It's very hard for me to pick favourites! I started thinking about finds, like the cemetery with all the buckets - I do like a nice grave good. But then if we're talking graves, there's the prehistoric cemetery in the dunes, or the lock of hair from the Isle of Man, or the spelunking adventures of the bone caves. And then, prehistory wise, the mesolithic footprints, the pictish symbols... But on the other hand, I love a bit of industrial archaeology, the viaduct in Wales that took multiple big diggers, or the mint under the housing estate... Maybe my favourite is just the one I've watched most recently...
My top 3: 1. Two amateurs had found a chapel and monastic site on the island of Mull. The police had to come because of 3 teeth. There was the skull of a lost to history saint under a monument thing (I don't know how to spell it - sounded like "locht"). There was a pottery sherds vs. quartz pebbles funny rivalry. It all had to do with St. Columba. And, Mick Aston was having a grand time. 2. They were on a beach on the Outer Hebrides, and storms had revealed very ancient graves in the sand dunes. 3. They were working with soldiers who had both physical and mental health problems and were digging up lots of Anglo-Saxon graves. Honorable mentions: 1. There was a very enthusiastic woman named Penny who wanted to prove things about her house, and she mucked in with the digging and kept Phil on his toes. 2. They were on Fetlar looking for Viking stuff. 3. There were a lot of Anglo-Saxon finds, and they pretended Raksha's funeral.
1. The one in the Hebrides (Barra?) where the beach was eroding and they found skeletons and a wheel house. 2. Isle of Man. Marvelous! 3. A special, I think, not a regular program, where they were on a mound in the Orkneys and went down deep inside the hole in the top it to a chamber.
That chap at 49:00 is really making a massive leap to link anything that's going on today with Welsh 'Druids' to what was going on at the site. He's kinda condescending to poor Tony, too.
I have to say my favorite dig (sort of) Was the Seahenge episode. It touched me very deeply on a number of levels, I was so happy they found a second one and have no intentions of ever excavating it. Number two would be a Welsh castle where one of the assistance found a gold coin. His hand were shaking so much you could hardly see the coin. And the final one was the special they did on the Great Eastern. Finding the slipway, understanding why the launch went so wrong, and finding remains of the Great Eastern was very exciting.
Love a top 3 list. Mine would have to be: 1. Finds on the Fairways (lock of hair from a ~14c. Celtic woman and ogham script) 2. the temple where they decided to excavate the parking lot (can't recall the episode name) because it was the only large excavated area worth looking at and discovered massive walls 3. Because I'm a sucker for tessellated tile mosaics, the "Mosaics Mosaics Mosaics" episode where they find a few superb examples, as well as hypocaust from a villa. Plus Tony gets to uncover some of the mosaic himself and you can just feel the glee in his voice. There's another episode where they actually create their own mosaic that I love too, but I can't for the life of me recall what it was called.
"The Trouble with Temples" is one of my favorites. Normally, I think when everything goes right that would not make for an enjoyable episode, but the way everyone reacts so positively and enthusiastically is quite contagious. Although I wish they included the clip of Tony confronting Phil about the possible "plow damage", that was hilarious.
I think they called it "Finds on the Fairway" and yeah, it's one of my top 3 as well. Such an incredible episode -- the chapel, the kist grave w/ hair, and the Ogham script would each have been an amazing episode of their own but all three in three days was just insane (plus the possibility of many many more graves yet to uncover for future excavations!)
I was there that day and that was my Fishing Smack (The wooden sailing boat at the beginning..).. Now I am starting at the University of Leicester reading Ancient history and Archaeology.. Thank you Time team..
1. Chicksands, with Dr B becoming a Nun for a day. 2. Chenies Manor House, with a Falconry lesson. 3. Guerilla Base of King Alfred, with the Time Team as young children (comparatively). The episodes are all fascinating, but these three are my favorites.
