actually the way German is translated and spoken is quite bad...Helen though, the young archaeologist and the lady with the black earrings, pronounces it correctly. Tony begun with it only much later... it should be - Grubenhaus - . WIKI shows and explains it in detail. and as you know,on the left side you can change it into a langauge that suits you best. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubenhaus
The rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun I walk a road horizons change The tournament's begun The purple piper plays his tune The choir softly sing Three lullabies in an ancient tongue In the Hall of the Saxon King..** (**with courtesy to King Crimson. Sorry I forgot to acknowledge them.)
5:16 _"Try to cut to to the line."_ And he cuts dead center of the line. How could he even see the line from the cab? Talk about excellent depth perception and spacial awareness, that's impressive.
Totally with you Gary, I'm a British ex-Pat living in the US for 10 years. I watched many of these episodes when they were first aired, but not all. A bit of fresh air and sense to get away from the constant mad battering politics of the last 4 years and the current pandemic failed response.
As I understand it, the Angles and the Saxons came from your part of Europe and brought their language with them. It completely replaced the Celtic language/s of what is now England before evolving into modern English.
English is a bastard language, made up from very old local languages, and the conquering Roman, Saxon (Old Germanic) and Vikings (1066). Along with French and other Latin based influences. It's a weird amalgamation, which is why it kind of exists by itself, without any real direct similar languages. Like Swedish and Norwegian, Dutch and German, Spanish and Portuguese, those are all very close but their own language derived from a common predecessor. Despite this, it is the most common second language in the world.
@@Yvolve And with the basis of journalism derived in the vocabulary, grammer, and literary context of the English language, it kinda makes sense why journalism is dying as a viable profession.
Oh I love how you can see the pride in Helen that Mick seems to have and you can tell she is thrilled to have his (and Tonys) confidence and an opportunity to show her expertise. In a tribute video for Mick she speaks about how he helped her a great deal. They had a special respect for one another I think. ❤
I know a bit about general history, but being from the U.S., I know nothing about English history, save what I see in movies. The last bit, where Helen said "This is where England stared" finally made me realize why this era and this site are so important. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
Phil's hat is far grander than that other feller's, and shows the love he has for his work where all that sweat has run down and forrad off his brilliant timeless head. Cheers!
I wasn't expecting an American historian. I can tell she's been in Britain for a long time because she's picked up a little RP here and there in her accent.
Agreed. He is the true gentleman. I've had the pleasure of watching him stay pleasant and strong when all the others use him for a scape-goat. Bravo, Matt.
Just finally saw this episode and I havent laughed that hard in years especially with the antics between Phil and Matt. Stuff like this is what makes the show....besides all the archeology.
Phil’s comment about Matt’s brush being “an abbreviated moustache” 😂 That banter has to be some of the best, but that line is one of the all time greatest treasures of Time Team. 😂😂😂
@@brianoneel514 Yeeeees.... because native civilisations didn't exist in the Manifest Destiny version of the USA history being taught in schools, right?
I love watching and learning. My father was an archaeologist, my mother was a geologist. When we lived in Montana. I was only 10 when I was aloud to on an excavation. I love watching every Time Team event.
For those of us who are new to archaeology and don’t live in UK, it would be useful if you added to the description of the episode the dates (in years) and the time period in terms of Saxon vs. Middle Ages vs Roman, etc.) to help us learn.
Seems really unlikely that an eighteen foot long chain would have straight down from the roof. I feel like it would go over a beam and come back down, so you could raise and lower the cauldron.
I cant recall if it was this episode or not, but Tony used the phrase "higgledy-piggledy" when referring to the building structures after the Romans left. I almost spit up my food laughing so hard. If this was the eipisode, does anyone know at what point he said this? LOL Im trying to find it in the transcript, but to no avail. [EDIT] Just found the video where Tony said that - it was a Timeline episode "The Life Of A Dark Age Farmer | The Worst Jobs In History" . Darn it, now I'm going to be using that phrase....
