age.

@tjbeep Жыл бұрын

In mild soil silver can sit for long periods and barely be tarnished.

@kimcason8764 Жыл бұрын

This Episode helped me date, to the year. Most of my Roman Silver Denarii and a Few Bronze's. Some are a little too worn but most now are 'Pinned Down' to the year they were Struck. Thx Time Team, Great work..! Cheers All. Kim in Oz.😎

@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

The coin or the intaglio ring?

@wademacdougall1600 Жыл бұрын

With all the dampness in the soils,no matter what ore it's is it possible to have some Major damage, rusty metal

@joannnelson9847 Жыл бұрын

I make jewelry from jewels and auction winnings. Some of the Roman coins I once used had carvings that bespoke of the sexual desires of the coin holder.

@bjorreb7487 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Time Team I know more about UK than here in Sweden.

@harrybond1485 Жыл бұрын

Much of the reason for that is that there is so much more to discover in the UK. The history in Sweden, while rich in its own right, pales somewhat in comparison to the U.K. Climate is a big factor.Much more was happening in climate friendlier jolly old England.

@bjorreb7487 Жыл бұрын

@@harrybond1485 Yes and no. We didn't have roman here but a lot of other things happend. I think digging 3 days like Time Team is forbidden here. If a dig start here it will continue until all is found even if it take months or years. If you want to build here like a house or very big building and find arceology on the site you have to pay for a total excavation of the site.

@harrybond1485 Жыл бұрын

@@bjorreb7487 Reread my post, if you will.

@rickbrousseau5372 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the digs I'd like to see keep going

@krisbest6405 Жыл бұрын

You have such a green country, in Australia we have patches of rainforest but have blistering hot days for weeks on end. Too hot to sleep.

@restezlameme 3 ай бұрын

Your country may be very hot (and full of terrifying creatures), but it has incredible beauty. I hope one day I can visit an Aboriginal site Down Under, it's on my bucket list!

@johnkeller6063 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching and learning from these videos. A job well done

@tombruner9634 Жыл бұрын

"Was that thing pornography?" "Maybe, we'll need to look at it again." Or something like that. Whatever the exact words, it was excellent and will probably inspire someone to become an archeologist when he or she grows up.

@Dove96 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing Time Team episodes. Love them.

@newwavepop Жыл бұрын

that coin is so beautiful, im not use to seeing such great detail when they find these ancient coins. and that urn is so simple yet lovely in design.

@rick5793 Жыл бұрын

I discovered TT several years ago and enjoy it all. I'm still baffled why only 3 days?? IT would seem that 5+ days would be best.

@restezlameme 3 ай бұрын

That's the perfect time slot for a working professor/scientist, as many of the team are. They have classes to teach or museums to run throughout the week. The 3 day block is basically their weekend off, except they're spending it working on Time Team.

@lmgardner191 Ай бұрын

It also allows time for other crew members to put everything back in the holes and edit shows since they run weekly during their season.

@Bigman89Gaming Жыл бұрын

That huge glass bead is just plain beautiful! I'd love to have it. Great find

@jameswebb4593 8 ай бұрын

Watching that pyre being built , brought back a sad memory . My Thai wife's younger sister was cremated on a Funeral Pyre . In Thailand that is very rare , most are carried out at the Temple ovens . The construction was much the same , the body in a wooden coffin and placed on top. When lit the heat is incredible , nigh impossible to stand within ten metres . Very emotional , Christian cremations are quite pitiless in comparison. Next day when the fire has burnt itself out . The ashes are sifted and pieces of bone collected in a box . Taken to the local Temple to be sanctified. Personally I would be quite happy to end that way.

@TERMICOBRA Жыл бұрын

What a fascinating time period.

@Jaman1232 Жыл бұрын

amazing finds

@rcrawford42 Жыл бұрын

The gateway into the fort on the side of the excavation was built with two gates/lanes in and out, but later one was closed up. I wonder if that was related to the abandonment of the vicus.

@BC-ui9yt Жыл бұрын

Kinda wish they'd shown us the burial pot normally, and not as a small window during the credits.

@judyjudy51 Жыл бұрын

fab episode

@RoseCarroll-pk6mt 8 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤😂😊🎉😅

@AGG0128 Жыл бұрын

I thought I accidentally hit slo-mo at 28:28 lol That was the longest description of a coin I've ever heard!

@Rbmc2611 Жыл бұрын

Love the cabinets you found with Ryan. I can’t wait to see it done. It was not wind …my opinion.🤣

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@mclarenscca Жыл бұрын

The last piece of glass was absolutely!

@Mr.Death101 Жыл бұрын

The time team always coming in clutch with great shows for the weekend. Really puts my brain to thinking and realizing what has come and gone on this planet and what will come and go in the future

@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

Don’t be too sure.

