The Mystery Of The Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon Helmet King A In the last programme of the series francis focuses his attention on the anglo saxon invasion.sheep farming archaeologist, francis pryor, presents a brand ne. The sutton hoo helmet, early 7th century, iron and tinned copper alloy helmet, consisting of many pieces of iron, now built into a reconstruction, 31.8 x 21.5 cm (as restored) (the british museum) (photo: steven zucker, cc by nc sa 2.0) this extraordinary helmet is very rare. only four complete helmets are known from anglo saxon england: at.
Sutton Hoo Helmet Reconstructed Anglo Saxon Sutton Hoo The sutton hoo helmet is a decorated anglo saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the sutton hoo ship burial. it was buried around the years c. 620–625 ad and is widely associated with an anglo saxon leader, king rædwald of east anglia ; its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin to a crown . Amateur archaeologist basil brown famously made the discovery of a lifetime back in 1939, when he brushed away the suffolk soil and revealed the richest intact early medieval grave in europe. more than a grave, it was a spectacular funerary monument on an epic scale: a 27m (88.6ft) long ship with a burial chamber full of dazzling riches. The significance of sutton hoo. sutton hoo provides one of the richest sources of archaeological evidence for the anglo saxon period of england's history. the discovery in 1939 changed our understanding of that era, and a time that had been seen as backwards was suddenly illuminated as cultured and sophisticated. The ongoing saga of sutton hoo. a region long known as a burial place for anglo saxon kings is now yielding a new look at the world they lived in. the sutton hoo ship burial contained some of the.
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