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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.
A replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet produced for the British Museum by the Royal Armouries. David M. Wilson has remarked that the metal artworks found in the Sutton Hoo graves were "work of the highest quality, not only in English but in European terms". [71] Sutton Hoo is a cornerstone of the study of art in Britain in the 6th–9th centuries.
The Sutton Hoo helmet found during the initial excavation [Getty Images] The famous Sutton Hoo burial site may have also included graves of soldiers recruited by a foreign army, new research has ...
Sutton Hoo Helmet outside the Sutton Hoo visitor centre. Sutton Hoo Helmet is a 2002 sculpture by the English artist Rick Kirby.A representation of the Anglo-Saxon helmet by the same name found in the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, it was commissioned by the National Trust to suspend outside an exhibition hall at the Sutton Hoo visitor centre.
The famous Sutton Hoo helmet was found during the initial excavation of the site in Suffolk [Getty Images] This year's first 90-minute play session will take place on 13 March and run on the ...
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The 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship The Sutton Hoo helmet is the most iconic find from its namesake ship-burial Main article: Sutton Hoo Phillips was in charge of the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial , widely considered the grave of the Anglo-Saxon king Rædwald of East Anglia , from 10 July to 25 August 1939.
The Pretty family moved into the Sutton Hoo estate in 1926, and Edith Pretty arranged for the excavation of burial mounds found 500 yards (457 meters) from her house.