This rare find provides valuable insights into early Medieval burial practices. This incredibly rare sword, excavated from an “extraordinary Anglo-Saxon cemetery,” has been compared to the ...

This is especially true of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries such as Butler's Field where many of the people were buried with objects or 'grave goods'. The richest burial from Butler's Field is that of a 6th ...

The Sutton Hoo ship burial contained some of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon metalworking ever unearthed ... by examining their graves and funerary practices. Now, we are learning about ...

The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered ... link between the events described in Beowulf and the burial, the same world of traditions and ideas inspired them. In both cases there ...

But it is the six centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule, from shortly after the ... adopted Germanic fashions in pottery and clothing and burial practices; in other words, British culture vanished at ...

The excavation also provided significant insights into the Anglo-Saxon funerary customs. Conservator Dana ... body was left ...

Sutton Hoo is famous for the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship in 1939, which has been described as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. The "Little Hoo-ligans" 90 ...

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 ...

Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches ... Image caption, This purse lid was found at the Sutton Hoo burial site. It's made of gold set with glass and gemstones. This brooch was found in a grave.