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Britain's Famous Sutton Hoo Helmet May Have Come From Denmark, Not Sweden, New Discovery Suggests
Jan Hjort was using a metal detector to scan a field on the Danish island of Tåsinge when he discovered a small piece of ...
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Fragments of an Anglo-Saxon King’s Lost Helmet Discovered, the ‘British Tutankhamen’ Was Decorative and Functional
The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted and fragmented nature. The Sutton Hoo helmet was displayed at the British Museum in London and was ...
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A Groundbreaking Find Challenges What We Know About the Iconic Sutton Hoo Helmet
Since its discovery in 1939, archaeologists have pointed to Sweden as the source of Sutton Hoo's haul. A Danish stamp says ...
Sutton Hoo helmet may actually come from Denmark, archaeologist suggests
A discovery by a metal detectorist in Denmark has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought ...
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The ghostly treasure ship of Sutton Hoo
In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ... Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence The collection ...
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Anglo-Saxon necklace
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Silk Roads at the British Museum and Asian Bronze at the Rijksmuseum — rewriting art history
In Silk Roads, the British Museum’s epic journey of a show ... Gold clasps from the Anglo-Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo in east England were newly analysed; the garnets in the Byzantine-style ...