You could see all the layers where the blacksmith just folded and folded and folded the iron,” said Tamblyn. Plus, with some cracking one-liners like “the aim of ‘real’ archaeology is actually to understand the future.

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The result is a magical, emotional and completely surprising journey into the depths of human history. The last hoard was 199 Roman silver denarii,” he said, noting the club also found 332 fake silver coins in Staffordshire. She also excavated at the World Heritage Site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey, and sites in Texas and Puerto Rico. Channel 4 has commissioned Strawberry Blond TV to produce a 4 x 60’ series of The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden for More4.But most importantly, there are the stories of the people who do the dirty work – the archaeologists themselves. Raksha Dave (born 22 August 1977) is an archaeologist and TV presenter, and is the current President of the Council for British Archaeology.

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This hobby is about uncovering our past, finding things in the middle of nowhere that tell a story,” he said. Based on a series of children’s books, Roman Mysteries follows Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus who live in Ostia and love solving mysteries.

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.

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Time Team is also available on YouTube – the later original episodes on their Classics channel, and new episodes on their Official channel. It’s a classic, and provides plenty of inspiration for playing your own version of the game at home! The first series consisted of four episodes, initially broadcast on BBC Two in August and September 2010. Whether it’s trashy fantasy-drama, a top-notch documentary, or a bit of family-fun, share your recommendations in the comments! All [detectorists] want to do is walk around in the fresh air, have fun, get exercise and meet like-minded people to enjoy the hobby,” he said, although he noted his group had found hoards including a stash of Saxon hammered coins.

Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. Together, we're making groundbreaking new discoveries that everyone can be part of, and creating archaeology content that we can all share, learn from and enjoy. Lawrence von Sorgenfrei, who runs the company Go Detecting, said the goal was not to stumble upon a major find. Possibly one of the most famous discoveries of British archaeology occurred in 2012 when archaeologists at Leicester University uncovered the remains of one of England’s most famous kings in a car park of all places. In April 2017, Dave married Nigel Jeffries, who is a medieval and post-medieval pottery expert at the Museum of London.