The Ancient Masterpieces (And Bodies) Buried Within This Saxon Mound | Time Team | Unearthed History 

Absolutely brilliant, to think that Time Team saved a man’s life and inspired him to start something that helps others to overcome their injuries and start afresh 👍

Phil seems like a wonderful person to me. He really carried much of this show with his passion, humor and heart.

God Bless all of you. This episode has long been one of my favorites. Mostly because this man's story is so close to mine. So, at long last, I had to finally write & tell you all Thank You. I found Time Team while in ICU watching cable TV & you have all been with me almost daily as I have been on a long, long journey back to becoming myself again. I have been fascinated with history & archeology since I was a child touring historic forts & archeological sites with my dad & for school. We spent weeks each summer going all through the US & Canada. I have watched & re-watched all of the old TT videos on Prime & other streaming services, as well as renting some from my library. When I ran out, I re-watched you alll again. I was ecstatic when I found you here on RU-vid, so I have started watching again! I am adjusting to the new crew, but I still would rather re-watch the A Team! As an artist who had lost her ability to hold a pencil, Victor was one of my favorites team members. It fascinated me watching him. I am so sorry for your loss of that great man. I dearly miss Tony, Phil, Stewart & their interactions with John. Phil & the Geophys team always make me laugh & think. So do Raksha & Matt. You're all Fascinating to watch at work. Credenza is amazing, Mick is a dream of a professor. I wish I had taken some classes from him back in the day! I have followed Tony on to watch his other shows, and I will get used to the new kids too. Great work to all.

Like a lot of people in the US, I discovered Time Team during COVID. I binge-watched all 250-plus episodes, then watched them again and again. Except this one. These guys got cut down young and had their futures stolen from them. It's hard to watch. Bless those young people.

After becoming disabled and loosing my job I faced a deep depression and I too watched so much time team it really got me through some rough times along with several trips to the highlands of Scotland. Thank you to all those involved still here and now watching from heaven.

OP Nightingale what a great idea, sure wish something like that would be awsome here in Canada, for us Veterans.

As A retired US soldier with actual combat time in Afghanistan, I can relate! I was never interested in this stuff before, but I truly relax and relate when watching all the originals with Sir Robins, Phil, Stewart, Mick, Raksha, Hellen, Carenza and the rest, Great entertainment educational and fun!

Listening to the stories of these warriors brings tears to my eyes. As an American I would like to thank them for their service to Great Britian and the world.

I'm a veteran of the Iraq War. Served for 10 years in the United States Marine Corps. After my service. I had a hard time readjusting back into normal life. Was diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depression Disorder and Generalized Anxiety disorder. My wife of 15 years divorced me and I haven't seen my 3 children in 8 years. I discovered Time Team and binged watched every single episode multiple times. Phil is my favorite. Tony you're a great host. Thank Time Team for helping me through my darkest times. I thought suicide was the answer to all my issues. Reaching out for help was difficult but once I learned that there are others who are carrying the same pack. And it takes courage and strength to get help. I encourage everyone to get help. Death isn't the only answer. Enough about me. Thank you Time Team.

Watching these brave but damaged men working so diligently to find the graves of what could easily be their ancestors was bittersweet to me. Including these warriors was a very thoughtful thing to do. The person who thought of it should be appreciated in some way because it seems as though it was good for them. I’d like to express my gratitude to them all for their service. Every generation in my family has had men who were warriors, 2 of whom gave their lives here in the USA.

So happy to see the old gang and new generation working together. Great team work. Good therapy for the troops.

Love that TT helped lift Steve out of depression! Gave him new knowledge and calmed his anxiety. I think a lot of us feel the exact same.

I love when history can make people interested and learn and new skill. To also help with soldiers being able to come out of a dark place makes me so happy.

A testament to you never know the effect you’ll have on others just being you…. Time Team is really an amazing program and has not only inspired people but saved people…. Thank goodness for time team!!

I believe this is my favorite episode of all. Blessings to everyone involved!

it’s very interesting to hear the soldier say how he found time came so relaxing. I understand that there’s something about your show that is very special and keeps me absorbed and let me decompress from a very stressful day. No offense when I make the statement, a lot of times I’m able to just follow sleep without having to take sleep meds.

Phil finding flint wherever he goes 😂

Hi we lost my cousin when he came back from the middle east 2 yrs as go he was 28 he couldn't cope with life when he got back , he took his own life . He was Australian army Been in since he was 19. He needed something like you do I'm so happy for those you help get on track . God bless you all. Loved the time team for as long as it's been on. Karen and family in Australia I'm english born . 🥰👍🦘🐨🇭🇲

tt even tho thats old it never gets old. tony i was in nottingham in the 60's when they were putting a foundation for a new building . low and behold they found a roman wall , i saw it was awesome. and yes i ve been to the trip and the salutation. mortimers hole , the castle. back then i was at ppls college that backed on to the rope walk. we held mock trials at the castle. then in 65 ,,,,,,,,, a new life in sunny australia. i was 14 , i talked my parents into coming here..............my bro was adamant no way , but he came. he served in the oz army. then later i became a cop in sydney for 15 years..................funny how life is , then we die. most just fade away, but living a life is awesome. as we say here , you wouldn't be dead for quids or was it u would never eat squid? ya seen all ur oz exploits............ i was at the star hotel back in the day and patrolled the fanny express...a lot of water went under the bridge. 2 trips around oz , my bro speaks native oz spent a lot of time in alice and more remote places. oz has some horrific history , been there . the past should guide us to the future but so far history repeats. such a shame that we refuse to learn from it.

