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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 incomplete ...
In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...
The team recreating a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship is inviting the public to name it, but urged against joke suggestions like "Boaty McBoatface". The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company (SHSC) is ...
While working at the Anglo-Saxon site of Sutton Hoo in England, archaeologists found the missing pieces of a 1,500-year-old copper bucket imported from Turkey. The bucket, which is at least a century ...
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When archaeologist Peggy Piggott uncovered two tiny gold objects on July 21, 1939, ...
Woodbridge, England — In a far-flung corner of southeast England, in a boatshed on the River Debden, a former U.S. Navy submariner whose career saw him serve on some of the most advanced ...
When an Anglo-Saxon warrior king died 1,400 years ago in East Anglia in the United Kingdom, he was placed inside a ship and surrounded by treasures. The 90-foot-long (27.4-meter-long) wooden ship, ...