In an enigmatic sea cave in north-east Scotland, the remains of mummified bodies and rare artefacts reveal Moray’s ancient burial practices.

Momoko Eliot digs into the story of the Covesea Caves with expert Dr Lindsey Büster, co-author of the award-winning publication 'Darkness Visible: The Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts'.

00:00 Intro
00:56 Sylvia Benton
1:57 Getting to the Covesea Caves
3:23 Mortuary Rights in Prehistory
4:44 Artefacts from the Caves
7:30 The Pictish Carvings
10:24 Sueno's Stone
12:22 Further Research in the Caves
13:44 The Book - Part 1
15:23 The Book - Part II
16:40 The Book - Part III

Momoko Eliot is an MA History of Art Student at the University of Edinburgh (graduating 2024).

Dr Lindsey Büster FSAScot is a lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology at CCCU/PDRA at the University of York, with specialisms in the ritual and domestic life of later prehistoric Britain & Europe.
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