Past Thinking » Video http://www.pastthinking.com/blog Archaeology, museums, and heritage: news, opinions and digital developments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:57:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Copyright © 2010 Past Thinking tom@goskar.com () tom@goskar.com () posts Where Past Meets Future tom@goskar.com No no http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Past Thinking http://www.pastthinking.com/blog 144 144 Opening up a Roman Coffin http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/01/16/opening-up-a-roman-coffin/ http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/01/16/opening-up-a-roman-coffin/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:17:28 +0000 Tom Goskar http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/01/16/opening-up-a-roman-coffin/ It’s not every day that you get a phone call from an excited colleague saying “we’ve found a Roman sarcophagus – can you grab your video camera and come out?”.

This short film (hosted by the fabulous Vimeo) shows just how exciting archaeology can be!


Opening a Roman Coffin from Wessex Archaeology on Vimeo.

There is a shortened (10 minute) version on YouTube for the masses. But Vimeo wins hands down for video quality.

For the more technically inclined reader, the film was made with a Sony DCR-TRV50E MiniDV camcorder without a tripod (the tripod head went walkies), and was edited in iMovie ’08 on a Mac.

More information about the burial can be found at Wessex Archaeology.

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