Is This Ancient Roman Sarcophagus Time Team's Most Important Find? | Time Team | Odyssey 

Okay, because there is so many comments about the three day limit, here is some information. Mick Aston had a dream. He wanted to make archaeology more interesting and accessible to the average Briton. Eventually, after talking about his idea with a lot of people, it was proposed that a tv program with a three day time limit on each dig would accomplish this task. The time limit would: 1) allow nationally famous archaeologists to attend, but still do their day jobs (most were at universities) the rest of the week; 2) create a little suspense-could the goal be accomplished in just three days?; and 3) be a reasonable length of time for the non-archaeological viewers to get an idea of how a dig is done, what goes on in terms of preservation of the finds and who does that, and the importance of finding out what has gone on, before the present time. In my personal, non-archaeological view, Time Team accomplished all these goals magnificently. And they did it for 20 years!

Phil's reverence for that ancient grave cut just makes me love the guy even more. He's a gentleman and a scholar. And nobody has passion for the soil like that man. He's a legend in my house. What a guy!

Such a beautiful, caring and sensitive way Professor Cox asked Phil about lifting the lid off the sarcophagus.

As an Australian, a country with a very short European history but not aboriginal history, seeing so much still remaining after thousands of years just blows my mind every time. This is one of my favourite shows of all time and I’ve watched the episodes over and over, still enjoying them. But boy, I miss Mick Aston and it’s 10 yrs next month since he died.

I love Phil. The care and compassion he shows, his no nonsense questions and answers. He gets on with the job. However... every time I see him, I'm reminded of a turnip farmer.

Phil is so gentle and respectful. Tony does all the talking.

Once again Mick shows at the start of day 3 how very careful he is about anything he does on a dig, i for think he shows he the is the main asset in the show, and is the by far the best site boss with the most knowledge.

This is my kind of reality tv.

Phil is very special. Good man.

what an extraordinary find! and to think they could have missed it! Glad Phil followed his instinct and kept going. Corenza's area was incredible as well! such a rich site of archaeology!

Phil, you are a softie at heart and so respectful. Your work ethic is impeccable. 😊😊😍

A little known TIme Team fact: A Geo-Fizz is a gin based cocktail the team often enjoys at days end.

Phil is an absolute LEGEND! Mick is STILL a paragon! Rest east Mick! You inspired a whole generation of archeologists.

The first I heard the word "viridius" I thought it might mean "green god." Now if they think it's some pre-Roman Celtic deity, maybe it does mean "green god" and not "powerful god."

Time Team never fails to amaze and educate. Great episode!

I love archaeology so much, growing up and visiting many ancient sites and museums on Crete in the 60’s. It grew a love of the past that still enriches my life in my 60’s! These are fantastic docs! And to top it all off, having “Baldric” ( my beloved Tony!) as the presenter is priceless!

Phil is such a nice bloke.

This is my favourite episode!!! Been waiting a long time to see it again!! Thanks 🙏

Phil really racked up the Karma Kool Points in this episode!

This episode always gives me the goosebumps. Amazing

What incredible work and findings! It’s unfortunate they only get 3 days but hopefully the county or someone will continue what they’ve started

There was a Time in my life, when working Afternoon shift ( Permanently) that I would have to Rely on my Video Recorder Recording this Show. ( VHS.) The Glee 😂, if it was Successful but Utter Gloom 😢 if it Failed to Record, Was undescribable..!! This is Bliss to be able to watch, whatever, whenever I want..!!🤗 Thanks Guys, for all those/these Episodes, I missed out on..!! Cheers All. Kim in Oz. 😎

I've been watching these over and over to the point where I call walls, wolls. Peace from across the pond y'all. God save the King!

My favourite Time Team episode. Love the discovery of that inscription 😃

What an amazing team!

Those tall bodies with the good teeth might have been pirate attackers. Mass grave after a battle? Could explain the scatter.

