Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early ...

These martial artifacts, in turn, suggested that the man interred in the ship burial at Sutton Hoo — possibly the early Anglo-Saxon king Raedwald — had brought back Byzantine armor after ...

Since its discovery in 1939, archaeologists have pointed to Sweden as the source of Sutton Hoo's haul. A Danish stamp says ...

The barrows turned out to be a collection of remarkable tombs, equipped with stunning artifacts, which remain among the most important examples of Anglo-Saxon craftsmanship ever excavated.

On both the real and Anglo-Saxon imitation solidi, the standard clearly displays a cross, and the figure holds a miniature Nike, a traditional Roman symbol of victory. For artifacts in the U.K. to ...

Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon. The significance of Sutton Hoo was instantly recognized. The largest Anglo-Saxon ship ...

In 1939, the iron- and copper-clad helmet was discovered in Suffolk, England, within the elaborate ship burial of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon ruler. For decades it has been considered one of the ...

One year ago today, it was reported that a mixed hoard of early medieval silver artefacts discovered by a metal detectorist in Cumbria ...

Pupils take on the role of young archaeologists to explore the burial mounds at Sutton Hoo and how one of these yielded the greatest find of Anglo-Saxon artefacts ever made. The pupils then ...

We return to the summer of 1939 and the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship ... However, just who the artefacts should belong to is yet to be determined. A special coroner's court is convened ...