The Buried Mega Villas Of Roman Britain's Elites | Time Team | Odyssey

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  • Time Team investigate one of the largest roman villas they ever tackled and uncover the sort of homes Roman Britain's elite may have enjoyed.
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  • @caroleinwv
    @caroleinwv Рік тому +6

    There is an interesting Rockshelter in Avella Pennsylvania USA at Meadowcroft Village. The excavation takes human use back 16000 years. I live close and it has been fun to see the site evolve.

  • @aaronkelly4255
    @aaronkelly4255 2 роки тому +21

    im 51 and have been a rusted-on TT fan since 1985...so many amazing digs and characters....just watched the previous dig here and was sad when episode finished - left wondering standing in my kitchen thinking ,
    "gee i wonder if TT have gotten back to here again and WOW very next up episode from 3 weeks ago delivers.
    Thankyou Odyssey and Time Team

    • @garyiow8482
      @garyiow8482 Місяць тому

      1985? That's odd since the first TT episode aired in 1993... Did you mean 1995?

  • @Metal0sopher
    @Metal0sopher Рік тому +27

    What a beautiful little village at the end there. It would be amazing if it was rebuild and used as a BB, or small country hotel, with Roman style amenities, and even farm work, mosaic workshop, etc. for fun of course. Live, relax like a Roman. I think it would be a hit.

  • @Seven-ld9zv
    @Seven-ld9zv 2 роки тому +15

    One does wonder how magnificent it would be to make a documentary about every single archeological find (...by one and the same narrator and presentation) in ones own country and not just of those in Britain.

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 Рік тому

      no

    • @mottthehoople693
      @mottthehoople693 Рік тому

      @@larryzigler6812 boofhead

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 Рік тому

      @@mottthehoople693 Yes he or she is

    • @653j521
      @653j521 Місяць тому

      Do you realize how mind-numbingly boring that could be in a very large country? It could run into the millions.

  • @thelostone6981
    @thelostone6981 2 роки тому +28

    49 years old and I giggled at Tony when he said, “While Chris is barbecuing the balls…”. Guess I’m not quite mature enough despite my age!

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 2 роки тому +45

    Every time I watch an ancient rome documentary, I just can't imagine these glorious buildings no longer standing.

    • @jonerlandson1956
      @jonerlandson1956 2 роки тому +2

      well... slowly... they are resurrecting...

    • @louisbaudry1106
      @louisbaudry1106 2 роки тому +7

      It is rather encouraging to know 😊that Washington DC and all symbols of the American Empire will one day be just ruins.

    • @jonerlandson1956
      @jonerlandson1956 2 роки тому

      @@louisbaudry1106
      the tides of time... they are a changin'....

    • @jonerlandson1956
      @jonerlandson1956 2 роки тому +1

      @@louisbaudry1106
      janus... the roman god of which way do i go now?...

    • @jonerlandson1956
      @jonerlandson1956 2 роки тому

      @@louisbaudry1106
      oops...

  • @DHealey
    @DHealey Рік тому +19

    2000 years and the plumbing is still working, excellent!

    • @MrSteamDragon
      @MrSteamDragon Рік тому +4

      indeed, I don''t expect our local underground plumbing to last anywhere near that long. 😄... absolutely astounding it had been lying under those fields for so long..

  • @miarrem
    @miarrem Рік тому +2

    I find the water stuff so fascinating

  • @nevillemignot1681
    @nevillemignot1681 Рік тому +7

    The thing that gets me about these early Time Team episodes is the people you will find in the trenches with a trowel in their hand;. From Dr David Neal in this one, to Prof. Alice Roberts in the 2nd to last one i watched about the Shetland Islands.