@acolytetojippity Жыл бұрын

uhh...would it be possible for the "History Hit" advertisement to not overwrite episode footage? this one was very obvious, it cut in while there was an active conversation and when the advert ended the scene had changed and it didn't pick up where it had left off. Wtf.

@lmgardner191 Ай бұрын

If you search time team full episodes on KZfaq you can find the official time team site with every episode ever. No extra history hit or odessey adverts. I am only here because I listen at night and if I fall asleep the other site will just play the next episode and then the next all night. lol

@kornila20 Жыл бұрын

@42:00 and that's why you always delete your browser history! PS : love time team ❤️

@Hakor0 Жыл бұрын

Hiding in a pond and finding a sword could be handy I wonder if that ever happened?

@dawngriffin3550 2 ай бұрын

❤️

@harrisonwilkinson4986 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or did Tony kind of look like Phil Collins in the intro?

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

Just you

@lizzy66125 Жыл бұрын

he is a big Genesis fan🤗

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

@@lizzy66125 So he looks like Peter Gabriel ?

@twte5647 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how this was posted a day ago but the video quality ifeels like it's from the early 2000's

@BC-ui9yt Жыл бұрын

It likely is from the early 2000s, and just didn't get posted for some reason. We know Mick and Carenza both left the show years ago, and he unfortunately passed in (I think) around 2012. IIRC, she left the show around 2005.

@twte5647 Жыл бұрын

@@BC-ui9ytah well that makes sense, sad that he passed. I live their energy and the explanations they give. Thanks for clarifying 🙂

@LuvBorderCollies Жыл бұрын

It was made in 2000. The date is at the very end.

@BertMLemon Жыл бұрын

S07E05 Birdoswald, Cumbria - Hadrian's Wall, airdate January 30, 2000, Channel 4

@Stuo5353 9 ай бұрын

I am all for archeology investigations but I would like to see bodies and graves given more respect and reburial of the bodies involved rather than them ending up in a box somewhere!

@IDCWhatUThink Жыл бұрын

I bet you are missing your long hair Tony...

@user-py3cs3fh3b 10 ай бұрын

What happens to the site after the three days of excavation? Why is the time limited to 3 days?

@jrmckim Жыл бұрын

Why only 3 days?!?

@dotcassilles1488 Жыл бұрын

The regular archaeological staff are all employed on different jobs. They shot the episodes over a long weekend for each episode and most are volunteers/not being paid.. Most episodes/digs featured are done to help out local councils or organisations. They each had other archaeological digs/projects going on that they juggled with the time teams shoots.

@marciaspiegel5280 7 ай бұрын

They have jobs and get only a long weekend to explore.

@VINCI52 Жыл бұрын

It seems to me that the Roman layer would be a few feet below the surface .

@neilritson7445 5 ай бұрын

A Vicus - he asks - where was the nearest Roman settlement?Carlisle?? No ! Brampton! Only a few miles away - with a Roman fort at the Old Church, and pottery kilns discovered in the 1960s. They didn't know this?

@tgsparkyoriginal Жыл бұрын

Was it only me or does the rim of the earn they pulled out at the end look like they may have broken it and that’s why they put little video of it being pulled out 🤔

@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot Жыл бұрын

@12:33 - @12:47 , what is that? Couldn't understand what they were saying .

@josephkarl2061 Жыл бұрын

It's a hobnail, which is something that goes on the bottom of a boot to help give it better grip on the types of surface these soldiers would have walked over.

@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot Жыл бұрын

@@josephkarl2061 OK Thanks. I know of the hobnails. Just couldn't catch most of what they were saying.

@josephkarl2061 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot Hell, the only reason I could is because being born in New Zealand in the 70s, the only TV shows you could see were British ones from all over the country, so by the time I was about 8, I could understand just about any regional British accent. God help you otherwise 🤣

@gracenr3342 8 ай бұрын

If these sites are so important why not spend a lot more time and do it right. What is so sacred about 3 days?

@leecarlson9713 5 ай бұрын

This is Season 7, Episode 5.

@Covah86 Жыл бұрын

I've mixed feelings about disturbing cemeteries.

@jussikankinen9409 Жыл бұрын

Human bodies were and is good for farming

@matismf 11 ай бұрын

The real shame is that you did not get Sunak and Khan for the cremation. The UK would be far better off!

@woodyh4650 2 ай бұрын

Cool how the British say "cemetery" Sounds like they're saying symmetry.

@davidandrew1078 Жыл бұрын

Time Team started of a group of Archeologists rooting around backyards and fields with little respect from Mainstream Archeology to being the eminent group asked to review many Major Historical Sites.

@aserta Жыл бұрын

Not true. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean all the documentation wasn't done or that their work wasn't done right. All the people involved are archaeologists with their reputation and work on the line. It's lemons who don't understand their work that criticized them. Time Team isn't a "military" occupation force, they're the light scouts. They come, they see, they move on. And that's why they got so many permissions that would've otherwise been denied. They're efficient, they do good work and they're from credible backgrounds, and finally, the promise of the "3 days" is a guarantee that they won't (for a farmer or owner) arrest the land for decades, and for communities and historical groups, that they'll only do a small patch. Their cuts are at best expanded test pits. Rarely in the show have they gone in massive bits. As Mitch says, all archaeology is destruction.

