Related: Anglo-Saxon teen girl discovered buried with lavish jewelry strewn across her head and chest The Sutton Hoo site, which includes the ship burial and more than a dozen other graves ...

For nearly 100 after its discovery, the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk was assumed to be the resting place for a high-ranking royals. Out of about 20 burial mounds at the site, the most famous ...

Called Sutton Hoo, the burial site was discovered almost ... She describes artifacts such as jewelry, silver plates and swords and shields as being of extremely high quality.

Here’s how it works. The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century ...