Thank you for bringing Roman archeology to my home 🥹🥹

One of the best episodes yet! Fantastic!

This is one of t he best time teams i have ever seen scence i found this show over ayear ago.great work.

This is pushing me so far into a rabbit hole about Viridius and all we don't know.

I can feel the dedication of the guys. Such an underrated show.

I love watching the crew sitting around at the end of the day enjoying a beer,real people there, this is one of my favorite channels on you tube, it just relaxes me, a good channel, I mean the time team, what a treasure

I love this show so much.

Wasn't there also a "Veridius" inscription found at the dig at Tintagel?

Imagine now. They don't have to use an expensive Helicopter just to see the Landscape. Drones can do that today.

Wonder what has happened since at this site. There doesn't seem to be a date as to when this 1st aired, however, everyone looks quite young and, Kerry is digging. In later episodes Kerry became site manager as well as assuming other duties and he no longer took an active part in digging. This might be a site to return to in 2024 or 25.

Loving these episodes

Tony there at the start looked like he was about to have a cunning and devious plan

Very interesting!!!! Great job!!!

Thanks for posting.

Such a good episode!

A Very interesting Video 👌🏻👍🏻

This video was very educational and highly informative

all the people in this program are smart, educated, compassionate, and just plain funny!

Wonderful!!!

2 mega thumbs up a great video loved it

Looks as if Baldrick is still digging trenches like in Blackadder Goes Forth. ;) Keep going! This is an amazing and interesting series.

I most definitely hadn't seen this one before!

Teamtime is the best show ever made in uk today

Maggie Darling’s voice is mesmerizing

Well Done

I'm a redneck from Kentucky who married a small town english girl. I have a unique perspective on english sarcasm and whit. I do love them

I envy time team people. since I was a teenager I dreamed to join an archeological group to help excavate sites of archeological history. I very much love history it is a magical world of knowing the past and how people lived in earlier periods

A little info about Phil Harding. He is from Wessex-think of all the southern counties of England that are on the English Channel. He is entirely a self taught archaeologist, with no formal training at all, but so knowledgeable, he became a very well respected digger. His digging style is impeccably accurate. He is also a world know flint expert, and knapper, again self taught. On Time Team, against the posh accents of many of the others, Phil’s Wessex accent stands out as very different. I am a 79 year old American woman, who is a proud Anglophile, and I love to hear Phil give Tony a hard time, as the difference in their accents is classic. In a field that is known to draw eccentric personalities, Phil has definitely found a home. At the time of Time Time, he is so well respected, he is a lecturer at Wessex University. I wish I could have met him, as well as all the rest of the Time Team experts.

Looks like a well built road 😊 0:32

That’s lovely topsoil.

If "Viridius" means "mighty, great", is it possible that it's actually a title that Romans used for God when they converted to Christianity? Maybe at least partially to throw the pagan Romans off their tracks by letting them think Viridius is just the latest deity in the pantheon? Fair warning, I admit that I have a habit of letting my imagination run away with me, but the active conversion of individuals and societies from paganism to Christianity fascinates me. I'd love to know the thought processes of these people.

I have been watching for years now from the US and wondering why only 3 days? Wouldn't 5 be best?

A priceles series!

Being pre-Roman Catholic, it could be that the burial was a synthesis of paganism and Christianity. Viridius could be a local incarnation of The Green Man, who many believe to be the root of the story of Jesus. It could very well be that late pagans or early Christians would have viewed a Viridius-like deity to be one and the same with Jesus, making conversion somewhat unnecessary bc they would have perceived Jesus to be the same figure they were already worshipping. Just speculation, but the Latin 'viridis' is the root of 'verdigris' which is, of course, green. This cannot be a coincidence.

I think the engraved stone in Phil's trench was reused from something else. Who knows, maybe the old guy had it and liked it so they used it when he was buried.

