The Ancient Druidic Mysteries Of B.C. Wales | Time Team | Odyssey
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- The Island of Anglesey was once home to one of history's most mysterious groups: the Druids. The Romans accused them of magical rituals, human sacrifice and even cannibalism, and soon after the invasion, the full force of the Roman army descended on this small island. Their mission: to destroy this stronghold of the British resistance.
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Feast of the trumpets against the evil monitoring spirits following me around in Leamington Ontario Canada the 13s and grandmothers orders no matter what you hear orders stand.
@@ryanbrown1484 Hi Ryan, thanks for that insight.
I absolutely LOVE how Ian, the "digger driver," has the ability to feel out archaeological features with the blade of his backhoe. John joked that he should trade places, have Ian go be the archaeologist, but the fact is, John doesn't have the specialized skill Ian has, the ability to sense material properties through the vibrations of his machine.
That's a lesson for all those people who throw around elitist terms about jobs that don't require college degrees. Operating engineers, or "digger drivers," don't go to college in the US, they go through apprenticeships; they're very skilled and needed workers who deserve high pay, good benefits, and social respect. The same is true of people like janitors, maids, child-care workers, and fast-food workers--there's no such thing as an "unskilled worker."
Spot on truth there!
Well said !!!! I raised 2 kids alone by " waiting tables" & My hubby, now, is a CDL Driver ! No college , just 2 honest " hard working " people !!! I love the shows from Wales....my great grandfather was from Wales.....a Roberts !!
I loved the original series and this one is every bit as terrific!!
I am a grade 9 and now 65 years old and my people are hard to learn English unless they doctors etc! I am a handyman electronics and electric a wielder a painter and jack of all fruit and most of all I learn English by reading bible 💖🙏
@@ginnysnyder9703 👍🙏
My late husband was from angelsey. The people in this film made me smile, their jollyness and enthusiasm,their lack of ego combativeness, their easy comradity I so admire and enjoy in the people from that part of the world combined with the lovely landscape made watching this a very enjoyable and informative experience.
Welsh people are so lovely
@@jackparry6983 that gentle, musical manner if speech is something I am so fond of. My husband looked and spoke like Richard Burton. I used to love having him read to me.
@@katella I can tell you loved him loads. I hope you’re at peace with his passing and have found a way of living without him. Although it’s no doubt hard.
@@alanwerner8563 yes. I regret that we never had a chance to go to Wales together.
Go now in his honor
When that Celtic chap was buried there, it was an equal distance from his death to when the Romans turned up, as it was from when the Romans turned up to us today. That just blew my mind a little bit.
That's true with lots of dinosaur species, too. More time elapsed between, say, stegosauras's extinction and the T. Rex era than between the latter and modern humans.
The pyramids of Giza were already ancient artifacts by Cleopatra's time.
that blew my peanut butter right onto my dog's tongue
Very educative and entertaining at the same time, much appreciated! As far as the history of the druids goes, and I've done a bit of study on the subject, they moved westwards when the Romans arrived, ending up in Cornwall, and Anglesey, their last refuge before the Romans took over. Druids were conservators of the knowledge, and wisdom of nature, the motion of the celestial bodies, the sun, and the moon, in connection with the spiritual world without abusing it in any way or form. Their healing practices and poetry are testimonies of reverence for life, the plant- and animal world, efforts for the preservation of pristine nature.
Wow! You're so knowledgeable!!! Very cool. Lots of respect to your awareness and willingness to so liberally share. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
Druids went to Ireland as well.
Druids was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts.
Well, they definitely abused their sacrifices!
Pytheas of Massalia was all over britain before Rome took it. He said a lot but nothing about the islander's great knowledge or wisdom. He did say Cornwall was the place where merchants would do business and because of it they had good manners and decent technology
And human sacrifice.
Oh, I just realized how much I miss these guys, I feel like I'm seeing old friends. Blessed be.♥️♥️♥️
Time Team's expeditions are incredibly interesting. Their teams are experienced and intelligent archeologists. The Druids are a mysterious people and even Time Team could not shed much light on them. It is always fun to see the unexpected turns their expeditions take. As a Kansas resident of English heritage I feel a connection to my distant ancestors through Time Team's work.
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Tony Robinson is a schoolboy's fantasy
Ks. Here as well
What a sympatical way of doing and sharing archeology. Thank you very much for this nice time shared with you and thanks for reminding that the history taught to our schools are the one once written by the winners (so be carrefull with the written sources ! 😊). Have a happy and instructive year 2024🎉
Always fascinating to witness real world archaeology in action. Makes the viewer feel like an armchair Indiana Jones by proxy.
Technologies like LIDAR really have revolutionised archaeology - especially in places like England with such a rich history of continuous human habitation by different cultures and civilisations.
One of my favorite episodes primarily because of Stuart beaming after Mick telling him that he's right.
I really love how series like this make learning history so fun! I wish that schools would take this approach, instead of using dry and dusty textbooks, with no life in them.
