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4,000 year old case; The body in the bog

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tjj Nov 28, 2013 19:26:24
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
TV update;BBC4 9.00

"An international team of experts led by veteran archaeologist Ned Kelly assemble to investigate the discovery of a 4,000 year old body found preserved in a peat bog in Cashel, County Tipperary. Will the new discovery cast light on the mystery posed by the other hundreds of cadavers found in Northern Europe's boglands"

And if you can stomach another Stonehenge programme (I fell asleep during the Tony Robinson programme,) there is yet another......

BBC 4; 7.30 The Flying Archaeologist; Stonehenge: The Missing link ??

Another Robinson flies over Stonehenge, explaining why the monument is where it is and revealing how long ago it was occupied by people...

Thanks Moss, was planning to the 'Body in the Bog' programme. If you wanted to watch the "Stonehenge: Walking through History" programme here is the link below - would be interested to hear your thoughts, especially on the Windmll Hill/Avebury/Silbury bit.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/walking-through-history

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moss Nov 29, 2013 08:12:01
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
Thanks Moss, was planning to the 'Body in the Bog' programme. If you wanted to watch the "Stonehenge: Walking through History" programme here is the link below - would be interested to hear your thoughts, especially on the Windmll Hill/Avebury/Silbury bit.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/walking-through-history
Thought it was a nice walk for Tony Robinson with a camera crew in tow, meeting with various archaeological 'celebs' along the way, I didn't learn a lot from the brief meetings. There is an interesting book about the Keiller excavation on Windmill Hill by Alistair Writtle and two fellow writers, and Writtle also was part of the team that wrote about Silbury in another book, both difficult to find but in the book list somewhere. The report on the flora below the primary mound was fascinating......