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'The Dig' is an upcoming movie that reimagines the discovery of the ship burial of Sutton Hoo and stars Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes
Mick LaSalle January 25, 2021Updated: January 29, 2021, 9:22 am Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes star in “The Dig.” Photo: Larry Horricks “The Dig” is the story of how priceless archaeological discoveries were made in Sutton Hoo, England. But you don’t need to know anything about that to enjoy the movie. Think of it, instead, as a satisfying human story about people involved in a fascinating project that starts off promising and ends up enormous. Along the way, it deals with Britain on the eve of war — it takes place in 1939, in the months leading up to the Nazi invas...
It is one of the most important archaeological finds in British history, and it was made right here in East Anglia. The 1939 excavation of the...
Meet the Real People Behind the Sutton Hoo Excavations, as Portrayed in Netflix's The Dig 22 Shares The excavations at Sutton Hoo, the site of Dark Age-era Anglo-Saxon burial mounds located in Suffolk, East Anglia, are considered England's greatest archeological find of the 20th century. Mere months before England entered the second World War, the story captivated British consciousness, as well as the attentions of budding archeologists the world over, and not only for the spectacular treasures discovered within the graves. The people involved, from the wealthy widowed lan...
Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes lead cast in story of archaeological find at Sutton Hoo