The effect of the music on these time team videos is incalculably valuable. Sometimes music can make it be the thing you watch a video for because it soothes your soul
I love Time Team and CAN NOT wait for it's glorious return. I just wish Sir Tony was going to be hosting. Hopefully he and Phil at least make an appearance. And it's a shame Mick is no longer with us to see the show's return. I'm sure he will be tuned in from beyond though.
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Time Team developed from *Time Lines* a short series about recording the buildings in the valley, which became the Roadford Reservoir in Devon.
My father and his best friend who has sadly died, actually they were metal detecting mad and actually worked with time team when they were in Wales, Ely , in Cardiff, they are all actually really down to earth,all of them in time team , and when they are down here, they will inform my father, if your with metal detecting clubs, and that's where they look for people who are very good metal detecting and ask them to do a show with them
@@rebbeccakelly2038😊
Lumps and bumps are exciting!!
I have found artifacts and relics of Native Americans while exploring the wilderness, for close to 60 years. I can feel or sense them somehow before seeing them. I have talked to other finders and have found many have the same experience. I have no doubt that I could feel this same stuff while operating an excavator.
That's very cool!
What must open pit mining operations uncover and destroy as they dig for minerals and such, hundreds of feet deep! Who ever hears about such?
It seems to be human nature-to bond and connect consciousnesses. It’s what we do and fighting each other, destroying the experiences of each other seems counterintuitive.
@@timebot000 Guy I know drove earthmoving machine; they were doing a cutting (putting in a highway; a cutting is like slicing into a hill) and they found a seriously huge kangaroo/dinosaur like skeleton. Local museum didn't seem interested...couldn't hold the job up for days (big money) so on they went. 25ft dinosaur/kangaroo like thing turned into rubble...still makes me cranky...guys on the jobsite weren't happy either...
@@Kayenne54 .. that's such major news! I use comment sections to share details :-)
Freeport claims thier new roads cutting up hills are for 'speculation '...but it's high security fencing and patrol .
I knew a contractor who was being transferred after sitting in on board meetings..he was mad so he spilled the beans to us about thier plans for rare earth mining ops. That was 12 years ago. 13 families got kicked off 100 yr lived on property so they could use the land to store the dirt they are 'reclaiming'.
I verified the rumours from online , but no local P.R. about any of it.
Just imagine the stones they pocket while digging up stuff, and I hope the Workers do the same...
They'd like to mine the town so the roads go unimproved and gentrifying neighborhoods still goes on as most locals don't see the future they're planning.the public meetings they host are absolutely hypnotic and share Nothing new and no one asks good questions .
The green REE evolution is not 'sustainable' so of course public stores like Ace hardware have no solar based supplies for sale and only cater to wealthy builders. The rich have to now hoard the hightek gadgets as the resourses to build them are limited, and mining for those materials is waay toxic , so this dirt pile will have to be transported somewhere else to process🙄
Time Team was such a great series. Thanks for uploading this episode.
Tony Robinson is the ultimate schoolboy's fantasy
I genuinely enjoy that these coworkers can rib each other without causing offense. The comradery warms me.
Absolutely fascinating ! Not only because of what is found, but the knowledge of all the men & women investigating these sites.
In addition, they all are so excited about their finds & so beautifully cooperative in the process.
Phil, Francis & Tony are delightful. I’d love to just sip some tea, sit around a fire & listen to them talk about their adventures. 🥰
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I love these guys . i watch them every time they make archeology fun specialy Tony Robinson. He always make me laugh. Keep up the great work guys i enjoy it. No matter what you guys digging i am there!
In the time period concerned with the Roman invasion/slaughter, the Celtic name was not 'Anglesey' but “Ynys Mon” or “Mona Island.” It was one of three sacred islands in the Irish Sea in the Celtic Druidic Religion, the others being the Isle of Mann/Mananan & Reachra/Rathlin. Archaeologists & Historians would do well to search for the ancient Celtic placenames that preserved the significant sites if they wish to uncover their locations.
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Well said 🏴👍✊
Also, they should stop taking the reports from Caesar' descriptions of the Ancient Druidic Practices. His writings were Political Propaganda! Those who were "sacrificed" were criminals or enemies of the time. Also, no cannibalism activities took place, within the Ancient Druids...no REAL evidence to either, prove or disprove this. Again, Caesar was a Politician, who in their right mind, can believe claims made by Politicians today. Stop & look at what is going on in the world today & what each politician says about another, particularly when in an actual conflict between another country. It has been this way, throughout history. Example, look at what is currently taking place, with what the Russians are claiming the Ukrainians are doing in Ukraine & then you have the Ukrainians claiming the Russians did it! This sort of Political Practice of Propaganda, has not changed throughout history! Perhaps, they should have had a Discussion with the Head Druid, of the Anglesey Druid Order, to obtain a better understanding of what the Wickerman is about, instead of dribbling the same crap, based on Caesars' Scribe!
Its name is still Ynys Mon, that is the Welsh name for the island today.
@@galinor7 yes, that's the name of the Isle of Anglesey. However, I was referring to the Isle of "Britain", as is currently called. :)
...Romans and the notion of "human sacrifice". That's hilarious considering they no doubt killed more humans within the Coliseum as government sanctioned killing than the entire history of sacrifice that the Druids ever did...if they ever did at all. One perspective is that if there was a human sacrifice, that sacrifice was a druid as they were the closest to the gods and not some poor farmer.