Its hard to choose favourites. But, in no particular order. 1. The 4 day Coventry Cathedral dig- extended a 4th day as the area was being demolished to reveal and in some cases destroy for the renewal projects that were in action 2. The Codnor Castle dig - where they found the gold coin. 3. the barbed wire wrapped ancient sword - where method unveiled the planting of the sword.... But i also have to give mention to the Big Digs at Royal sites, the early industrial revolution digs and the WW2 era dig they did as a special in East London revealing old homes amid what is now a park
Its not an alter,,, Its the place where you pay your entrance fee and buy your souvenirs afterward. And call it whatever you want,, most alters have collection plates as well. T-shirts painted with "I saw the temple of Zeus at Sarenen"
Such beautiful country sides and the bays and shores lines are beautiful as well. I am planning on joining a Gliding Club called the GREEN DRAGON very close to there. Dear Tony try to be a lot more positive. You are bring down the team and we need a person who is positive.
There weren't that many Romans in the first place, probably most who came from Britain, were from the provinces, and were soldiers, traders, slaves etc. What happened to the Romano-British when the Anglo-Saxons is still a matter of argument among historians. Probably varied with the region. In East Anglia, 80% of the village names are Anglo, 20% Danish [Viking], there are a number of places which apparently meant in Old English: the home of the Welsh ie the British, suggesting that some British survived and were living in Enclaves. Other parts eg Cornwall, were hardly effected by the Saxons, but they weren't all that effected by Romans, some British fled to Brittany [hence the name] or Wales. As far as temples go, the Roman Empire was Christianised well before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, so you might expect that pagan temples would have already fallen into disuse and the stone recycled.
Trouble with Temples has some huge, exciting finds in my favourite era, St Osyth is my ends and the Druids episode explores an era that can't speak for itself-resulting in that really interesting chat where Tony has to be reminded not to believe the Roman perspective unquestioningly. Lovely ending on the beach, too.
You can be as offended as you like as a Welsh native; regardless of what this poor man says in defense of the Druids, face facts: THE ROMANS WON. WHAT PRE ROMAN CULTURE SURVIVES IS A Fractured, MINISCULE REMNANT OF A ONCE GREAT CULTURE. romans: 1; Druids: 0. Those are the facts, ma'am.
Purely subjective observations on all our parts. I'd let it stand except St. Osyth was more just challenging than best in my view. Turkdean, or Wood henge could easily dusplace that episode.
Constantine definitely wasn't Christian....that's a fact obscured by later 'historians' yeah, I said it. That whole "I saw a cross in the sky" - a story told in the year's AFTER his death.
You can question whether he was a "true believer" or merely professing Christian belief for cynical reasons, and it is quite clear that the historical narratives contain a lot of "legendary" elements in relation to his conversion and the supposed "signs" before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, but even pagan accounts like that of Zosimus (and presumably Z's sources) talk about Constantine's Christianity. He was also responsible for convening the First Church Council at Nicaea in 325 - hardly the act of an emperor who was not professing at least some form of Christianity.
Still pisses me off. Francis ego overrode Phil. I mean even I could see that was a bad place to put that trench. Made zero sense not just have 1 trench
You know it's going to be a fabulous day when Phil's jean cut-off shorts make an appearance 😂
His Daisy Dukes!
@@ChrisHopkinsBassDaisy Dudes*
@@SlickWillyTFCFbrilliant 😂😂😂
Phil makes it a fabulous day no matter what he's wearing. He is so much fun to watch anytime.
Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I agree that my favorite is whatever I am watching at the time! I am addicted to TIME TEAM!
This was my Favorite Episode!!!
Thank You Dr. Francis Pryor 🌟
Bravo Tony for asking questions we would!
Phil, Mick or Raksha in the thumbnail gets an automatic like.
Rest in Peace, Mick. You are dearly loved.
Don't forget Brigid!! Amazing episode
I wish all people could have Phil’s energy, enthusiasm, positivity & joy!
It's very hard for me to pick favourites!
