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Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts was discovered.
The interment of a ship at Sutton Hoo represents the most impressive medieval grave to be discovered in Europe. Inside the burial mound was the imprint of a decayed ship and a central chamber filled with treasures. But who was buried there and what did it reveal about this period in history?
May 13, 2024 · Sutton Hoo, estate near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that is the site of an early medieval burial ground that includes the grave or cenotaph of an Anglo-Saxon king. The burial, one of the richest Germanic burials found in Europe, contained a ship fully equipped for the afterlife (but with no body)
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Feb 5, 2021 · The True History Behind Netflix’s ‘The Dig’ and Sutton Hoo. One of the greatest archaeological finds in British history, the Anglo-Saxon burial changed historians’ view of the Dark Ages. Jeanne...
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Explore this Anglo-Saxon burial ground, which is home to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, and climb the 17-metre high viewing tower.
British Museum. In 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, an archaeologist named Basil Brown excavated the largest of 18 burial mounds in the grounds of a country house at Sutton...
Jan 17, 2021 · The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at Sutton Hoo have been described as one of "greatest archaeological discoveries of all time". This discovery has been turned into Netflix film The Dig...
