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Treasures From Sutton Hoo

Updated: Mar 15, 2020





















































4f33ed1b8f In 1939 Mrs 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. Beneath the mound was the imprint of a 27-metre-long ship.. Extraordinary treasures were found buried at Sutton Hoo. With your support the full story of their discovery will be revealed, as we begin to transform the site.. Over 4000 garnets, red precious stones, were used on objects from Sutton Hoo, some of them in the helmet's eyebrowsThe Sutton Hoo Helmet is one of the most.. 24 May 2007 . The Sutton Hoo burial forms one of the greatest treasures of the British Museum. Here we see a few of the most spectacular objects were found.. On the eve of World War II, a colorful history buff opened a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England, revealing the imprint of a funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. The find reshaped what historians know of the Anglo-Saxon Middle Ages.. 10 Mar 2014 . Finds from Rendlesham in Suffolk will go on display for the first time this week at the National Trust's Sutton Hoo visitor centre.. The objects unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, rank among the most splendid treasures in the collection of the British Museum.. Since its discovery in 1939, the Sutton Hoo burial site has been the most important . The list of artifacts and treasure from this mound is as follows: An iron.. The Mound One treasure is displayed in Room 41: Sutton Hoo and Europe, AD 300-1100 at The British Museum, London, where it can be seen in the context of.. 12 Mar 2010 . THE Sutton Hoo ship burial was uncovered 70 years ago this month. Arts Editor Andrew Clarke spoke to National Trust archaeologist Angus.. 1 Aug 2011 - 4 min - Uploaded by Archaeology SoupWelcome to In Focus. In this series we take a closer look at particular sites, finds and objects .. Apart from the jewels and weapons, lots of other objects were found in the burial chamber of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo. Some of them came from far away.. Treasures from Sutton Hoo has 29 ratings and 4 reviews. Coenraad said: Gareth Williams gives an interesting overview of the spectacular grave excavation .. 8 Oct 2016 . Sutton Hoo is an archaeological site located near the town of Woodbridge, . dug through the 'center' of a burial mound, hoping to find treasure.. 25 Mar 2014 . A new display of the British Museum's early medieval collections, including the famous Sutton Hoo treasure, will be on view when the gallery.. 6 Apr 2016 . By Fran Allfrey, LAHP/AHRC-funded PhD student in the English Department. 'The traveller to Sutton Hoo must make two kinds of journey: one.. 14 Mar 2002 . "The hoard is laid bare," Seamus Heaney said at Sutton Hoo, site of the greatest British archaeology discovery of the 20th century, where until.. The Sutton Hoo ship burial. The most famous Anglo-Saxon treasures in the Museum come from the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk. Here mysterious grassy mounds covered a number of ancient graves.. Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries. . The Sutton Hoo treasures represent a continuum from pre-Christian royal accumulation of precious objects from diverse cultural sources, through.. "They stretched their beloved lord in his boat, laid out by the mast, amidships, the great ring-giver. Far-fetched treasures were piled upon him, and precious gear.

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