I started thinking about finds, like the cemetery with all the buckets - I do like a nice grave good. But then if we're talking graves, there's the prehistoric cemetery in the dunes, or the lock of hair from the Isle of Man, or the spelunking adventures of the bone caves. And then, prehistory wise, the mesolithic footprints, the pictish symbols... But on the other hand, I love a bit of industrial archaeology, the viaduct in Wales that took multiple big diggers, or the mint under the housing estate...
Maybe my favourite is just the one I've watched most recently...
This is the one thing that I'm thankful for COVID I found this show!
My top 3:
1. Two amateurs had found a chapel and monastic site on the island of Mull. The police had to come because of 3 teeth. There was the skull of a lost to history saint under a monument thing (I don't know how to spell it - sounded like "locht"). There was a pottery sherds vs. quartz pebbles funny rivalry. It all had to do with St. Columba. And, Mick Aston was having a grand time.
2. They were on a beach on the Outer Hebrides, and storms had revealed very ancient graves in the sand dunes.
3. They were working with soldiers who had both physical and mental health problems and were digging up lots of Anglo-Saxon graves.
Honorable mentions: 1. There was a very enthusiastic woman named Penny who wanted to prove things about her house, and she mucked in with the digging and kept Phil on his toes. 2. They were on Fetlar looking for Viking stuff. 3. There were a lot of Anglo-Saxon finds, and they pretended Raksha's funeral.
I heartily agree! Well described 😂 I knew straight away which episodes you meant.
Yes - Raksha's funeral! And didn't Phil read the eulogy??
@@thetragicyouthYes!
Raksha. Dave's daughter. Digger lady!
That’s the exact opposite of most people’s choices 😂
Thats very acurate 😂🫶
1. The one in the Hebrides (Barra?) where the beach was eroding and they found skeletons and a wheel house.
2. Isle of Man. Marvelous!
3. A special, I think, not a regular program, where they were on a mound in the Orkneys and went down deep inside the hole in the top it to a chamber.
That chap at 49:00 is really making a massive leap to link anything that's going on today with Welsh 'Druids' to what was going on at the site. He's kinda condescending to poor Tony, too.
I remember the first time I saw that episode - the guy is a crackpot! That is, I believe, the technical term. 🙂
@@daveseddon5227not to be confused with a wing nut😅
@@BalthazarMyrrh70 Indeed not!
Wingnuts are useful. 🙂
This is fantastic. Here in New Zealand, all you ever get is a few crude stone axes and beer bottle caps
I have to say my favorite dig (sort of) Was the Seahenge episode. It touched me very deeply on a number of levels, I was so happy they found a second one and have no intentions of ever excavating it. Number two would be a Welsh castle where one of the assistance found a gold coin. His hand were shaking so much you could hardly see the coin. And the final one was the special they did on the Great Eastern. Finding the slipway, understanding why the launch went so wrong, and finding remains of the Great Eastern was very exciting.
Love a top 3 list. Mine would have to be:
1. Finds on the Fairways (lock of hair from a ~14c. Celtic woman and ogham script)
2. the temple where they decided to excavate the parking lot (can't recall the episode name) because it was the only large excavated area worth looking at and discovered massive walls
3. Because I'm a sucker for tessellated tile mosaics, the "Mosaics Mosaics Mosaics" episode where they find a few superb examples, as well as hypocaust from a villa. Plus Tony gets to uncover some of the mosaic himself and you can just feel the glee in his voice.
There's another episode where they actually create their own mosaic that I love too, but I can't for the life of me recall what it was called.
Ahhh Phil 😁🤣 just love him ...!!!! he's passionate and truly shows how much he loves doing this 😍💘
I cannot imagine that I will ever be without Time Team!
"The Trouble with Temples" is one of my favorites. Normally, I think when everything goes right that would not make for an enjoyable episode, but the way everyone reacts so positively and enthusiastically is quite contagious. Although I wish they included the clip of Tony confronting Phil about the possible "plow damage", that was hilarious.
My favorite is the golf course fairway.
