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SHARE When it comes to archaeology, Hollywood has always felt the need to inject plenty of excitement into what is, in real life, a long, laborious job. That’s why in Mummy, we don’t just see Rick and his pals scratching about in the soil in the hopes of coming across a papyrus scroll or two, but rather we’re treated to pestilence, plagues and the rising up of an undead army hellbent on revenge. But while Netflix’s The Dig doesn’t disturb anything untoward beneath the English countryside, the slow burn of the priceless sixth-century treasures to be found while the threat of World ...

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For those of you who like movies of this ilk, usually British, period pieces usually set in the first half of the 20th century (or before), that deal with history (think archaeology), then “The Dig” is for you. Throw in some cracker jack actors like Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James, stream it on Netflix and wait for the buzz. In 1939, Mrs. Edith Pretty (Mulligan) decided to hire an archaeologist to investigate, that is, dig into what looked to be burial mounds located on her Suffolk estate. She hired a man who came highly recommended, a self-taught archaeologist/excavato...

Ralph Fiennes assumed his character in The Dig was a piece of fiction when he first read the script. The new Netflix film tells the extraordinary story of Sutton Hoo; the excavation - as the Second World War loomed - of a medieval grave in Suffolk, where a 27m-long ship was buried. Not only that, but a chamber full of dazzling riches was found at the centre of the boat, the most iconic being the Sutton Hoo helmet. Ipswich-born Fiennes knew about the famous discovery but it was only after he "quickly did some research, as we all do, on Wikipedia" that he realised the extent to which The Dig wa...

Back before the pandemic kicked off last year, I wrote a cracking piece around the forthcoming new James Bond film, No Time To Die. I’ve dusted…