tjj
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 19:39
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Lubin wrote:
Now feel am quite ill informed about the Romans; I live quite close to the little town of Cirencester where there have an excellent museum but confess my focus has been on the pre-roman stuff. Thanks for the link - I'll have a good read a bit later.
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goffik
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 21:23
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SSSSSHHH!!! Brodgar's on telly!!!
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Squid Tempest
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Edited Feb 23, 2011, 22:12
Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:11
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I got a bit sick of them rehashing the same old tired crap though. and what was that boat bit all about? so it is possible to make a sail from sticks and skins - do they have any evidence of such a construction? and if they do, what did it have to do with groove ware pottery?
and not ONCE (at least while I was paying attention) did they mention that the alignments etc might have been simply agricultural calenders, every mention of astronomy went hand in hand with some "cosmological" magical inference. with no evidence.
I hate the way these progs make out they are presenting some wildy exciting new theory which finally explains everything, when in fact half the things they mention are old ideas which don't bear close inspection. might as well be saying the circles were built by aliens.
OK, I know I'm being a bit harsh, but really, they should know a bit better by now.
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Squid Tempest
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:14
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tjj wrote: Squid Tempest wrote:
Now that you mention it ... I did drop by the Stonehenge Road Show at venue near me earlier today. Naturally aimed at children (half-term) it was a pleasure to observe. Yes, there was a 'life-size' inflatable trilithon (nothing to offend anyone though), a couple of people in sheepskin and a display of artefacts - antler picks, fragments of bluestone and sarsen, flint tools and sarsen mauls. David Dawson, director of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, was manning the display and encouraging the kids to touch and handle them.
I didn't stay too long but long enough to see a bunch of kids (one of them in a Superman outfit) pulling a large fake sarsen along on wooden rollers.
Great fun for them I should think.
I told DD I would give a little plug to the Ancient Briton Family Day to be held at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes on Sunday 27th February from 11am (children free, adults £2).
Sorry, I didn't mean to demean something meant as fun for kids. Always good to get the small ones interested 8-)
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cerrig
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:25
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Just watched this. It was the best programme concerning megaliths I have ever seen. It was interesting, and informative. The photography was superb, and showed the monuments in views I've never seen before.
Well done BBC, about time.
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Rockrich
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:29
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I got all excited 2min 45secs in. Obviously Copt Howe wasn’t sexy enough to make the final cut.
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tjj
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:32
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cerrig wrote: Just watched this. It was the best programme concerning megaliths I have ever seen. It was interesting, and informative. The photography was superb, and showed the monuments in views I've never seen before.
Well done BBC, about time.
Nicely put Cerrig, the shots inside Knowth made my hair stand on end. The best episode yet - and the other two were pretty good. Like Carl, I'll be buying the dvd when it comes out.
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Sanctuary
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 23, 2011, 22:51
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tjj wrote: cerrig wrote: Just watched this. It was the best programme concerning megaliths I have ever seen. It was interesting, and informative. The photography was superb, and showed the monuments in views I've never seen before.
Well done BBC, about time.
Nicely put Cerrig, the shots inside Knowth made my hair stand on end. The best episode yet - and the other two were pretty good. Like Carl, I'll be buying the dvd when it comes out.
It didn't make my hair stand up...I haven't got any!!!...but it was brilliant nevertheless! Certainly worth buying the DVD. Bit annoyed at the end when the credits went up as I was looking to see if my mate Simon Werry had done the aerials but they reduced the picture to advertise the news Grrr
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ocifant
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 24, 2011, 09:50
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Not seen the program yet (tonight's viewing via Sky+), but I know what you mean.
Presenting supposition as fact on the flimsiest of evidence is abhorrent, especially in archy programs - Time Team is especially guilty of this.
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VBB
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Re: A History of Ancient Britain
Feb 24, 2011, 10:49
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Sanctuary wrote: It didn't make my hair stand up...I haven't got any!!!...
If only Neil Oliver had the same problem, if you turn the sound off you can be left wondering whether this is an hour long advert for hair products.
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