I am very glad that they talked about and toasted the great J.R.R. Tolkien. My ancestors were Anglo-Norse and to see how my fathers and mothers of old lived is sacred to me. This was a great help to me in creating the world of Midgard in my series of books called Visigothic
Damn you, Britain, with your culture and history! Sigh, at least we have forests here in Canada. But if those go, so shall I, to the British Motherland. 😊
Looking at Helen worries me. My wife had lupus erythematosus, she had the same red blotches on her face. Lupus erythematosus is where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues. Often it's only dermal (stay out of the sun), but it can also attack internal organs. In my wife's case, lupus erythematosus was a precursor to terminal cancer.
I think - chapeau - should go once in a while also to the digger drivers. with their big machines they could spread butter onto a slice of bread. and take it off again. without the bread being - damaged - ...
Everyone always talks about Phils signature hat, but can we all just acknowledge Helen's signature short shorts she wears oh so often on her appearances? Everyone else: "lets ware some good solid clothing that's decent for hard work in rough conditions. Helen: "I think I will wear the neon orange shorts that come up to my upper thighs and still work the trenches like a boss while also looking good at the same time."
The Angles and the Saxons came to England from your part of Europe. They brought their language with them and it replaced the local Celtic language/s before it evolved into modern English. You're hearing your sister language ❤
I'm so bored staying home.and being boringly safe that I've taken to using Google maps to find an episodes dig site without having an address. This one was particular good because of the time of day being given near noon. The landscape there is really interesting. Great dig, great show. Pints for all of yas if the Atlantic wasn't between us.
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He's not criticizing them. He's playing a part of sorts: he is the uninformed but curious layperson who asks seemingly-obvious questions to prompt the experts to explain what they're doing for the viewing audience.
Tony says to Mick.................'You are always the doubting black country lad', nailed it in one! That is why i guess if you have watched this programe over time, that is why Mick's digs do take a pattern that includes the first part of the programe that includes plenty of geophys, Mick up in the helicopter with Stewart exploring crop marks, field walking, going over old maps and boundries, a close look at 'Lumps and Bumps' with Stewart, having a talk with the historians and with any person who he can find out any information that can help with the dig. I guess that is why people see Mick as a 'Doubling Black Country Lad'?
So cool to hear that flyghting is real! In Assassin's Creed Valhala video game, they have a flyghting mecanic, where it's like insulting verse that when you win, you get charisma points that gives you extra dialog options 🖤
The 'gruben' part of the Grubenhaus is about the pit that was dug, it has nothing to do with grub (food). I guess part of the original meaning survives in English' 'grubby' (dirty).
Like that double sided comb, I had one like that in plastic 30 years ago guess you could still get them. 1500 years later and you can still get versions of them now, amazing.
Your geo fiz is like my old art. I suspect while watching this as a teenager, it was in my subconscious mind and came to the for into my art years later. What an impact you poeple have made through the love of time team.😊❤❤
My MAIDEN name and ancestors are ancient ANGLO-SAXONS from Staffordshire, England...traced to the Doomsday Book, "TRENTHAM", Stoke-on-Trent community. I appreciate this wonderful program!!! I'm a TEXAN..., and lived on RAF MILDENHALL 1982-1987. England in my blood!
All of the members of Time Team have regular weekday jobs. They only filmed episodes when everyone was able to participate. The purpose of Time Team was to determine if sites had significant value as archeological sites & determine the area limits of those sites. There were a handful of later episodes that re-visit some of the original digs and expose some of the more advanced results. Usually, continuation was carried out by local archeological groups.
Do to past archaeological digs/destruction archaeologist @@antonisautos8704 seem to come to an agreement that they will only do sections of archaeological digs. Before archaeologists didn't care about anything except getting to treasures not realizing they were destroying treasures . Pyramids, Indian burial mounds & the like are perfect examples. They even came to an agreement that the tools they i=use today are even causing damage & to leave areas for future investigations untouched not knowing what type of tools will be used that don't do damage.
34:00 Even modern societies exhibit the two-enormous-postholes-outside thing. Here www.alamy.com/waharoa-gate-created-by-selwyn-muru-inspired-by-maori-and-polynesian-art-at-aotea-square-in-auckland-north-island-new-zealand-image359670544.html Every Maori marae has a symbolic gate by which one enters the grounds. and of course St Louis none of them have anything to do with gibbets.
