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900,000 BC: What Can Archaeologists Tell Us About Prehistoric Britain? | Digging For Britain

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Join Professor Alice Roberts as she investigates Britain's incredible stone age past, with some artifacts potentially shedding new light on our earliest ancestors.

Welcome to Unearthed History -- the home for all things archaeological! From ancient Roman ruins to buried medieval mysteries, we'll be bringing you award-winning documentaries that explore the remnants of long-lost civilizations.

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20 Comments

@GenerationGoneRogue 2 years ago

how can people NOT get excited by this stuff!? that chunk of flint was last held by human hands up to a million years ago.. that's ridiculously cool to me

@betholschowka8865 2 years ago

I might argue that the meadowsweet placed in the grave may have been dried. Meadowsweet is traditionally used to treat pain, especially arthritis. It may have been included as grave goods for the occupant to treat themselves in the afterlife. They may not necessarily have died in the summer for Meadowsweet to have been in the grave. It could have been gathered and stored for future use.

@hiddenfromhistory100 10 months ago

In archaeology class they jokingly said, "If you can't identify the meaning of an artifact, give it a religious connotation".

@captaindaveblack-w2q 2 years ago

My late wife and I used to stroll along that beach at Happisburgh, thanks for bringing back such fond memories.

@rowancrafts 1 year ago

The Salcombe wreck is amazing. I was one of the BSAC divers leading a youth hostel adventure holiday when a novice diver,John Clarke discovered the first bronze age sword in 1976. It’s fantastic that discoveries are happening almost 50 years later.

@paulslater9061 2 years ago

When I was at school we went on a trip to creswell crags I spotted some painting on a wall in a cave I told the guide he said no it's not paint it's natural oxidisation of the rock I said it looks like art to me . Sure enough some years later rock art was discovered in a cave and yet again it was a schoolgirl who was credited with finding it all I can remember is the cave was very high with a small river in it the walkway was on the right as was the art river on left

@Fr0stria 2 years ago

I love listening to someone whose passion for history can be heard in their voice. I could listen to these for hours and in fact do so. They are great for me to listen to while packing boxes at work.

@karphin1 1 year ago

Always a pleasure to watch a program with Alice Roberts. She brings it to life, with her passionate and enthusiasm.

@alaskabarb8089 1 year ago

How amazing and wonderful to find meadowsweet flower heads preserved - and recovered - in the grave, even after the person’s bones had long since demineralized and precipitated as powder. It illustrates the exacting care taken by the archeologists during excavations to recognize and preserve even the tiniest and most fragile evidence found at the site .🏆

@johnjakson444 2 years ago

Its really great to see science shows with no AI text to speech or gpt scripts or useless graphics, if only YT could tag all videos as pure or AI tainted

@FFLOVERTANMAY 1 year ago

You ever read something that feels like it was never meant to be in your hands? That’s exactly how Erased Divinity book by Dorian Caine felt. Ancient wisdom, modern exposure, and a terrifying amount of truth packed into one single source.

@charles-mr4oz 2 years ago

The Westray wifey makes me feel a connection to those people all that time ago facing lifes ups and downs and finally perhaps marking their move from that place. 50 generations living on that site and then a decision to go. My mins is blown.

@palanthis 2 years ago

I could watch Dr. Roberts all day.

@WhatsUpCanadian 2 years ago

I enjoyed years with Tony Robinson and Time Team but you Alice have stolen my heart for the foreseeable future!

@SunnatSodiqov-l6h 2 years ago

What an amazing documentary with no bs or AI Script ❤

@musicjjl 2 years ago

it is mind-blowing that our ancestors fought through the ice age and being the reason we are here today. thanks folks.

@GREG_USMC 8 months ago

I’m a “field-walker,” published 2x in our state’s Archaeological journal, and a historian and, after 50 years of walking, 12-13k are my “oldest” finds! Great show!