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  • 2013-05-01T19:00:00Z
  • 59m
  • 3h 56m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • BBC Productions
  • Documentary
Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs to discover how science, conservation and new finds have changed our understanding of entire eras of ancient history.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-05-01T19:00:00Z

1x01 Pagans of Roman Britain

Series Premiere

1x01 Pagans of Roman Britain

  • 2013-05-01T19:00:00Z59m

Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs. New science on two rich burials from late Roman Britain reveals unexpected secrets.

2013-05-08T19:00:00Z

1x02 Families of the Stone Age

1x02 Families of the Stone Age

  • 2013-05-08T19:00:00Z59m

Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two burials from the Stone Age - the grave of an entire Neolithic family in Dorset and a tomb on Orkney that is helping to reveal some strange and unexpected burial rites from over 5,000 years ago.

1x03 Sacred Women of the Iron Age

  • 2013-05-15T19:00:00Z59m

Archaeologist Julian Richards has the latest on two very different burials of Iron Age women and a brand new discovery in a rare chariot burial.

2013-05-22T19:00:00Z

1x04 The First Anglo-Saxons

1x04 The First Anglo-Saxons

  • 2013-05-22T19:00:00Z59m

Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries to explore the mystery of the Anglo-Saxon invasions that began after the fall of the Roman Empire. In particular, the rich burial of a warrior and his horse offers up fresh clues to some of the very first pioneers.

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