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Feb 1, 2021 · Netflix’s new historical drama The Dig has re-ignited public interest in the 1939 Sutton Hoo excavation, which was a real-life dig that led to one of the most important archeological discoveries ...
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Jan 29, 2021 · A few years after the Sutton Hoo excavation, Edith suffered a stroke and died on December 17, 1942. She died at the Richmond Hospital and was buried in All Saints churchyard at Sutton. Following her death, most of her estate was passed on to her son, Robert. In 1988, Robert died of cancer at the age of 57, leaving behind three children ...
Feb 2, 2021 · She married soldier Frank Pretty in 1926, then purchased the more than 500-acre Sutton Hoo estate. They welcomed their only child, son Robert, in 1930, only a few years before Frank's 1934 death.
- Basil Brown Wasn’T Buried in A Mound Collapse
- Photographer Rory Lomax Is Fictional
- Peggy Piggott Was An Experienced Archaeologist
- A Warplane Didn’T Crash Nearby During The Excavation
- The Real Dig Took Longer
- There Was Not as Much Conflict Between Brown and Phillips
Although Basil Brown is based on a real person, not everything that happened to him in the movie occurred during the real excavation. In The Dig, Brown is buried under a mound’s collapsing dirt walls early in the excavation, but this never actually happened. While wall collapses are a concern archaeologists must contend with, there’s no record that...
In the film, Edith Pretty brings in her cousin, Rory Lomax (Johnny Flynn), to assist at the site and take photographs of the excavation. He becomes involved in a romance with married archaeologist Peggy Piggott (Lily James) before he is called up by the Royal Air Force and departs for World War II. Not only is the romance entirely fake, but Rory Lo...
The Dig’s Peggy Piggott is presented as an amateur only getting her start in archaeology at the side of her husband. In fact, by 1939, Peggy Piggott was an experienced archaeologist. In the movie, Piggott says she has not done much fieldwork, but the real archaeologist had already directed an excavation in 1937 in addition to extensive fieldwork. L...
As Edith Pretty and the excavation team prepared to celebrate their success in the movie, a warplane crashed into the water nearby, a fatal accident in which they had to recover the body of the pilot. There is also no record of this happening during the excavation. During a celebratory party, Charles Phillips’ speech about the ship burial was drown...
Archaeology does not usually happen quickly, and the movie compressed the timeline to make it seem like the entire dig happened in a single season. Basil Brown actually started work at Sutton Hoo in 1938 and found some small but significant artifacts, such as ship rivets, that hinted at the treasure at the site. The movie has Brown starting work in...
Many adaptations of true stories exaggerate conflicts between characters (just look at Mank's handling of Herman Mankiewicz and Citizen Kane), and the animosity between Basil Brown and Charles Phillips is no exception. There is some basis in fact, however. Brown was relegated to assisting on the dig after Phillips arrived, and his name was left out...
Jan 31, 2021 · Most of the main characters in The Dig are based on real people, and the Sutton Hoo excavation was definitely real and significant. However, major liberties have been taken to dramatize the story.
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Jan 29, 2021 · The Dig is fundamentally about an archaeological expedition at Sutton Hoo, but the subtext reveals much about the main protagonists' humanity and how they bond while pursuing a shared goal. The Dig was inspired by the eponymous 2007 novel by John Preston, whose aunt participated in the Sutton Hoo excavation. The storyline centers on the work of ...
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A film that 'brings the story to life'. The Netflix film is based upon the 2008 novel The Dig by John Preston. He was inspired by his aunt Peggy Piggott, played by Lily James, who was an ...
