Meet the Ancestors - Season 4

Meet the Ancestors - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes6
DatesJan 9, 2001 - Feb 6, 2001
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Episodes

The Killing Field
Season 4Episode 130 min

The Killing Field

Richards investigates a field where a mass of ancient bones was unearthed in 1968. The team slowly piece together evidence of a battle that took place more than 3,000 years ago, and build up a surprising picture.
Jan 9, 2001
Bishop's Men
Season 4Episode 230 min

Bishop's Men

Richards investigates a medieval burial site unearthed beneath the walls of Hereford Cathedral that revealed six skeletons clutching chalices and patens, suggesting they were priests and pieces together a picture of their lifestyles, which included pilgrimages, drinking and womanising.
Jan 16, 2001
Winds of Change
Season 4Episode 330 min

Winds of Change

Richards investigates six Anglo-Saxon graves in the sand dunes near Bamburgh Castle, which could provide an insight into the life of King Oswald of Bernicia. Initially discovered when a storm exposed some remains in 1817, it is only recently that archaeologists have found the complete burial ground.
Jan 23, 2001
The Architect, the Clerk and the Money
Season 4Episode 430 min

The Architect, the Clerk and the Money

Richards explores the life of Lawrence Spencer, clerk of works to Christopher Wren during the construction of St Paul's Cathedral. His devotion to the task earned him the right to be buried under the south transept of what is arguably the country's finest neoclassical building.
Jan 30, 2001
The Ultimate Sacrifice
Season 4Episode 530 min

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Richards contemplates the gruesome fate of a Neolithic woman and three children whose remains were discovered in a Stone Age temple. Bones and teeth reveal a dark tale of these prehistoric wanderers, who may have made the ultimate sacrifice 5,000 years ago.
Feb 6, 2001
Treasures of the Dark Age
Season 4Episode 630 min

Treasures of the Dark Age

Richards investigates a burial ground in Peterborough unearthing artefacts from first and second-generation Anglians who settled in Britain, including bronze brooches, silver rings, amber beads and strange ivory objects.
Feb 6, 2001

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