I think it's necessary considering all the headaches they have to put up with. For the Field Techs anyway, a lot of work for little pay other than satisfaction by the subject.
I am a medical doctor. I admit that I miss a forensic examination of unearthed skeletons. I went to Bath many years ago. The hot spring was putting out plumes of bubbles, for all the world like fermenting wine. No mystery that it was deemed sacred by a society that worshiped Bacchus. Into the spring, people had thrown strips of lead (probably all from the same vendor, I'd bet) on which they had written short prayers. It was less then edifying to see that most of the prayers were curses. The part that should have been the best was walking around the big pool in sneakered feet, treading actual pavement laid in ancient times. I'd have done it barefoot, but there was some sort of sense of gloom from those stones. It was actually depressing. Then I figured it out. This was a hospital. People came here bringing their mortal illnesses hoping against hope for help. Before penicillin, the average patient consulting the average doctor in America was more likely to be made worse, not better, by medicine into the 20th century. I doubt ancient gods did any better. Even though my career has been in the post-penicillin era, I still have always felt hospitals depressing. Bath was no different, even after all these years.
I love Phil's enthusiasm and intensity and his sense of humor . Besides some of the pretty girls in the company I'd love to sit in a pub with him and listen to him go on ! What a treat !
that man will never be sorry he spent his life digging holes. I envy the life and love he has for it all. What a 'character' a 'codger' and what an amazing person.
So often he has to argue with Mick and Tony whether he should continue digging his trench, as he wants, or be moved someplace else, as they want. In each case, it seems to me, his persistence is correct and he finds something worth digging for.
Classic Phil. Tony is like a child who makes a fuss if he doesn't get what he wants. Phil has a quick wit and a talent for putting him in his place. Too Right!
I'm enjoying the thought that all those posh and refined characters from Austen's novels who came to Bath and stayed in the Royal Crescent had a pagan cemetery under their front lawn :>
susan webb Born and raised in Boston. Seventeen years of nuns, Jesuits and liberal arts. Different times now. History is not regarded well. Even facts are ignored if they are inconvenient for a political purpose. Nice to see programming with an attempt at gaining truth.
I was born and raised in san jose ca. I am 51 and we learned geography in 7th grade, and then pretty much american or north american history the rest of the 5 years. I have fixed that as an adult.
In the Eastern Cape, South Africa the Xhosa people who live in small villages bury their dead next to their houses. They have a lot of rituals regarding the interment of the dead and also the visiting of the dead. When they visit the grave site they talk to the deceased person believing they are still there and are able to give them advice for any difficulties they are experiencing. They also pour water on the grave. I am not sure, but I think this is an act to give the ancestors a drink. When buried the Xhosa person is buried with articles like walking sticks which are their personal property as well as other articles which are said to help them in the afterlife. In their culture an elderly man carries a beautifully carved walking stick. This maybe to help him walking but more often than not it is a sign of his authority over the tribe; more or less like a king's scepter. Because the people are buried next to the houses they are not only easy to visit and talk to but they are still part of the community and the family circle.
Who the fuck cares were not African not the same culture jam your multicultural bullshit up your commie ass once and for all quit comparing cultures not the same NOT THE SAME MORON! Quit helping globalists to brainwSh the world! You fucking idiot!
@@bigbearfuzzums7027 It sounds to me like big bear fuzzums needs a hug. I found Lamees Ahmad's comment to be quite interesting. It is always fun to compare cultures because we can find so many similarities between them, but that doesn't mean we are saying they are the same. Upon rereading Lamees Ahmad's comment and also big bear fuzzums' angry response, I'm seeing nothing communist, multicultural, or even globalist. Sometimes it helps to read something more than once to understand what the writer means.
@@lanitagrice7644 fuzzums sounds like he needs an enema. It's natural for people to associate what they are learning with what they have experienced. They aren't saying "this is the same", they are saying "I understand what you are saying because I have seen xyz here." It is a natural instinct to share information. Now we know something interesting about this particular tribe in S Africa. It's anecdotal. Take it or leave it.