@StretchMedia Жыл бұрын

The first statement is just wrong, and the second doesn't even address the first. Here's the facts.... Envisioned as a quiz show in the vein of Challenge Anneka - running on BBC 1 from 1989 to 1995 - the team were called on to solve archaeological mysteries while racing against the clock. Envelopes hidden at strategic points would set challenges along the lines of 'find the Medieval high street in two hours'.

@davidandrew1078 Жыл бұрын

@@aserta How are you Captain triggered?

@davidandrew1078 Жыл бұрын

@@StretchMedia Look at the First Series then the Last, then get back to me.

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

Drivel

@aussiedownunder4186 Ай бұрын

If the Roman’s cremated their dead why even dig there! Bloody hell what did it all prove?!

@promontorium Жыл бұрын

This is one rare time I see no point in them meticulously preserving the sod layer for replanting after they leave. It's a big field. Nobody lives there. The grass would grow back fine in a matter of months but they have to spend many hours setting the sod aside and then replacing it. And of course the whole place is going to fall into the river soon enough.

@bugstomper4670 Жыл бұрын

They're professionals, you're not.

@blueneptune825 Жыл бұрын

There is a code of ethics at work in the work they do.

@theUglyGypsy Жыл бұрын

The sod helps fight the erosion

@denisoliver6083 Жыл бұрын

One of the tenets of good archeology is to return the site to the condition in which you found it. The reason Heinrich Schlieman is considered a treasure hunter instead of an archeologist is the way that he dug at Troy. He dug looking for treasure, not to enhance Mankind's knowledge of History. Further, he left the site a shambles.

@dotcassilles1488 Жыл бұрын

Putting the turf back covering the trenches is protecting whatever is underneath. Have you ever seen an erosion gully formed because the topsoil and turf were removed from an area? Some erosion gullys I've seen were deep enough to bury a double decker bus in.

@stephenrutherford1143 10 ай бұрын

It’s great to have this show back. Just one question: why do you never see some of them digging: I’ve never seen Mick digging. Does he have a note from his doctor? Excavation should be everyone’s responsibility on a dig. And every now and then that wanker Robinson comes out from his trailer to play devil’s advocate.

@brawdygordii 6 ай бұрын

Glad to see you've worked out the TT plot at last. And why should Professor Mick do the digging? Since when do racing car drivers change their own tyres and fill up with fuel? When was the last time you saw the boss give the cleaners a helping hand with the toilets?

@zacharywitt4009 Жыл бұрын

why do some archeologists look like they came from the '90s?

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

Probably because this was filmed in the '90s.

@LuvBorderCollies Жыл бұрын

@brandonbarber6797 Жыл бұрын

Imagine having almost 2000 years living with your gods and having a wonderful time in the afterlife just to have some posh Englishman come in and rip you out of your eternal bliss by disturbing your remains....

@neilfleming2787 Жыл бұрын

hardly 'beneath' Hadrian's wall is it!?

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

How would it be

@neilfleming2787 Жыл бұрын

@@larryzigler6812 exactly my point...it wasn't until I started watched that I realised this is a previously posted episode given a different title

@neilfleming2787 Жыл бұрын

@@larryzigler6812 in actual fact it could have been beneath if it was pre 122AD and the wall had been built over say the sight of a legionary loss of troops that had then been buried and the wall happened to have been built over them...but that's not the roman way

@dotcassilles1488 Жыл бұрын

Possibly called beneath because when looking at a map it shows as below the line of the wall on the page rather than an actual physical locality. Like we say Australia is beneath the equator on a map of the world. Blessings, Dot

@aussiedownunder4186 Ай бұрын

You know? I have watched plenty of Time Team episodes and I must say they get very excited over the littlest thing. I have to say every program has been a anticlimax and a big let down. If you want to feel stressed out watch Time Team people getting dirty for very small gain. Rubbish!

@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

Too many effing adverts!

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for.

@FunkyCold_Santa Жыл бұрын

So much chatting. Long wait between science.

@stevepashley795 Жыл бұрын

It seems that Carenza Lewis loves the sound of her own voice. She has to be included in any finds. She constantly yaps over others.

@markuschampos5750 Жыл бұрын

Agree with you on that👍. She is exactly like you said.

@HangnJudge Жыл бұрын

The fench were cowards and pigs.

@jamesfohare Жыл бұрын

G-day just for a moment there Tony with half of your head sticking up above the hedge row on the start page I thought they had buried you somewhere by mistake and you were trying to get out mate so glad it was just for a pasting moment. 😂🫶✌️❤️👍