Sutton Hoo | Tony and Helen in the Pub
Added 2024-06-03 19:17:30 +0000 UTCWhat else is left to discover at Sutton Hoo? Quite a lot, actually, according to Helen Geake. She has decamped to the local pub with Sir Tony Robinson to share her own personal connection to the site, and explain why there is so much still to learn.
Who was really buried along with the ship in Mound One? How was such beautiful gold and garnet jewellery crafted? And why was the site located here in the first place? These are just some of the many tantalising questions that remain unanswered.
Garden Field will be the focus of Time Team's dig this June, offering a unique opportunity to shed light on the wider landscape surrounding the Royal Burial Ground.
Join Tony and Helen for a fascinating chat that sets the scene perfectly for the month ahead.
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Just joined Patreon/Time Team this video alone listening to Helen share her knowledge of the Anglo Saxons was worth the annual fee!
Julied123
2024-07-11 12:05:52 +0000 UTCI thought it was worth commenting that this video captures an Essence of Time Team and why it was so good (and is again!) This is a great conversation by two informed and interested people. It does not seem like it was filmed for TV (or youtube) and comes off completely genuine and natural. And because of that, the viewer is immersed in it and becomes part of the conversation. It makes me happy to be a Patron. Thanks!
Andre Paquette
2024-06-12 23:11:12 +0000 UTCI'm no expert, but common sense tells me that the jewellery-making industry was probably part of the culture of the Angles and/or Saxons long BEFORE they emigrated to Britain.
Howard Shelton
2024-06-11 07:19:45 +0000 UTCThis is a wonderfully informative conversation.
Graeme Boocock
2024-06-11 01:55:30 +0000 UTCI thoroughly enjoyed listening to Helen and Tony, it was very thought provoking.
Marilyn Wright
2024-06-09 07:05:15 +0000 UTCWonderful - a real pub conversation if I ever heard one. More to come, I hope.
Marguerite Mikelyn Allred Crawford
2024-06-06 11:40:57 +0000 UTCGoldwork embroidery was one of Englands exports to Europe at around the time of the Sutton Hoo burial. Opus Anglicanum was considered the best embroidery available at the time. There are a few surviving pieces in the V&A and the Vatican museum. It doesn't survive readily in archaeology but would use thread wrapped in very fine gold or silver leaf couched into a backing cloth. There are records and church itineraries that list it. The surprise at the gold artifacts given the knowledge of contemporaneous finely worked gold and gems surprises me.
Alice Hutchinson
2024-06-06 10:33:08 +0000 UTCWhat s wonderful conversation
Under The Bodie
2024-06-05 21:52:29 +0000 UTCHelen is truly wonderful. Intelligence, kindness, and erudition in equal measures.
George McCluskey
2024-06-04 21:07:46 +0000 UTCThis combination 😍
Helena Frisk
2024-06-04 19:09:15 +0000 UTC❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Cheryl Kurucz
2024-06-04 19:00:30 +0000 UTCThis was superb - most interesting. Helen - you can do the rowing! Get yourself a personal trainer and he/she will whip you into shape.
Rosemary Henderson
2024-06-04 18:50:22 +0000 UTCLove listening to Tony and Helen
Derek Barham
2024-06-04 18:47:48 +0000 UTCWonderful to see these too in enthusiastic conversation...again. Didnt the Egyptians plan and start their burial chambers, pyramids etc long, long before they died, (I thought), so could that not have been the case with A/S kings/chiefs also? Rather than waiting until the bucket was finally kicked?
Mark Lund
2024-06-04 18:28:01 +0000 UTCErudite & masterful as ever Helen!
Jacqueline
2024-06-04 18:17:04 +0000 UTCFascinating
Sharyle Doherty
2024-06-04 16:55:19 +0000 UTCSuperb.
Doug Mackey
2024-06-04 15:07:54 +0000 UTCA great discussion--Tony and Helen mesh so well and always seem energized when they get to talking with each other. Thank you for setting this up Time Team!
James D Speckart
2024-06-04 15:01:39 +0000 UTCAt the risk of being repetitive, want more! Helen is such an eloquent speaker, I could listen to her for hours. This was a great discussion, setting the stage for what is coming next, whatever that may be. Thank you!
Elaine P
2024-06-04 14:51:46 +0000 UTCWhat a superb interview!
Anne Morris
2024-06-04 13:35:57 +0000 UTCSorry! In my excitement I keep pressing the ‘send’ key by mistake.
Irene Daly
2024-06-04 12:24:24 +0000 UTCWhat an amazing recording of Tony and Helen chatting in the pub. Helen really made me understand how she explained the idea of how the people of these times mannaged to produce such wonderful quality in the jewelry they consigned to the Sutton Hook dig this year.
Barry Jones
2024-06-04 12:23:55 +0000 UTCI cannot wait to see what the Sutton Hoo dig reveals and to reunite with some of my favourite Time Team gang- who am I kidding. With ALL of the Time Team gang.
Irene Daly
2024-06-04 12:23:32 +0000 UTCWhat a wonderful way to start my day. I want to be Helen for a day. I admire here depth of knowledge and her enthusiasm for our history and the legacy our ancestors have left us.
Irene Daly
2024-06-04 12:22:03 +0000 UTCOh wow! Brilliant! Brilliant!
Andrew Lamb
2024-06-04 11:10:56 +0000 UTCA wonderful interview with Helen. I can only imagine her excitement at being back at Sutton Hoo again!