I reckon there's a step up to stop the shrine from flooding. I'm Australian - it's obvious
Shhh you're ruining Francis's vibe with reasonable ideas 😂
For the third one I would've chosen the one on the Isle of Manx, where the grave with hair and the stone with Ogham carving were found.
The Isle of Man is my #1 favorite episode
I think they called it "Finds on the Fairway" and yeah, it's one of my top 3 as well. Such an incredible episode -- the chapel, the kist grave w/ hair, and the Ogham script would each have been an amazing episode of their own but all three in three days was just insane (plus the possibility of many many more graves yet to uncover for future excavations!)
The one with the La Tene sword buried on top of barbed wire….it was so important to show how you can use scientific methods to expose fakes
I loved seeing Francis again! Along with the old regulars! What a team!
I was there that day and that was my Fishing Smack (The wooden sailing boat at the beginning..)..
Now I am starting at the University of Leicester reading Ancient history and Archaeology..
Thank you Time team..
1. Chicksands, with Dr B becoming a Nun for a day.
2. Chenies Manor House, with a Falconry lesson.
3. Guerilla Base of King Alfred, with the Time Team as young children (comparatively). The episodes are all fascinating, but these three are my favorites.
WOW!! Great show!!!
Favorite program ever.
So agreed
And Guy too! Double bonus!!
Its hard to choose favourites. But, in no particular order.
1. The 4 day Coventry Cathedral dig- extended a 4th day as the area was being demolished to reveal and in some cases destroy for the renewal projects that were in action
2. The Codnor Castle dig - where they found the gold coin.
3. the barbed wire wrapped ancient sword - where method unveiled the planting of the sword....
But i also have to give mention to the Big Digs at Royal sites, the early industrial revolution digs and the WW2 era dig they did as a special in East London revealing old homes amid what is now a park
Sunday tea time was never the same when this ended …..
Oh, yes ... we must be careful because we actually have living druids now ... 🤣
My three favorites:
Orkney
Sutton Courtenay
Salisbury Cathedral
Love Time Team .
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7:50 oh come Phil don't you see Henry was trying to help you dig the trench the way you wanted it originally 😂
Its not an alter,,, Its the place where you pay your entrance fee and buy your souvenirs afterward. And call it whatever you want,, most alters have collection plates as well. T-shirts painted with "I saw the temple of Zeus at Sarenen"
After seeing Roman statues, the weird rock is a joke. 😅😂
Season 10 episode 1, giving Henry a face and voice was so surreal. The best episode ever.
Such beautiful country sides and the bays and shores lines are beautiful as well. I am planning on joining a Gliding Club called the GREEN DRAGON very close to there. Dear Tony try to be a lot more positive. You are bring down the team and we need a person who is positive.
He’s the associate producer.
Time Team Drinking Game: take a sip of Scrumpy every time anyone says "trench."
❤buy a bottle for every "stone the crows"?
I have never liked the 3 day thing. Some digs really deserve a longer time.
Dr. Francis Pryor is the smartest to watch. My favorite on the show.
0:44 That field is a dead ringer for the outline of Caliornia!
That’s pretty close! I immediately thought the same thing. ☺️
Just can´t get enough...
...now that song got to you 🥰
Finds on the Fairway. Very moving.
Brilliant channel.
Francis ignored Phil's advice to establish the relationship of the temples first. This is what allowed the surveying error to happen.
Turkdean 1 and 2, then I can’t pick one third, there are too many
The odd shaped rock is a head of the spirit? Or it is an ugly rock.
Splendid!
Let's say in no particular order
Waddon, Dorset, finding a henge was great
Greenwich
Birdoswald, I love Hadrian's Wall
As as American with just a wee bit of Phil's accent broken interpreted I just realized he could be My Fair Lady's brother.
I would watch Phil changing a tire
Phil is definitely WURZEL GUMMAGE'S stunt double..
Who the heck is Wurzel Gummage?
@@deborahparham3783Look him up on UA-cam he even talks like him 😂😂
When the romans left Britian, did they tear down the temples or were they simply abandoned?