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Interesting thought. You're absolutely on target about our understanding of Romans putting people to death for entertainment. Considering that, in this context, it raises the question as to why Romans seemed to enjoy sacrifice for entertainment but be horrified at the idea of sacrifice for religious purposes. Maybe like some today, they thought entertainment sullied religion?
@@martinbaker2322 Romans were horrified by them. A lot of what you've read about them has been sugar coated.
Any +all govs, rulers who fight wars,
defensive or offensive, call.for human
sacrifices on.their own side, (& implicitly
from.other other side, with or without
any religious justifications.
Frankly, the Roman practice of slaughtering humans as bloodsport is FAR more reprehensible than unsavory, but sincere, pagan faith practices. Who do you think killed more people? (Hint: Ain't the pagans!)
these folks always have so much fun you can tell they love their work
Sir Tony got me through Covid. I just came back to relax to his voice again
Victor is an amazing artist. RIP
How in the heck did they get permission for those wind turbines with underground cables, without an environmental impact survey? The potential for archeology is part of that survey.
Because it is Wales where the history of this land has at best been ridiculed and most definitely not taught in schools. The has been a "directive " from Westminster dating back over 100 years that does NOT permit the teaching of, or the supporting of the history of Wales. Archaeological, sites all over Wales are TRASHED or hidden from the public. A people who do not know their roots will always stay under your command.
@@delzprojects2573 I can imagine you are right. I know the Perils my ancestors suffered; first the Romans, and then the English.
@@delzprojects2573 distressing that the historical site in Wales are not being protected. I used to belong to the English Heritage Society and I visited Wales often. Has the society abandoned our people?
@@delzprojects2573 That's terrible, and exactly what will happen to all Western Civilization too.
I'm originally from Wales too, and can concur with others about the way our history and culture has been deliberately ignored or trashed. In schools in the 60s and 70s we were taught useless facts and figures about English kings and queens, battles etc and nothing at all as regards Welsh princes, Druids, Celtic folk tales and lore. Plus, the Royals dump their in-bred, thick as pig poo offspring on us without asking for our consent. Would we have wanted Clueless Charlie and Diana the Slapper to be our representatives? Of course not. At least we haven't been lumbered with Harry the Plank and Me Again...
And there is no way on earth that an ancient site like this one, such as Stonehenge, would have been allowed to be desecrated by bloody wind turbines!
It's so nice when the algorithm gets things right and introduces me to stuff like this!
Time team is my all time favorite
It has everything and is so beautifully done.
Druids was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts.
But their legacy remains. Hewn into the living rock...OF STONEHENGE!! 🪨
It's very painful to watch how little they tell us about the people, their true ancestors geniuses. Folks that have been mercilessly murdered by Roman's, the only thing they keep saying in this video is they might have murdered people in ritual. There is very little proof that truly happened, instead the fact that the "druids" killed people don't mean innocent people but much more plausible to have been a punishment for crimes. Sacrificial victims says far too little and there is too much prejudice into it. Respect your ancestors.
We are still here. To survive for the benefit of future generations we went underground and occulted (hid) our knowledge from the destroyers. They (the destroyers in authority) will continue to defame us and peddle false knowledge in place of wisdom.
@@biomechanique6874 Yeah sure mate, the druids no longer build vast, precise earthworks aligned with the cosmos - they lurk around on CZcams comments 🤣🤣🤣.
@@silverapples75 😉🧙😎🕉️🇷🇺nojab.
The victors write the history books for the masses, while the conquered carry on the oral stories. The true historian seeks out all versions and brings them to light together. Herodotus, Edward Gibbon, and others.
Well when the masses educated at all. There are cases like the druid only single source but at least for scollerly debate even in anchient world often more than one source.
This should more be governments teach what is taught in school in many cases.
Human Sacrifice a common trait of Shamanistic Religions not all have them at least far as we know. Japanise Shino a Shamanistic religion they even include modern times sacrifices by locals in fictional drama.
To me the doubt part is other places sacrifices it seams thrown in lakes but in this area it only metal works and stuff it seams.
Romans with their "sacrifices reguarlly in the Arenas" had no justification to talk if they actually slandering much in comments. Druids probably earning the blade for resiting their rule more than anything else. Hell if they had given up at the start the Romans might have even let them sacrifice folks in the Arena for entertainment. The Romans normally tollerated local relegions, let the Jews have expensive improvement of Jewish temple paid by tax money paid to local King, unless they used as part of resistance to Rome. Romans alowed the Eyptians 30 percent brother sister marrage of common folk until they turned Christian centuries later shown by census records. The Egyptians never resisting Romen rule in Egypt probably the cause of that. Cleopatra had to commit suicide to avoid execution for attempting to take over Roman Empire so they did not consider it locals resistance to rule of Egypt.
@@RedRocket4000 You let me know when the masses are "educated". lol
The English are literally... Hobbits. Take tea 3-4 times a day, love cakes and pies... done deal.
