Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited

Season 1

Julian Richards revisits some of the excavation sites from his earlier series 'Meet the Ancestors'.

Pagans of Roman Britain
E1
Pagans of Roman BritainArchaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs. New science on two rich burials from late Roman Britain reveals unexpected secrets.
Families of the Stone Age
E2
Families of the Stone AgeJulian Richards returns to the excavation of two burials from the Stone Age - the grave of an entire Neolithic family in Dorset and a tomb on Orkney that is helping to reveal some strange and unexpected burial rites from over 5,000 years ago.
Sacred Women of the Iron Age
E3
Sacred Women of the Iron AgeArchaeologist Julian Richards has the latest on two very different burials of Iron Age women and a brand new discovery in a rare chariot burial.
The First Anglo-Saxons
E4
The First Anglo-SaxonsJulian Richards returns to the excavation of two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries to explore the mystery of the Anglo-Saxon invasions that began after the fall of the Roman Empire. In particular, the rich burial of a warrior and his horse offers up fresh clues to some of the very first pioneers.