  • @TheOtto3663
    @TheOtto3663 2 роки тому +21

    Good grief I love this series. Mick - what a fantastic soul he is and such a fount of knowledge. I found this show after his death. Phil is by far my favorite archeologist of all time, and I would guess I echo this throughout these comments. What a knowledgeable, friendly soul he is. As an American with over 85% of my DNA from the British Isles and as a firm believer in reincarnation I know these guys are finding sites from ALL of our past incarnations. We tend to incarnate into our familiar places, families, and cultures. Although when lessons need to be learned, for instance, your bigotry can find yourself incarnated in the peoples you were bigoted against in a former life. In case you wonder about this subject of which I speak - reincarnation - a subject which will, maybe not in our lifetimes, become common place reality when spirituality meets science. The Universe is the 'Great Recycler" - and over 2 Billion souls now alive on planet earth are 'all in'' on reincarnation. Count this Lutheran 'adult' a firm believer in reincarnation. There are no other answers for the immortality of our souls. Which BTW - we are immortal.

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 2 роки тому +2

      Drivel

    • @StRaphael-we9qn
      @StRaphael-we9qn Рік тому +2

      Hi there, a Lutheran that believes in reincarnation???

    • @MrSteamDragon
      @MrSteamDragon Рік тому +1

      @@larryzigler6812 Have you learnt nothing from watching this series ?

    • @KOOLBadger
      @KOOLBadger Рік тому

      I AM CHRISTIAN. Only Hindi people believe in that crap. I will be in Heaven, not coming back here to Hell..

    • @KOOLBadger
      @KOOLBadger Рік тому

      ​@@StRaphael-we9qnRight?😂

  • @rrr92462
    @rrr92462 4 місяці тому

    I love TimeTeam. These shows are so interesting. I would love to meet all the people and shake their hands.

  • @glendamears3618
    @glendamears3618 10 місяців тому

    Bless these guy's with their instinctic passion for archeology. Love them all past and present 😊❤❤❤

  • @alanmurdock4319
    @alanmurdock4319 10 місяців тому

    I had just started a new job when this was originally filmed, now almost 26 years later, I am 4 years from retiring from that job. Amazing how time passes so quickly.

  • @markx9623
    @markx9623 Рік тому

    One of my favorite episodes. I've watched it a few times already😵‍💫

  • @SteveC38
    @SteveC38 2 роки тому +4

    Nice Work, as Always!

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 Рік тому

    Thanks for posting.

  • @benediktmorak4409
    @benediktmorak4409 2 роки тому +4

    At that time not SIR yet.But still, this is and was and always will eb Tony Robinson in his element!!!!!!
    And since i haven't seen this episode yet, definitely interesting what -geofiz - came up in this - other part - of the valley.

  • @cdfdesantis699
    @cdfdesantis699 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing site!

  • @crumpuppet
    @crumpuppet Рік тому

    That sketch at the end is 👌👌

  • @feliciamusic7945
    @feliciamusic7945 Рік тому +2

    I always get a little melancholy pondering that the people who lived and worked here are all but forgotten. And their lovely homes and gardens and fields only have maybe the base part of them buried under a meter of soil. 😢

  • @terryk_
    @terryk_ Рік тому

    Cant help but wonder which season and episode this was. These are my go-to programs, Really enjoy time team.

    • @markovichamp
      @markovichamp 3 місяці тому

      Turkdean I Series 5 Episode 4 S0504
      Turkdean II Series 6 Episode 9 S0609

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @chuckschillingvideos
    @chuckschillingvideos 2 роки тому +10

    I've just thought of a new drinking game. Take a drink every time someone on the team says the phrase "high status." You'll be drunk off your ass in ten minutes or less.

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 2 роки тому

      Try A.A.

    • @Frank-mm2yp
      @Frank-mm2yp 2 роки тому +5

      Have another one every time they say "RITUAL" whenever they have no other explanation for....whatever....

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 2 роки тому +1

      @@Frank-mm2yp Better that you two stop watching.

    • @Frank-mm2yp
      @Frank-mm2yp 2 роки тому +1

      @@larryzigler6812 Have been watching TIME TEAM since its creation. Some people just cant handle the truth even as a joke.

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 2 роки тому +1

      @@Frank-mm2yp The truth is that you don't no what the truth is. Please stop watching or at the very least stop the lies and ignorant comments .

  • @socialisttrafficregulator2015
    @socialisttrafficregulator2015 Рік тому +2

    I'd love to know how long it took them to cart all the flagstone to the site just to create the covered channel for the spring water.