As A Tolkien fan, I can't get enough of these chubby little Hobbits digging around and exclaiming dramatically about this and that. This has become my new favorite channel, thanks so much. It's like The Shire reincarnated. I love cakes and pies too... brilliant stuff.
And the welsh are the elves
love your interpretation🤗
I would so hang out with these guys.
"The Bank & Ditch" ... now there's a name for an archeologist's pub!
And the tradition of the Boeegg in Zurich, Switzerland is very much like this wicker man burning. In Zurich, it celebrates the end of winter and you can read what the sumer will be like in the way it burns. We also have something called raebeli lichtli which is similar to Halloween.
😊 interesting, how different cultures have similar pagan rituals...I believe they had more contact with each other in ancient times than people think and exchanged ideas
@@dinarusso3320 Considering that a large part of the world population is of Indo-European stock, they will obviously have had the same myths and customs before they went their separate ways. Then myths and customs evolved, but there is a common stock. Furthermore, the way the human mind works, maybe they arrived at the same things separately. Sun gods and pyramids come to mind.
What a great show. Entertaining and informative.
The 3 day timeline is so frustrating; they should take more time on complicated digs such as this. I want follow ups on if or what might have happened after the 3 days.
Tiime Team ran from 1994 to 2013. They returned to a few places and they made longer specials about a few other places but basically it's finished. If you google for the locations you may find more information.
Have to assme the local archology people to justify continuing to exist went out and worked more at least in some cases. Time Team in effect a is there any point and digging there I got some grad students and no money for a backhole unless something already confirmed to be there.
Sorry, but I'm terribly afraid you've got the wrong idea. Three days is what we get and what we get shall be three days. The number of days we shall get must be no less than three and no more than three. Four is more than three and we must have only three. Two is less than three and we shall be granted a full and proper three. Three it is and three it shall be.
Unless some kind and patient person informs me as to why three days is necessary and not a cheap attempt to add unwelcome drama, it seems like this three days thing is a cheap and easy substitute for quality and stand alone substance.
@@martinbaker2322 🤣 best comment ! I admire your dedication to typing this out.
@@martinbaker2322 Time Team was a weekend project for most of the prominent folk involved. They all had full-time 'regular' jobs during the week. Three days is the most they could spare for these digs. There was usually a skeleton crew left behind to clean up the sites and sometimes they handed over the site to the local archaeology group/society.
Loved it. Time Team used to be a staple diet for me. Great episode.
Once they burned the old oak forests the main food source, acorn was gone. The region was no longer able to support a settlement so it was abandoned. You hit paydirt.
The old oak forest wad their sanctuary and shrine. The Roman army decided to burn the forest because it was too difficult to clear it of combatants. Look for the location of the old forest.
Ben McBrady is on YT explaining his being The Last Druid ( also title of video ) in about 1988 🏴❤️
Does anyone actually believe the installers of the wind turbines didn't do an aerial survey first and just happened to miss that? 'Oh that - we didn't notice it when we were applying for planning permission - honest, I swear.'
LOL I love how Phil is carrying around a whole bottle of some kind of liquor and playing with fire at the end.😂🤣😂🤣 These are my kind of people for sure.
Stuart ainsworth has survived to the current time team! I find that to be amazing. I think he was possibly the most valuable team member. Damn it there were so many fabulous contributions to the science! Tony had the talent to include us all in a drama of archaeological discovery. Phil stole my heart and I wish he could be my boyfriend :-). But Stewart did the baseline below ground x-ray that gave them their starting points and so much information to begin each study.
With great respect, don't you mean John Gator?
I loved Anglesey when I did my trip around Wales. So many ancient sites there.
I look forward to Time Teams return but nobody could replace Mick.
wish they had more than three days for digs though .. just scratching the surface
Does anyone have a link to a paper or something on the follow-up archeology of the site?
Roman's "afraid" of human sacrifice?!?!?! Gladiator and coliseums?? Really
Yes really. I know this is an old post but it’s a comment I’ve heard before and it’s utter bollocks. Death, the romans were very familiar with, however, what they feared was that the druids could unite the tribes, to the extent that people would willingly offer themselves as sacrifices out of a sense of duty and fervent belief. Also, the romans played up the “barbarian” aspects of their opponent’s to place it in juxtaposition against the “civilising” romans.
Yes, really. There is a vast difference between death with valor in battle with the purpose of entertainment for the masses and ritualistic, sacrificial murder. For the most part these gladiators trained for and accepted this lifestyle for the perks that came with it. This life was actually often preferable to some of the other options that were available. Being a human sacrifice wasn’t something someone trained or prepared for. Much darker and scarier.
I wish they would do would do some extended digs occasionally!
I love this show! I have seen the newest shows and I think they are on the right track, except for splitting up the show. Hopefully after the teaser phase passes and they stick with the original format.
Broadcast 4 February 2007 in case anyone is curious.
We re not allowed touch fairy forts in Ireland. Many scary stories told about people that did interfere. we re a brave Irish peiple and will fight the enemies as history tells but we will not interfere with fairy forts
The guy who build the windmills sure knew but they wisely kept quiet not to f up their project. But no problem to get your phone charged.With 300 meters extension cord.