Kerry Hennigan
2024-06-04 09:45:31 +0000 UTCThis is an absolute gem! Thank you so much for this talk.
Octavia Gentemann-Schmidt
2024-06-04 09:22:41 +0000 UTCIt’s all so exciting! I literally could listen to Helen all day…..
Bron Lloyd
2024-06-04 07:48:49 +0000 UTCThank so much Helen and Tony for setting-up the scene fortis momentus dig at Sutton Hoo. As a Sutton Hoo NT volunteer I'm assured of a ring side seat during the coming month. So I look keenly forward to observing the developments as they happen.
Nigel Gage
2024-06-04 07:02:54 +0000 UTCGreat chat, really interesting. I feel that East Anglia was a place of many different settlers from all over Europe and further. The Snape Anglo-Saxon cemetery seems to suggest this in the burial finds there.
Katty J
2024-06-04 06:34:23 +0000 UTCWonderful! I'm looking forward to seeing the Q&As as well.
Patricia Amero
2024-06-04 05:36:27 +0000 UTC😍 This offers so much in passion and context. I realize Patreon offerings are a gift to us... and greatly appreciated, but I'd love for the world to see this as well. 🙏 Thank you Helen & Tony.
Patricia Amero
2024-06-04 05:22:28 +0000 UTCSpectular !!!
Diana Smith
2024-06-04 04:45:19 +0000 UTCThis was a great talk. I hope to hear more from Helen about the dig. Thank You!
Wendy Sengpiehl
2024-06-04 02:56:09 +0000 UTCalways a delight to hear Helen.
Stephen Gent
2024-06-04 01:46:17 +0000 UTCThis was wonderful. I learn so much from Helen.
DIANA R NELSON
2024-06-04 01:13:07 +0000 UTCFantastic talk! Great perspective from Helen on setting the historical stage on this newest dig at Sutton Hoo, as well as wonderful questions from Sir Tony.
Jane McCormack
2024-06-04 00:23:17 +0000 UTCAlways fascinating to hear Tony ask interesting questions, and listen to Helen expound on the subjects she has such passion for. Also, it was wonderful to hear her mention the work of the late Victor Ambrus. For me, his work was always wonderful to see, but it's interesting to hear how Helen felt that his work was also important because it forced them to ask questions, and find answers, and make decisions.
Macswell
2024-06-03 22:33:09 +0000 UTCThe Sutton Hoo project reached out to Time Team very soon after the 2021 reboot, so this has been in development for a while!
Julianne Ture
2024-06-03 21:55:18 +0000 UTCI really am enjoying Helen’s extensive detail n knowledge….and Tony is paring that info out particularly well!
Kel Tyrrell
2024-06-03 21:40:59 +0000 UTCFantastic chat. Helen is so good at putting the archeological details into a broader context. Thanks so much for sharing!
Whitby Solo
2024-06-03 21:37:39 +0000 UTCGreat! Really loved. Helen is so knowledgeable about the Anglosaxons!
Rosemary Cormack
2024-06-03 21:28:38 +0000 UTCSo excited about this dig it'll be amazing what ever happens,looks like I've not been chosen as a volunteer though,shame it would have been a dream come true
Stephen hobbs
2024-06-03 21:06:01 +0000 UTCLooking forward to meeting Helen again when I take part in the dig soon. We were on the RESCUE Council together for a while.
Nigel Sadler
2024-06-03 20:48:24 +0000 UTCDisappointed not being part of team dig but I wish all the best and weather pending enjoy
Ian mac
2024-06-03 20:22:56 +0000 UTCgreat chat!
Neil
2024-06-03 20:18:08 +0000 UTCHave a grear dig Team, I have to get dressed and get to work down here in Sydney...please excuse me for rushing out the door and I will check this later....
Peter Hawker
2024-06-03 20:04:33 +0000 UTCBrilliant!
Henrik Vogt
2024-06-03 20:02:58 +0000 UTCThat was wonderful. The enthusiasm is infectious
Julian Hughes
2024-06-03 20:01:32 +0000 UTCI leave Time Team episodes with the feeling of them expanding my horizons and shedding light on stories which brighten my view of the world. Thank you!
JanD
2024-06-03 19:59:15 +0000 UTCJust like the ship reconstruction… Riveting!
Tim Walker
2024-06-03 19:47:31 +0000 UTCJust a wonderful and fascinating discussion between Sir Tony Robinson and Dr Helen Geake...
Steve Mikre
2024-06-03 19:47:00 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing this, I always find Helen’s explanations helpful, and Sir Tony is always brilliant at teasing the detail out in a meaningful way. Bravo, and more please!
Justin Freeman
2024-06-03 19:44:29 +0000 UTCSo great seeing Tony and Helen !! American here and if it wasnt for Time Team i doubt id made it through tthe pandemic lol.
Dewayne
2024-06-03 19:43:55 +0000 UTCI remember in the first couple of series of Time Team they couldn’t even get permission to dig some of the sites they were investigating, and now they get to dig Sutton Hoo.
John Walker
2024-06-03 19:35:44 +0000 UTCIt is so good to see Helen and Sir Tony interacting again! I always loved there discussions.
Rick Doner
2024-06-03 19:34:49 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for the month ahead!
John Keady
2024-06-03 19:26:26 +0000 UTC
