The "fancy grave goods" confirmed what they had already suspected thanks to the horse - it was a high status burial. These ...

A sixth-century Byzantine bucket, painstakingly reconstructed from fragments discovered at the Sutton Hoo archaeological site, likely held the cremated remains of an “important person”, according to ...

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and ...

For almost a century, the Sutton Hoo burial site has offered a tantalising glimpse into Britain's ancient history. Of the incredible riches found at the site, the most impressive of all is the Sutton ...

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For decades, it was thought those interred at the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds of Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, were lavish Kings buried with their riches. But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it ...

The cemetery found in Suffolk consists of at least 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds (barrows) dating to the 6th–7th centuries AD. While acidic sandy soils have dissolved the bones, the excavators have ...

The face of Anglo-Saxon England may have Danish origins. Ever since the Sutton Hoo ship burial and its wealth of artifacts were discovered in the late 1930s, the archaeological consensus has pointed ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...

(CNN) — Excavations and metal-detecting work at the site of a famous ship burial in Suffolk, England, have revealed missing pieces that could help archaeologists better understand an intriguing but ...