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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 War II looms across the Channel, makes for a fascinating insight into how the famous Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon artefacts came to be discovered.