Basil Brown and Edith Pretty revealed the richest grave in Europe to transform archaeologists’ understanding of Anglo-Saxon history, Andrew Southam reports
Months before the darkness of the Second World War, Basil unearthed an iron ship’s rivet from the largest mound, then another and another, slowly revealing the structure of a 27 metre long Anglo-Saxon ship.
Alongside National Trust archaeologists and Historic England, the Time Team will use the latest scientific techniques without disturbing the Sutton Hoo cemetery ground. An annual memorial lecture is given for this farmer’s son who taught himself Latin and French and earned diplomas through night school studies in geology, astronomy and geography.Many experts choose King Raedwald, a powerful ruler from AD 599 to AD 624 in East Anglia, now modern-day Suffolk and Norfolk.
The 263 recovered artefacts revealed a world of craftsmanship and cultural sophistication rather than what was previously considered to be the Dark Ages.
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