I can relate to Cpl. Winterton's love of Time Team. I still watch several episodes of old shows a week. It's a huge de-stressor. A great bunch of people from different backgrounds getting along and working as a team to solve a mystery. No politics, no conflict, no wokeness. Just kindness. It's refreshing.

One special thing about time team is that you're always joking with each other 😊

I’m so glad to hear others say what a de-stresser Time Team is! I don’t know what it is, but it keeps my crippling anxiety at bay!

I am so honored to be able to be a part of Time Team.

A very special and most heart-warming Time Team.

Has to be my favorite episode. I was so impressed with this I reached out to say thanks.

2023. Love this programme and partcularly TT - the TT mcast and Sir T and especially Sir T's lively direct voice. Not the new time time (although will give it a go !). Something about it is encouraging and affirming. Thank-you TT and all it's people😂.

Excellent TIme Team with the the soldiers working together as a team.

Wonderful finds and heart rending stories. Bravo to Time Team for sharing an epic dig with these soldiers.

What a brilliant episode, should do more collabs with these brave young souls! Hearing their stories and seeing a smile again on their faces :) And just watching Phil in action make us all happy!

This project is AMAZING in it's lift to your injured Vets. I truly wish we had this here in the US. What a grand thing you've done!! If the flint was just in this area and not predominant in the rest of the site, this too could have been a burial, a place to save the flint for other generations....

Wonderful! I can understand the feeling watching Time Team is healing for history lovers!!! We learn we are but passengers coming the same way our ancestors did …

It’s not often I cry through a Time Team, but I did this one. This project is amazing.❤

This is wonderful.

I've watched Time Team through several depressions and that bloke is absolutely right. Watching people get along (mostly), but also knowing that the absolute most exciting thing to happen is another Roman coin. There's not as much input as from other shows; enough to be interested and keep my attention outside of my own feelings, but not enough to get overwhelmed.

That soldiers' tears said it all. God bless and help him and all who suffer this way.

so much of the past very much revolved around castes of warriors, and rulers, power struggles and the basic people's dreams and the struggles for everyday life. Things that every vet can also relate too. no wonder it's so healing to see the care and awe shown in unearthing and preserving these people's stories for the future. although we cannot know what will come of our lives and efforts, perhaps it will all be part of a meaningful and increasingly beautiful tapestry for others later to learn from and remember. Always known to God, and maybe to other people too someday later.

Glad to hear Tony didn't have to rough it. 🙂

God love you all for doing this! That's just about the greatest thing I've heard in ages! So glad that young man and his family are on a new path now! Will pray it goes well and others find similar help! Blessings!!! ❤❤❤

What a really special project.

Way to go time team. Hats off for helping vets!!!

Wow, a TT that I actually haven’t seen yet! Many thanks.😊

Beautiful!!!! Bravo Time Team!

I have never cried watching a Archaeology program before.

There's something about going to war and suffering that makes people want to reconnect with their heritage and past. We are Aussies and my brother served in Afghanistan and Iraq and he came back a bit broken from what he saw and experienced. He took up metal detecting at old country homes and sites as a hobby and it really helped him in some way that he can't seem to articulate.

Time team helps me relax, too. Great job, soldiers.

Phil seems such a jolly person. They all seem to have a great time!:)

Sir Tony is too much a woos to rough it with the rest of Time Team. 😊 I have always thought highy of Phil. He enjoys answering questions and never makes us feel dumb for our questions.

I had major surgery back in 2020 and had an extremely hard and painful recovery. Time Team episodes are what helped me through it. Frankly they became like family to me over that time. I hear Phil's voice in my head all the time now.

I've watched this episode multiple times. Your, Time Team interviews with the soldiers and hearing their progress are more important than the dig, old GI opinion. Has Time Team, BBC, or both done any follow-up on those troops?

i think this is one of my fav episodes. The finds are amazing, and it is so inspiring that archeology is helping these people whether big or small. ❤

I agree we should support our Vets 100% but it pains me we do not treat all people with PTSD, depression, and anxiety equally.

Time team gives perspective.

First of all, what a great project, I wish more people would get involved in something similar to help others. My respects and congratulations to the soldiers, and of course to Time Team. Incredible site, wonderful finds.

One of my favorite digs. Love Saxon and Scandinavian excavations.

