The movie doesn’t skimp on telling us that.

And it’s true that Sutton Hoo is one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th Century. People are touting The Dig as a must-see for archaeology buffs. This attracts the attention of the British Museum, and then it’s a race against time before Hitler reduces the entire United Kingdom to dust. The Dig begins, and after several terrifying scenes featuring mud and dirt, Ralph Fiennes discovers the belly of an ancient Celtic ship. She hires a local excavator, played with restrained dignity by Ralph Fiennes, who looks old as shit. She owns a valuable piece of property in Suffolk that is full of mounds, but not Almond Joy. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Lily James, Jonny FlynnĬarey Mulligan plays an Unpromising Middle-Aged Widow with a fatal heart condition. That sounds like it would make an excellent movie. Excavators uncovered the treasure in 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. ‘The Dig’ is a historical melodrama, now airing on Netflix, about the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure, a cache of invaluable Anglo-Saxon artifacts.

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