  • @michaelwright2986
    @michaelwright2986 11 місяців тому

    Pedantry alert. At 47:30, the windows in the central aisle are named: clerestory. I was astonished to find out that the traditional pronunciation of this word (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary) is "clear-storey." Makes sense all round--that's what it is, a level of the building that is clear to let in light, and it's perfectly fine Middle English spelling. It's just so counter-intuitive that it could be so simple.
    What a brilliant series of TV programmes this is.

  • @BarbaraPatterson-d8s
    @BarbaraPatterson-d8s Рік тому

    Why don't you continue to examine the whole house? Wish you did more on this villa.

  • @jakubkuzminski5670
    @jakubkuzminski5670 2 роки тому

    Super film

  • @unitedstatesdale
    @unitedstatesdale Рік тому

    Is it possible to volunteer with this organization ?
    Thanks❤

  • @pauloboyle477
    @pauloboyle477 Рік тому +1

    Is it me or should he have had the torch turned up. The blue flame the hot part. Not the orange

  • @cil_tv
    @cil_tv 10 місяців тому

    I know this is not a recent episode but I’ve always wondered how all of these buildings end up buried under the ground? Are they half destroyed and then the bottom half gets buried because of the way the soil moves around throughout the ages? (Can’t remember the word for that, sorry English isn’t my first language). Or is it the whole building? How do they end up buried underground?

  • @akarshan4482
    @akarshan4482 2 роки тому +4

    I wish you could do some projects in India.

  • @unknown81360
    @unknown81360 2 роки тому

    1997 last year? Didn’t expect that ahah

  • @brianjohnson8918
    @brianjohnson8918 2 роки тому +1

    Off camera Tony asked the realtor "Where's the room I can stuff my mother-in-law in?" ... Oh, that's off the main hallway, to the left.

  • @williscopeland7114
    @williscopeland7114 Рік тому +2

    37:49 What’s the point of doing “experimental archaeology” if you are going to resort to modern tools whenever something doesn’t work out with period tools. What does it teach us about the period other than that we don’t understand it?

  • @Blessings.429
    @Blessings.429 Рік тому

    It boggles the mind, perhaps it’s a Mansion that may receive travellers that need of food and a place to sleep. They would need to house horses, slave quarters a iron smithy brew house. Kilns so these are my thoughts only.

  • @jesterboykins2899
    @jesterboykins2899 Рік тому

    3rd century or before… clever

  • @alanlawrence2954
    @alanlawrence2954 Рік тому +1

    So the Roman slaves got the original palatial villa... Jammy sods. I have to live in a two-bedroom flat.

    • @KOOLBadger
      @KOOLBadger Рік тому

      Thats fancy! I live in a van down by the river!😂

  • @ancientsitesgirl
    @ancientsitesgirl 2 роки тому +8

    I envy the English! There are no ancient sites in Germany😑

    • @arneniederhut5326
      @arneniederhut5326 2 роки тому +21

      Why would you think that? Some parts of Germany were Roman provinces and the Romans operate anywhere between rivers Rhine and Elbe.

    • @DonariaRegia
      @DonariaRegia 2 роки тому +15

      You must visit Trier! There is an intact Roman bridge (Romerbrucke), Constantine's basilica, an amphitheater, imperial baths, the Barbara baths and the best preserved Roman gate outside Italy; Porta Nigra. I envy your easy access to antiquity, there is nothing like the sheer volume of ancient sites in Europe over here in the states.

    • @ancientsitesgirl
      @ancientsitesgirl 2 роки тому +3

      @@DonariaRegia You're right, I forgot about Trier. Thanks...🤔

    • @TinaMdot
      @TinaMdot 2 роки тому +9

      There are a lot of roman sites in Germany. I grew up in a 10k people town, and we have excavated a roman grange "Römischer Gutshof" in the vineyards nearby. Baden-Württemberg

    • @wizzardofpaws2420
      @wizzardofpaws2420 2 роки тому +2

      I just watched a video on The Porta Nigra in Germany

  • @johnguillory7759
    @johnguillory7759 Рік тому

    Stop screamed ng at us. Tone down delivery.

  • @scotty101ire
    @scotty101ire 2 роки тому

    JC 25 years ago OMG time goes by so fast