August 17, 20223 yr Edith was not born into royalty, but her father was a very successful businessman. The house she grew up in had 25 indoor servants and 18 gardeners. She married a war hero. When he died she remembered the archaeology witnessed in her worldwide travels with her parents as a child. and she moved to a house located on and near ancient burial mounds. She could not persuade anyone to dig them up. There are thousands of mounds in Britain and it takes a major effort. She became a spiritualist and let seance ghosts guide her to probable locations. A few minor but promising pieces were quickly found and this allowed her to persuade a noted archaeologist to finance a major excavation. The resulting Sutton Hoo Ship hoard was called (Wikipedia quote) "one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time". A probably over sensationalized novel of all this was The Dig by John Preston which was turned into a streaming movie by Netflix last year. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3661210/ 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 17, 20223 yr Author ------------------ Another lucky dig, decades later, was based on the letter R found in a parking lot. A descendent of King Richard reads eulogy at the reburial. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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