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Meet the Ancestors: Series 2

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Meet the Ancestors: Series 2: Episode 4: The Black Hand

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The Black Hand

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Julian Richards joins archaeologists in Cheshire as they excavate a long-lost chapel.

Julian Richards joins archaeologists in a farmer's field in Cheshire as they excavate a long-lost chapel and the undisturbed burials of medieval landowners.

In the early 1960s a Cheshire farmer discovered a human jaw bone in his fields. It remained a mysterious find until the secret beneath the field was revealed. Julian Richards joins archaeologists as they excavate a long-lost chapel and the undisturbed burials of medieval landowners. Using science, genealogy and some good old-fashioned detective work, the team are able to bring a Hampshire teacher face to face with his ancestors.

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

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