🌎🕊thank you

This the second episode of Season Nine, and aired in 2003. My records show the episode was titled, “The Roman’s Panic,” with my description that an earlier settlement is brutally demolished to provide space for a Roman walled city, and a sacred site contains a stone dedicated to the Roman God Veridius. My notes from a History Hits episode are very detailed, including Phil’s reaction to the sarcophagus, as opposed to bare bones, and that Mick is “really chuffed” about the inscribed stone going into the textbooks!😁

there should be a part 2 of this one. i need to know more

Those bones could have been defeated people, killed in battle. Bones used as waste or wall fill.

I love Time Team ❤. I binge watch this in my free time. Can someone tell me why the archeology is so deep in the ground?

I have updated but no nd filter option. I have special labs turned on but no options.

Horological antique at 46:38: what kind of watch is this? Maybe some 1970s' LED electronic watch where you had to press a button to make it light up for a few seconds? I'm sure he didn't dig that up in one of the trenches!

Isn't "viridis" Latin for "green"? Any connection there to a deity associated with spring?

Verde or Veridus means green. So I wonder if that god was something to do with growing crops or keeping the forest or land green and fertile. Just a thought.

Mir auch!

Can you do something about the minimal volume issue? On nearly all your videos, please.

Hi team, those bones probably made good it a good use to fortify and strengthen the wall build. Otherwise it is quite unusual to find those human bones being in situ with the stone fragments of that wall. Unless they were cut and chopped up in pieces by defending whatever there was to defend. Thanks for doing such good job Your the best and your presentation is tops.

Could the ditch with a mix of human and animal bones be A: sacrifices B: discarded bones of enemies to make room..

does anyone know the season and episode of this broadcast?

which episode is this

Good afternoon everyone

I’m curiosity about ancient times is, why did they abandon town sites and let them go to rack n ruin? Was it due to a catastrophic event or a new invasion of a different people who thought they could design a better place to live.? And is there a way to find out the answer to these questions

@ the 46 minute mark, the Red area is a natural island, initially chosen by the people who occupied the island. The area between the red and yellow line is the area where the river encircled the island. After water control reduced the volume of water in the river, that natural island became part of the landscape.

At the beginning just throwing antiquities around like car garbage 😂

does it ever stop raining?

I mean they were in Britain. The locals weren't overly friendly makes sense to build a wall of the get a bit aggressive

Who is the presenter at 3:48 ?

Typical Mick: Stop digging here, there's nothing here. Typical Phil: (throws wallet on table) Bet. Typical Mick: I knew it all along.

Iya Baldrick, how are you bro :) Iya Baldrick, how are you bro :) I love Blackadder, sorry for the offtopic :)

Por favor, ponham legendas em outro idiomas. Há adultos, idosos e crianças que gostariam de ter acesso ao conteúdo do canal, mas que não entendem inglês (porque nunca tiveram acesso ao ensino da língua) Grato!

Turn right here Tony. Turn left here. Turn right here. Turn left here. Who's driving this car Mick?

The way he was throwing artifacts back in that SUV was shocking. Hire an actor though, what does one expect?

Does Phil have a non-standard English accent? I know there are many English accents but his sounds distinct! I’m here in California wondering!

And to think they turned down the king in the carpark. How that must hurt.

I don’t think that Margret realizes that it’s been in the ground for two thousand years there’s is no way organic matter from Decomposition could be dangerous.

It's so yummy how the Brits say "SHED-uled." 😁

WHY "JUST 3 DAYS" ??!!??

Perhaps you should geo-phys an existing ditch that looks promising

Sounds celtic

As a former Motion Picture Television Production Major...the Only Three Day thing could be due to tv production times...

Since the Brit’s adopted the Roman way…are there gladiatorial arena all over Britain?

Is there a way that you can put some fertilizer and plant better grass on your land

Incredible how much deforestation the human has done.

I think so, only so many robbed walls and broken shards you can stay watching.