I wonder if the Burning Man Festival in Nevada every year that draws about 50,000 somehow got the burning idol idea from Druid history... although has nothing beyond that to do with it... at least from only seeing a documentary about it on CZcams a year or two ago. So great to see how they paint a whole picture of the past, the magic of Archaeology, only I wish they had more than 3 days! They never explained the odd looking device that girl was pacing about with and what that does for their project. I think it is so great how they forged on realizing they'd found the foundation to an 1800's farmhouse and their positive spirits and sense of humor, wow!
Woodford Folk Festival in Woodford, Queensland, has been for many years now (maybe decades?) doing a "burning man" type thing at New Year's. It is usually not a "man shaped" construction, but something conceived artistically, (takes 12 months to build apparently) -and people who are involved in camping out for the time the festival runs, even "day" trippers, can make their own lanterns (lit with candles) and participate in the long walk through the site in the evening to where the construction is. Hippies abound yes, but everyday people do too, and it's a very significant time to "burn the old year away" symbolically...
@@Kayenne54 Wow! So unique and like Australians that I've met backpacking in Europe and in the US too. You live in such an intriguing part of the world. I'd love to go there but doubt they'd let one on my budget in as I imagine it's very expensive to travel there. I hope to have a 4 season tent... but just my Social Security isn't much, probably too low to be allowed in. Such a great and very unique country I've only seen in documentaries, movies, and pictures. Such great talent comes from your country too! I bet your festival is fantastic! PS Is your burning man fest what influenced the one in Nevada, or maybe your fest was influenced by Druid history?
They were monsters
@@nonyabiz550 The victors write the histories.
@@Kayenne54 They're not victors. God let their enemies wipe them out
I just Love Tony 🥰
It is interesting that the bronze plaque which 'may have been displayed on the front of a wagon or cart' discussed at around 0754, bears similarity to a later item worn as a symbol of distinction displayed on the chest at the throat of some military people known as a 'Gorget'.
Thanks for that info. I wanted to transfer my premi plaque to Dublin but of course😅 it is too soon now...15 yr cancer survivor
The best historical show on tv
I have Welsh (and English, Irish, Scottish) ancestry so this was particularly interesting for me to watch.
Great work team! A most enjoyable documentary. I would love to see what you could accomplish in a month, or longer. 💖 😊 🙆🏻♀️ 🌿 👍🏾
Ma kharas tu romani kana na san
Nice historical video about ancient druidic mysteriously of British history ..Archaeological activities trying proving its present and trail signs( druids resistance to Roman umpire invasion
I am surprised by how objective your group remains. Impressive, given your excitement.
Adore the fact these are still around. Too bad we don’t honor our distant past. But then again maybe sooner than later we Will
I love this program but I HATE the arbitrary 3-day limit. It rarely seems to be enough, it's not good to rush archaeology, and it's silly, gimmicky, gives otherwise sophisticated work a 'reality TV' feel.
From a recent issue of Current Archaeology:
'One of the more hotly debated aspects of the show was the three-day format. While this was, to some extent, borne out of production necessities, members of the Team who came from a commercial archaeology background have noted that this fast pace replicated the realities of much day-to-day archaeology. A significant proportion of archaeological work is reactive rescue archaeology, with teams called in to quickly evaluate and record a site against a ticking clock, before it is lost forever to a housing development, a new train line such as HS2, or a natural threat like coastal erosion.
This speed did not compromise the integrity of the Team's archaeological work: more than 200 published reports produced by Wessex Archaeology highlight the considerable contribution the show made to archaeological literature, and while the programme was filming it was second only to English Heritage as a funder of archaeology in the UK. Several sites have been scheduled as a direct result of the Team's work, while their excavation at Blaenavon, near Pontypool, assisted in the industrial site achieving World Heritage Site status in 2000. Moreover, one of Time Team's excavations abroad, investigating a Roman barge in Utrecht, is currently part of a wider application under consideration by UNESCO.'
@@georgedorn1022 Thank you for finding and sharing that! Believe it or not, before I made that comment it did occur to me that digs often do need to be done quickly, for the exact reasons stated in that article. Just a few days ago I saw a short documentary about the discovery and relocation of a small, unknown cemetery of black sharecroppers from just after emancipation, here in the U.S. It had become covered by a manmade lake at some point and forgotten, then rediscovered because of a recent draught, but then rains returned so they had only a few days to dig all the graves before the lake refilled. And I know that construction can only be halted for limited amounts of time, although from what I understand it varies with the importance of the discovery, and particularly in the U.K. may be at the Crown's discretion, such that an important discovery can delay construction indefinitely, giving the archaeologists as much time as they need.
And the thing with the show is, most the episodes seem to be in some farmer's field or other out-of-the-way place, with nothing pressing the team for time. Often it's the landowners themselves who want to find out if their land's history is true, and invite the team, seemingly with no contingencies whatsoever.
Then there's the fact that the 3-day clock doesn't even stop for problems that hamper operations (like equipment malfunctions), or halt it completely (like heavy rain), and how they always, ALWAYS mention the 3-day limit, which feels like a reminder and tension-creator for the audience, like a game show.
