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Jan 18, 2021 · We've unearthed The Dig movie's true story to determine if the film about the Sutton Hoo dig and ship burial is historically accurate. Meet the real Basil Brown and Edith Pretty.
Jan 29, 2021 · Yes, Edith Pretty was a real person. The Sutton Hoo excavation took place in the fields of her private estate. Being interested in archaeology and history herself, she had a hunch that the low mounds on her property may have some historical significance.
Feb 5, 2021 · In the summer of 1937, as the specter of World War II loomed over Europe, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow living near Woodbridge, a small town in Suffolk, England, met with the curator of a local...
Apr 1, 2021 · Read on to discover the incredible true story, and meet some of the characters involved with one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. Edith Pretty (1883-1942) Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) was the owner of the Sutton Hoo estate and instigated the first excavations of the Royal Burial Ground.
Jan 31, 2021 · The Sutton Hoo excavation was extensively photographed by Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff, who are replaced by Lomax in the dramatization. Peggy Piggott and her husband did eventually divorce, but not for another 17 years after the Sutton Hoo excavation.
Jan 29, 2021 · The new Netflix film The Dig tells the true story of the first excavations at Sutton Hoo and the story of Edith Pretty and Basil Brown.
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Netflix's The Dig tells the story of the Anglo-Saxon longship that was unearthed at Sutton Hoo in 1939. It was an extraordinary find in more ways than one, writes Neil Armstrong. They began...
