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Coming from an affluent and well-traveled family, Pretty had visited tombs and pyramids in her youth, igniting a lifelong love of ancient ruins.

In the late 1930s, on a scenic plot of land just a few miles from the North Sea coast near Ipswich, Edith Pretty (played by Carey Mulligan) decided to organize an excavation of the mounds on which her property stood. Get inspired for your viewing by learning a bit more about this turning point in our understanding of Medieval Europe. Sure enough, Netflix has a new film, The Dig, based on the true story, starring Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, and Lily James. The people involved, from the wealthy widowed landowner whose estate the mounds were discovered on, to the self-taught archeologist who first broke ground, to the British Museum officials who wrested control of the dig away from the local scientists - all set against the backdrop of England on the eve of WWII - seem perfectly suited for cinema. Mere months before England entered the second World War, the story captivated British consciousness, as well as the attentions of budding archeologists the world over, and not only for the spectacular treasures discovered within the graves. The excavations at Sutton Hoo, the site of Dark Age-era Anglo-Saxon burial mounds located in Suffolk, East Anglia, are considered England's greatest archeological find of the 20th century.