Well, they won't say what they see yet and they won't know what it is until they actually excavate. So, let's hope it's worth the expectation they've built up. At least it also appears that "Time Team" are involved to document the dig. A great team and a great program for those interested in archaeology. It's on YouTube now.
> The latest work has again been made possible by funding from Time Team, for a new programme they will be making next year.
This is funded by a TV show whose primary concern is ratings earned by how exciting is the entertainment value. I think that explains the low-content but very breathless press-release article now: they want to hype it up for the show to get viewers. This smells like show-biz hype rather than scientific excitement.
>"totally dissimilar to anything else we've uncovered". "a site that can be seen to be defined by straight lines and rectangular forms, from the architecture down to the art". "without parallel in Atlantic Europe".
Straight lines and rectangular forms in Orkney? Must be aliens.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 26.4 ms ] threadReminds me of the artificial hype building around the first segways.
What a load of crap.
This is funded by a TV show whose primary concern is ratings earned by how exciting is the entertainment value. I think that explains the low-content but very breathless press-release article now: they want to hype it up for the show to get viewers. This smells like show-biz hype rather than scientific excitement.
Something truly awesome but can’t say unless you tune in Saturday 7:00pm
Straight lines and rectangular forms in Orkney? Must be aliens.