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Meet the Ancestors

Series 2

Episode 2: The Tomb that Time Forgot

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

In the summer of 1998 a mysterious hole appeared in a barley field in distant Orkney. The cause - a burial chamber sunk into the ground - untouched for 5,000 years. Julian Richards joins a team of investigative police officers and archaeologists as they gradually remove the skeletons from the tomb to look for clues about our Stone Age ancestors. He reveals a bizarre tale of their lives and deaths. Show less

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