![]() ![]() It’s got everything a fan of British period films could ask forgently verdant landscapes, gorgeous sweaters, and characters. As The Dig notes, it wasn't until very recently, long after Brown's 1977 death, that the museum righted this wrong and added Brown's name to the permanent Sutton Hoo exhibit alongside Pretty's. Netflix’s The Dig is a quietly lovely drama set in late 1930s England. Unfortunately, by the time World War II was over and the findings were able to be exhibited for the first time-nearly a decade after Pretty's 1942 death-Brown's name was left off the exhibit, likely because he was self-taught and not a part of the nation's more prestigious class of professional archeologists. Based on a novel of the same name by John Preston, the movie dramatizes the events of the first major dig at the Sutton Hoo site. ![]() As a reward for her status as one of the museum's most generous donors of all time, then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill offered her the prestigious CBE honor, but she graciously declined.Īdditionally, upon bequeathing the medieval treasures to the museum, Pretty requested that Brown receive credit for his work on the initial dig. The excavation unearthed the monumental find of an ancient Anglo-Saxon ship burial, and The Dig tells the story of the people behind the discovery of the priceless historical artifacts in Suffolk, England. For one thing, after it was determined in 1939 that all of the priceless artifacts found on her land were rightfully her property, she immediately chose to donate everything to the British Museum. The story of a bunch of Brits in the earlier half of the 20th century out in the countryside spending a majority of the time either digging in a field or sitting around drinking tea and discussing. She was determined to give credit where it was due.ĭespite her high status and mind-boggling wealth, Pretty was truly a woman of the people. ![]()
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