Why not just take as much time as is really needed or allowed? If for some (REAL) reason a dig is limited to only a certain number of days, fine, say so, but if it's limitless because it's just some farmer's field that he's letting go fallow for the year, why put a false deadline on it?
@@audreymuzingo933 I think everyone associated with the show would have ideally liked to be able to spend more time at each site. As with many things in archaeology, the 3-day limit was/is due primarily to financial limitations. Apparently when Mick Aston and Tim Taylor sat down to discuss making what became Time Team, Mick felt that 3 days was a reasonable timescale to produce credible and informative results. The production company, obviously, wanted to be able to make the show for what they felt was a reasonable cost. Doing archaeology properly is not cheap and I don't imagine that TV production is either.
Many archaeologists were initially quite sceptical about an enforced 3-day limit but once it became clear that professional standards were not compromised, the vast majority of concerns seem to have been assuaged.
The 3-day limit also allowed, at least in the early days, the archaeologists to take a Friday off work, film over a 3-day weekend, and be back at their regular jobs on Monday. I think the 3 days went on to become something of a gimmick that they stuck with, rather than having been chosen as one. Some of the Time Team Specials followed longer running digs.
The wind turbines are so ugly. Totally destroys the landscape. Did they just throw them up without examining the local area first?
All we know of the Druids is what the Romans wrote sacrifices,s Cannibalism? The Romans won killed every Druid and the winners write the history
Nobody knows where they came from, or what they were doing. But their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock...
Love this program. My question is why they have "dry willow" when they are next to the water? Why not soak the willow a bit before trying to bend it?
Cause they’re gonna burn it later the same day
Cause they only had 3 days for that dig
Thanks for posting.
This popped up in my ' recommends ' and I had never seen this particular episode before. I was thrilled to find it. Oh, how interesting and skilled is everyone concerned; how enthusiastic the presenter is and how well he draws out the info from the experts. There is humour, real teamwork and passion for the task in hand. Everything is so superior to the present day imitation. I unsubscribed to the latter - too boring, a bit woke-ish and so reliant on technology that discovery by human effort is largely abandoned.
Bring back the PROPER Time Team!
the man fell like the twin towers!
I was taught that the wicker man was filled with animals and food crops normally, like very many other cultures sacrificed animals and crops to their gods, with only the occasional criminal sentenced to death added to the animals and crops being sacrificed. That the Druids were the keepers of oral history and all known knowledge, teachers, lawyers, judges, and they appointed new lairds or leaders since leadership was passed to the best candidate and had nothing to do with who your parents were - women as well as men, often a leader's "Mate" would take over, but unless judged to be the best candidate for the clan, offspring of the last leader were not chosen. I believe this is why the Romans set out to murder them all, they held the history of their people's total knowledge collectively. And the Romans did promote people based on just who their father was and not on any real abilities they may have. Druids were the Backbone and the Will of the old Celts, so much so that the Romans needed to break the Druids totally in order to succeed in their quest of conquering the Celtic peoples and taking over their very fertile lands to feed the Roman army and fuel even more invasions and conquests. The nasty stories they spread about the Druids would likely be to discredit them in the many other lands that the Celts and Druids had established connections with - the ancient Celtic trading empire was far larger than either the Roman or British Invasion based empires. First the Romans and later the Saxons told horrendous lies about the Celts and Druids as an excuse why they had to murdered them.
I just watch a documentary with the accounts of ancient authors writing about the human sacrifice the druid's did! Many ancient religion's that worshiped pagan God's practiced human sacrifice,many would sacrifice only children! This was the reason God told the Israelites to kill all inhabitants of these ancient civilizations,that and they're blood lines were contaminated with fallen angels!
Fantastic! What do you do when you actually find land that has valuable things? 3 days is your program but that time is not enough for anything. Do you contact other colleagues to continue with the work or cover the ditches again with earth?
I've been watching The Time Team for years and I've always wondered what happens to the digs after the team leaves. Does another team come out to finish the excavation if there is something in the site or does it just get forgotten?
I hope not. Hopefully someone continues the research.
Oh no. Nothing more can happen. They've got 3 days; that's it.
Martin Baker, that's unfortunate
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@@martinbaker2322 TT has three days. That doesn't mean another research group couldn't return with permission from the land owner.
Hello from Anglesey.i actually live in this area lol your right by parys mountain in amlwch and apparently there's what they call a roaman road by the copper mountain
The guy talking to Tony might, and probably is, correct is a lot of things about the Druids. However has attitude towards Tony is so condescending! Yes the Romans were the conquers, however druids were all over Europe. So one doesn't need to depend on on on set of Roman witnesses or only on Romans as witnesses.
Wickerman has become our Burning Man, it started on a beach.
An and Gel are two Sumerian words, God and Son respectively, Sons of God, Anglesey was originally called Isle of Mona.
Every square foot of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, seem to show most-ancient cultural habitat patterns under the farm fields. I once read, can't prove it, there may be as many as 15 separate, identifiable cultural influences from (anyone's guess), up to 30,000 years ago, down possibly 30-40 feet. AND, the area is notorious for underground tunneling and passageways. The added feature is that while wars and struggles certainly took place, these Islands generally escaped the deep-earth-disturbing weapons known in Europe for centuries. Figure this, if habitats features are today visible down to 14.000 feet, and all ocean floors by the way, which I call Osirian Egyptian or Atlantean eras, (my amateur guess) why would we not expect similar historic events on what is now above water?
