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Edith Pretty. Edith May Pretty (née Dempster; 1 August 1883 – 17 December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property. Early life.
Edith Pretty (1883–1942) was responsible for the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, one of the most important discoveries in British archaeology.
Feb 5, 2021 · The Dig, the new Netflix film starring Carey Mulligan as Pretty and Ralph Fiennes as Brown, is adapted from a 2016 novel of the same name by John Preston, nephew of Peggy Piggott, a junior ...
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Jan 17, 2021 · Netflix. Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown. The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at Sutton Hoo have been described as one of ...
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Feb 2, 2021 · Who Was the Real Edith Pretty From Netflix's 'The Dig'? She initiated one of the most significant archeological digs of the 20th century. By Andrea Park. published 2 February 2021. Netflix's...
Jan 17, 2021 · 17 January 2021. Netflix. Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown. By Katy Prickett. BBC News. The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at...
Feb 4, 2021 · In fact, historians say the real Pretty, who was 55 in 1938, was a fairly unknowable figure who withdrew from an adventurous youth into a life of seclusion in her later years. She was known to be...