Trench one is here but has been replanted with trees and shows no sign at all of the excavation: 51.387992ºN, 2.366382ºW And you can just barely make out the line of the road in the crescent here: 51.386251ºN, 2.368907ºW
No wonder he's lonely. "I don't think it's religious." That's the same as saying; "I don't think GOD has anything to do with this!" Everyone is backing away waiting for the lightening to strike!
I am always surprised that they don't always have cover over the trenches. Being Britain and all one would think they would always be ready to protect a dig from the rain; especially considering they only have three days!
I went looking for this comment in the discussion because I was thinking the exact same thing. Protective tents should have been standard to the digs. At least 3 trenches worth. I realize on some rare occasions they open a host of trenches, but 3 should be enough to soldier on.
This is a good episode to mention that "sarcophagus" is the singular with "gus" as the ending. The plural is "sarcophagi" with "eye" as the ending. Guy, of course, has it right. Just say it as he does it. (Morbid fact for today--The word "sarcophagus" comes from two words meaning "eater of the corpse)."
Rumour has it that the occupiers of the Crescent properties, lobbied their influential local Candidate, who permanently halted Fosse Way, road building in front of the residential properties
And I share as well. I crochet and make my own patterns sometimes and I never charge to pass them on. I also make things just to keep my hands busy (so that they aren’t always shoveling food into my mouth! ) and I usually give everything away
Want to see something really weird....? Check out this video at 7.05 through to 7.10.....the guy taking a photo from the fence. Now check out his finger nails. Takin' photos of Phil huh?
At one point Carenza had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, only to find out it had been a false positive and the surgery was for nothing. I felt so bad for her.
@@pollyb.4648 I think all involved with the show are great. These guys have other jobs or school to attend and still take the time to get involved and share the subjects they love with others. That says a lot and gets them my support all the way. It must be a real pain to have to stop, wait for the cameras and then redo something you say or explain the same information over and over from episode to episode but they do, with great patience. Also, it takes some nerve to talk in front of cameras and Tony is the only member of the basic crew that has that natural talent so I can overlook their occasional awkwardness and reluctance easily. Besides, which of any of us could be in front of the camera over and over for 20 seasons and not have at least a few awkward moments?
They only briefly mention that an extension of the church in 1907 disturbed the sarcophagi from where they were left during the original construction. And there is not a theory as to what happened to them then?
@alison webster Maybe, but back in the 1800's antiquarians generally kept shoddy records and often took what they found home or sold it off to other collectors.
It's a difference in how people reused built-on land compared to how we do it today. For thousands of years, people would build something, occupy it for a while, and then it would fall out of use. When someone wanted to build over it, they'd salvage whatever was worth salvaging. But they didn't have big heavy machinery, so yanking out hefty foundation stones buried deeply in the ground was a huge undertaking, and really not worth the effort. So, they'd either reuse the old foundations, or bring in dirt and gravel from elsewhere to level it up and build over it. And then the process would start all over again. The result is that the ground surface in continuously-occupied sites can rise by several meters over millennia. In the middle east, there are big mounds called "tells" that are purely built up from thousands of years of successive occupation on the same spot
A revelation, people actually died during Roman occupation. And they were smokers, proved by their coffin nails being found with their skeleton. I guess, due to the coffin find, we can rule out simple Fosse way, 'road kill' victims.
They just said three days, nothing was ever said that they had to be three consecutive days. That was only ever an incorrect assumption commonly made on the viewer's part. The Devil is in the details.
'shnops' commenting below, made sort of an indirect (though astute!) observation about some of the female researchers present being,....ahem,..well, rather attractive. All I will say is, that I would certainly concur with that observation. Actually forgot we were looking for Roman artifacts more than a couple of times on this particular dig! Steady boys, let's stay on task. Anyway, very nice job overall. And yes, I too would enjoy going over our findings with a coffee at the end of the day with the experts in a couple of the various scientific disciplines represented! ; )
Am I the only one finding Sophie pretty blah?? I think an improvement over Carenza's argumentative style but very forgettable. I could not remember her at all from my first views a few years ago and still can not remember her after watching S10 over again. She must not have lasted after one season.