46:36 Strangely familiar, yes, like the fires of Saint John, because we know that many traditions have very, very distant origins
So, how did they manage to build all those wind generators just where they did without encountering any of the buried ruins. Also, why do you only have three days when they have been there for a thousand years?
The three days bit was done to make archeology more exciting to the masses. I would imagine any finds would be passed off to the local archeologists to excavate. For larger finds they ended up making time team specials where they go longer.
People don't seem to understand that most if not all of these guys have "day jobs", most of them work at universities. This is a side job, probably something they can do on weekends and breaks. Second, they don't just show up and start working, there are weeks of prep, logistics, housing, etc, they have to arrange for all the people you see on camera and the crew you don't see. Then there are weeks of post production work to turn this into an episode.All of that costs money, and they don't have endless funds from whomever is the producers of the series.
Easy......they probably encounter the remains but unless it is a designated site or human remains were found then the modern construction workers just have a job to do and just carried on, without a care of what it is. Where your house is, where you work, where you shop is probably built on some level of historical significance but in the end the past comes in 2nd place to commercialism and most of the time you will be quite ok with it.
@@iainrendle7989 Yes, the living usually take precedent over the dead. The same way previous generations lived on top of older settlements.
People have an overly romantic view of peoples of the past.
0:45 gotta love the way windmills kill endangered raptors, other birds and bats, by the shedload. All because some rich person wants good feels. Carry on you ninnyhammers.
How much damage has those windmill turbines done? How many construction crews, having found something, did the 'bulldoze and shut up' thing to keep from losing their contract?
I believe an archaeological survey is carried out before any work like this starts , in fact I know a professional archaeologist who does this for a living
Just "discovered' this program in 2023 - Excellent work; very enjoyable! However, I'm puzzled by conclusion made repeatedly: How do we know that Druids had a singular leader? How do we know it was a man? Considering the literally over-the-top efforts the Romans made to hide all traces of them, 🤔 perhaps Romans feared the threat of decentralized and/or female power?
Thank Goodness something interesting and mind expanding to watch.
No wonder the fairies of the world have no love or trust for us anymore. Those that protected and respected them were destroyed amd the oaks were decimated. All while iron was suddenly added to the common homes of the time.
Love Time Team, but it's just not the same without Tony! Can't wait to see the old fogeys again!🥳
Tony is annoying to some people, l would prefer all scientists, and not to have an BBC cliché "Anton Dec" type "translator, its fake chummy and patronising.
It’s unbelievable to see those Wind turbines on such historical grounds, it’s disgusting 🤨
When Ken Brassil warns Tony to be careful about questioning whether there was sufficient data in the historical and archaeological information to give us any understanding of the existence or practices of druids in ancient times because there currently are people who consider themselves druids - it was all I could do not to shut off the video. Otherwise, wonderful stuff!
Just like any other religion that has evolved, been controlled, and been corrupted by man.
@@user-neo71665 this isn't a "religion what has evolved, been controlled, and been corrupted". it's Live Action Role Playing and like Sir Anthony said, a conceit from the 18th century.
@@TheShootist just like every religion, fairy tails
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The facts are controlled.
1. Mainstream Archaeologists established a Paradigm based on a 19th Century Theory. All "data" must fit in that Paradigm.
Note: This stands in direct opposition to the "Standards of Science and Research", which forbids holding a Belief, Theory, or idea/Opinion as a fact or in favor, which can prevent the greater facts from emerging through the Proven Methodologies of Science and Research.
2. Religions and or Paradigms have been used, (since there were Emperors, Kings, Pharohs, Priests, and International Banking and Financiers) to: Manage, Manipulate, and Control the Masses.
Not all Leaders have, but it has always existed.
Note: Religion is defined as a "Social Institution for those with shared beliefs to practice their beliefs and practices.
Spirituality is the esoteric individual practice.
There are countless examples of this concept throughout History and "a thread of evolution of the "Big 3" that stretches to the earliest recorded Civilizations".
Sociology and History are 2 if my degrees and remain areas I study and research.
Academics that observe and follow the "Standards of Science and Research" are referred to as "Authentic Academics"
Tony's statement reflects his heavy influence by Mainstream Academics and Archaeologists. It is so very limiting of the greater facts and resources. These are Overwhelmingly ignored to support their 19th Century Theory Paradigm.
Note: Authentic Academics have a greater Mastery of their Ego-Mind, aka Lower or Adolescent Mind, and use Conscious Thoughts + applied Higher-Mind, aka Mature-Mind, where Wisdom resides. *A most desirable observation of Human Thoughts and Behaviors, from a Sociological point of observation.*
What we think it means and what it meant is often a mile apart, now.
Example: St Patrick driving the Snakes out if Ireland, "0 to do with reptiles", and everything to do with "The keepers of Ancient Knowledge" (like Druids).