There weren't that many Romans in the first place, probably most who came from Britain, were from the provinces, and were soldiers, traders, slaves etc. What happened to the Romano-British when the Anglo-Saxons is still a matter of argument among historians.
Probably varied with the region. In East Anglia, 80% of the village names are Anglo, 20% Danish [Viking], there are a number of places which apparently meant in Old English: the home of the Welsh ie the British, suggesting that some British survived and were living in Enclaves.
Other parts eg Cornwall, were hardly effected by the Saxons, but they weren't all that effected by Romans,
some British fled to Brittany [hence the name] or Wales.
As far as temples go, the Roman Empire was Christianised well before the fall of the Western Roman Empire,
so you might expect that pagan temples would have already fallen into disuse and the stone recycled.
1. Gold in the moat 2. Operation nightingale 3. Street of the dead.
Very cool.
Thanks.
This is great. Your next video should be "bottom three time teams"--pick three you didn't actually find anything.
“Grotty as” would be a great insult.
my rank ... 1) temples, 2)druids and 3) osyth
Wish the editor said why these were their top 3 choice!
Trouble with Temples has some huge, exciting finds in my favourite era, St Osyth is my ends and the Druids episode explores an era that can't speak for itself-resulting in that really interesting chat where Tony has to be reminded not to believe the Roman perspective unquestioningly. Lovely ending on the beach, too.
@@SamyulDavis it is a good mix. TwT is hard to unseat, for sure.
They did... but it was... edited.😅
Please consider producing, Time Team stinkers® (Editor's choice!)
Llancaich Fawr - I felt for the guys having to do that one
the best time team was the bucket people hampshire new forest
What’s investing money got to do with time team ?
Faye or Helen?
Raksha
Sacred stone seems like a long shot.
No 1 Syon Monastery
You can be as offended as you like as a Welsh native; regardless of what this poor man says in defense of the Druids, face facts: THE ROMANS WON. WHAT PRE ROMAN CULTURE SURVIVES IS A Fractured, MINISCULE REMNANT OF A ONCE GREAT CULTURE. romans: 1; Druids: 0. Those are the facts, ma'am.
A stunning revelation
Are you feeling okay?
Maybe you will feel better after a good lie down
Everyone is conquered at one time or the other. That's ancient multi culturalism for you.
And Helen;!
Harding is a celt. I think that's how you spell it.
Yes he is a Celt and proud of it.
The Druids are the new intelligencers what a clown.
❤put 2 archeologists in a trench and you'll get 3 ideas.
I hate how these are cut up episodes, show the whole thing please.
"(The full episodes are in the description.)"
If you read the titles properly, on these videos. You will find the complete episodes.
Burning Man
Purely subjective observations on all our parts. I'd let it stand except St. Osyth was more just challenging than best in my view. Turkdean, or Wood henge could easily dusplace that episode.
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Constantine definitely wasn't Christian....that's a fact obscured by later 'historians' yeah, I said it. That whole "I saw a cross in the sky" - a story told in the year's AFTER his death.
You can question whether he was a "true believer" or merely professing Christian belief for cynical reasons, and it is quite clear that the historical narratives contain a lot of "legendary" elements in relation to his conversion and the supposed "signs" before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, but even pagan accounts like that of Zosimus (and presumably Z's sources) talk about Constantine's Christianity. He was also responsible for convening the First Church Council at Nicaea in 325 - hardly the act of an emperor who was not professing at least some form of Christianity.
Sigh! This Channel has become like one of them old UHF TV-studios, repeating the same over and over.
Don’t blame the channel but the algorithm that selects the episodes to put into your feed.
Still pisses me off. Francis ego overrode Phil. I mean even I could see that was a bad place to put that trench. Made zero sense not just have 1 trench
Zero sense. Go thru both temples. And now wasted how much time cause you were lost
Phil’s attire leaves something to be desired , he looks homeless , maybe he should start a “go fund me” for some clothing …..WTF ?
Love Time Team. 💙
Great thing romans eradicated all those barbarians🥰🥰🥰