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Feb 5, 2021 · In the summer of 1937, as the specter of World War II loomed over Europe, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow living near Woodbridge, a small town in Suffolk, England, met with the curator of a local...
Feb 2, 2021 · News. Who Was the Real Edith Pretty From Netflix's 'The Dig'? She initiated one of the most significant archeological digs of the 20th century. By Andrea Park. published 2 February 2021....
16 January 2021. By Katy Prickett,BBC News. Netflix. Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown. The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at...
Read Edith Pretty's remarkable story. 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?
Jan 17, 2021 · National Trust. An inquest determined the treasure found at Sutton Hoo belonged to Edith Pretty but she donated it to the British Museum. Mrs Pretty had travelled extensively and seen...
Feb 4, 2021 · It was one of the biggest archaeological finds in British history – but the landowner behind the Sutton Hoo excavation remains an enigma. Luke Mintz 4 February 2021 • 1:39pm. Edith Pretty is ...
In 1939, Edith Pretty, a landowner at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, asked archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the largest of several Anglo-Saxon burial mounds on her property. Inside, he made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of all time.
