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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...

How Netflix's The Dig explores the subtlety of archeological study, of probing memory and the past The Dig reminds us that the role of archaeology is not in treasure-seeking, but in reflecting on our complex relationship to the past, and how and why we value it. The Conversation February 06, 2021 13:25:13 IST Netflix's The Dig recounts the tale of the excavation of a ship burial of an Anglo-Saxon king. By Roberta Gilchrist Edith Pretty was convinced that the mounds on h...

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Released on Jan. 15 and currently available to stream on Netflix, “The Dig,” directed by Simon Stone, starts 2021 the right way in the world of cinema. Starring Carey Mulligan,