It seems very strange that men that have been damaged by war would find it therapeutic to be doing archelogy on fellow warriors that were also damaged or infact killed by war. Maybe it's a connection that many of us will never understand completely. God bless them all.

One of the best episodes ever … such a fantastic project, and such incredible, brave, strong young people. Thank you.

I completely relate to Cpl. Winterton, I to find a calm binging Time Team. Thank you TT and much love to the Professor Mick!

One of my favorite TT episodes. I watch it every time it pops up on my feed.

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this Nightingale excavation. Are there more of these episodes we may view? This is a source of inspiration for us, certainly for me.

One of the best Time Team EVER!

So gllad this was able to help these poor injured boys. Thank you time team !!

Such a fantastic and emotional episode!

This is a brilliant idea and it is so inspiring to see it working so well. Well done. Thank you all for your service. Bless you all, service personnel and archeologists.

The background music, you dont really think about it, but it effects my mood in a positive way. The people are heartfelt and engaging.

It may not have been Time Team for me (on accounts of only just now having discovered these lads) but when I got chronically ill and disabled for the first time, I also had just this one thing that I would just watch from my couch at home, giving me some semblance of sanity. Very relatable. :P

Nothing beats depression like an awareness of the past. You feel less pointless and adrift and more part of an ever-flowing current much, much larger and more vast than you.

Just wonderful thinking.

Great video and fantastic that it is helping the guys to be motivated and get support 👍 from Harry,keep up the great work.😊

Wow what a story. I'm dealing with major depression and I've been watching time team alot I can relate

this episode had me in tears

Bravo Zulu Time Team

They really need to do some serious study on depression and this type of work/activity. Someone non military in comments said Time Team helped her depression. She watched it a lot also. Thats so interesting! It's fantastic seeing these young men being helped this way, and contributing at the same time.

A Very Good,& interesting video 👌🏻👍🏻

Pre historic Lego 😂😂😂😂 How epic would it be if you had a passion for archaeology and you got to dig with Phil ❤

Best theme song ever

Tony = Time Team! 😀 No other narrator can match this!

Given how long Helen & Tony have worked on this kind of thing, I was amazed to hear them explain grave goods as intended to "paint a picture of their role in society" or as "conspicuous consumption." Uh, news flash, as is well known people back then didn't believe our maxim "You can't take it with you" -- they really did believe you could take your wealth with you to the next world. That's why they often sent freshly killed servants, slaves, concubines, etc. to accompany them.

Thanks!😎

These people are dead and buried - long gone and forgotten. Now here comes a team that is not satisfied with that. They are interested; they want to find out everything about these people. They are making sure they are not forgotten.

Love Time Team... Amazing to see a country that invaded, colonized & systematically robbed & destroyed the history of so many countries is so serious about their own culture & history... Let's learn hippocracy from the British. Well Done 👏👏👏👏

The greatest time team of all time!!!!

we have our own digs here , we dig up sapphires , diamonds , rubies gold and more . dig up witchery grubs and more , dig giant yabbies from their houses. keep on keeping on digging , u never know what u might find!

Great idea@

excellent

WAY Cool archaeology...!

As fantastic as the site is, it pales in comparison to the help and care given the soldiers by Operation Nightengale.

Unlike the Canadian Armed forces the Brits take care of their vets. God Bless all vets.

said that this was a three year dig. hope that theres more to this than jus the one show here.

Anglosaxons buried with jewelry and weapons sounds very much like giving them preparations for their version of the afterlife. Afterlife has been with humanity since our Egyptian times. Dropping the recent lens of Christianity, it seems pretty obvious that people still had their regional beliefs of an afterlife.

Archaeology, the modern name for Grave robbers

Tony wouldn't sleep in the tent for one day let alone three. Spoiled. Once again, Tony is NOT happy unless something major is found. Phill nicely told him all archeology is important when Phil produces a large tray of flint. "Not what we are looking for!" according to Tony. All archeology tells a story and history of a place and the people. Leave Tony at home. Not to mention Tony's dumb question of the wounded soldier and his wife when he asked "And how does that make you feel?" after the soldier admitted that he had been suicidal for a period after his injuries. No compassion on Tony's part.

"Danish Lager, awful stuff!" Says a man from the nation that invented beer so thick you can stand a spoon in - and drink it warmed......

Badgers? Badgers!?! We don' need no stinkin' Badgers!

From the United States I wish to say thank you to all those in the United Kingdom, our greatest ally and friend, who provided military service and sacrificed so much on our behalf after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Thank you, this American remembers!

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How long do you have to wait before you can dig something up?At what point can we start to dig up 'modern' graves

29:22; old or former soldiers mayhap?

It isn't TT unless there's mud up to the eye brows!

Is a DNA test made on all of the remains that have been recovered before they're reburied? I'm curious if some are my family as we've been in Wiltshire and Somerset since at least 1085. We're always searching for more records and data.

Archaeology feeds the self transcending tendency