Archeologists Discover The Oldest Bronze Age Shoe Ever Found In Britain

Archeologists Discover The Oldest Bronze Age Shoe Ever Found In Britain

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From the windswept cliffs of Dover to the mudflats of the Thames Estuary, Southern England holds secrets spanning hundreds of millennia. In this episode of Digging for Britain, we join archeologists as they unearth the oldest shoe ever found in Britain, dating back 3,000 years, and discover a massive Stone Age hand axe from 300,000 years ago. We also head underground to explore top-secret WWII defenses and reveal the unique medieval mud docks that built King Henry V’s legendary fleet. This is the epic story of our islands, hidden beneath the soil.

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