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Meet the Ancestors: Series 2: Episode 2: The Tomb that Time Forgot

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Episode 2: The Tomb that Time Forgot

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The Tomb that Time Forgot

BBC Two - Meet the Ancestors, Series 2, The Tomb that Time Forgot

Julian Richards joins a team of archaeologists investigating a burial chamber in Orkney.

Julian Richards joins a team of investigative officers and archaeologists in a field in Orkney to look at a burial chamber untouched for 5,000 years.

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.

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Archaeologist Julian Richards investigates ancient sites and the remains uncovered there.

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