Brotherhood of the Snake, and Snake = Wisdom
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In most all "myths" (using the Mainstream Academic's label"), there are facts that are often misinterpreted and/or misunderstood. Largely due to their 19th Century Theory Paradigm.
I expect these to begin to unfold with greater understanding and facts in this Decade.
.it is about time for clarity.
the way they shouted yeeoo when the burning man fell thats what us northern irish protestants do when our bonfires fall on the 11th july lol and the drinking aswell
the whole "just 3 days to find out" always makes me imagine them making a major discovery and just going "oops! times over. - GUYS! close the holes back up!" haha
A delightful film! Thank you!
I was there in 2016 visiting my roots from Canada and when I was there I realized it was The Isle Of Mona I had only read about prior.
Think of all the new sites we can find in this dry weather
Wow that was interesting and the burning of the wicker man was fantastic
WHEN I LIVED IN THE STATES I WAS SADDENED TO SEE SUCH A LACK OF INTEREST IN NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHEOLGY, I HOPE THE AMERCANS WATCH THIS AND SEE WHAT IMPORTANCE THERE IS TO ARCHEOLGY FROM PAST CULTURES
I like these guys! 👍🏻😜
The real Druid mystery is hidden in the Snowdonia above Holy Head.
Hey guy. Love your shows.
A suggestion on my part. Really a question for you to consider
How did Rome a half a world away, know? Rome knew something to launch an expedition. Rumors and stories aren't enough. I'm guessing Alexandrian library reference. Or Ishtar library. Atlantis search?🐍
Rome was in Britain already. Killing the Druids on Mona was part punitive, part their policy against human sacrifice.
@@suburbanbanshee Mostly or totally for resistance as Rome was in theory vs human sacrifice but had no problem executing people in the Arena occasionally in religiously inspired things. If the Druids and rulers had surrendered from the start and became a vasel state rome might not have any problem with them "provide a show" by burning folks in a wicker man they were very anti incest but let the Egyptions continue brother sister marrage at around a 30 percent rate for centuries till Empire went Christian. This shown in surviving census records meaning we know more about normal people in Roman Egypt than almost anywhere else. But Egypt had always given into Roman demands to join and this did not change with transfer of Pharaoh title to the Emerior after Cleopatra was defeated because I assume to Rome that was Cleopatra going for rule of the Empire not a desire of Egyptians per se. So Rome let Egyptian religion function locally and same for the Jews in example till they rebeled and they sacked all religious things and renamed the area Palestine.
Hey guys! How bout some History on archeology, like how, what did they think when they found artifacts in the iron age, or any other age from idk the earlier people? Did they even care? They keep them? Put em back? Use them?
There a fair amount on this. I watched a good summery of the major fossil finds of history going way back and they found a great deal. Roman Emperor even had a museam of the stuff in his villa. And where to you think they got the dragon idea from?
So I assume the rest has research done as well.
Problem fall of civilizations most stuff was lost in the chaos probably thrown in rubbage sooner or later by those who did not care as much.
That's a really good question I'd love to see that.
LOL, they either threw them away if they weren't useful or used them for something else.
Archaeology is a luxury. To have dozens of people standing around scratching themselves wondering did someone shit in a hole or shit in a bowl several thousand years ago doesn't mean much.
Sure it's interesting but however someone might have lived in the past doesn't change the way we live now.
Tony needs to get Edward Woodward, and Nicolas Cage on that beach in Anglesey. I wonder, is it Summer's Isle Beach?
Hi All
The druids/Droids were part of our ancestors. They emigrated back to join their earlier ancestor/brethrens at the Altar shrine of creation of the world here in Nigeria, West Africa. We have the whole folkloric stories here. I am one of their descendants. Our story links together all parts of the world. Our ancient medieval hq of Ortegia/Africa was called Ta or variously as ottah/Beth/Beita/peti ......... ita/uta/Atta ... ...immortal/Emota/theota,..Delata, Hotep/hetep,.Delta, Piuos....
Its a long story. ...its the story of the original Ka/Ca people...tbe Heka,Norse/NordiKa/Rune/ nzerael/israel/Hebrewa/.....of which the biblical Canaan/Judai was only a later distant external settlement of some of its people.
Are there any good reference books or sites you could recommend.
No book have ever been written on it...its still folkloric. Its part of the hidden and erstwhile forbidden story about the real Nzerael/Israel or He-beri-uwa/Hebrew/il-Du civilization of West Africa. All the facts are here. It was a habitation of all races (blacks and whites) in the first ancient medieval age and am working on something brief about it asap.
You need to either stop doing drugs, or start.
@@slappy8941We will see who is on drugs! You think you know everything?. No, the real world history is hidden. We in Africa know it and are about to open that new chapter that will change everything about knowledge, especially about religion, general history and the interconnectivity of both the black and white race in pre-history ages... Truth!!
You are delusional. This is ridiculous.
:15 seconds in see those lumps & bumps!
Call Stuart, John, Phil & the gang to investigate
if you have ever been in an oak grove you can feel why the Druids held them sacred-damn Romans!
@29:00 - The Wicker man sounds a lot like and certainly reminds me of Burning Man Festival. That's odd.