Everything discovered at the Sutton Hoo ship burial tells a story. Find out what these exceptional treasures tell us about the Anglo-Saxons in this @National Trust - East of England video 🎬 ▶️ Sutton Hoo Curator Sue Brunning explores what makes the discovery so significant in this blog: http://ow.ly/fWdi30pcynD #SuttonHoo80 | British Museum

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Check out this beautiful reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet (Art by Pedro Mendes). The original Sutton Hoo helmet was found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. The burial was the final resting place of someone who had died in the early seventh century, during the Anglo-Saxon period – a time before 'England' existed. People think that an Anglo-Saxon king may have been buried here, and a popular candidate is Raedwald, who ruled the kingdom of East Anglia in the