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Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited

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Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited: Episode 1: Pagans of Roman Britain

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Episode 1: Pagans of Roman Britain

Pagans of Roman Britain

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Julian Richards goes back to the excavation of two burials from Roman Britain.

Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs. New science on two rich burials from late Roman Britain reveals unexpected secrets.

Series in which archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs to discover how science, conservation and new finds have changed our understanding of entire eras of ancient history. 

Julian goes back to the excavation of two burials from Roman Britain - a wealthy man from Roman Winchester and a lavishly appointed grave of a woman from the heart of London that holds a special and unexpected secret only recently unlocked.

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Series in which archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs.

Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs to discover how science, conservation and new finds have changed our understanding of entire eras of ancient history.

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