In 1939, Edith Pretty, a landowner at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, asked archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the largest of several Anglo-Saxon burial mounds on her property.Inside, he made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of all time. Beneath the mound was the imprint of a 27m-long (86ft) ship.

Feb 17, 2022 · From Anne Hull Grundy's passion for jewellery to Edith Pretty's excavation at Sutton Hoo, meet the people who helped shape the collection. Sign up to our newsletters Stay connected and receive all our latest news, online events and ways to visit the Museum from home.

Burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England refers to the grave and burial customs followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid 5th and 11th centuries CE in Early Mediaeval England.The variation of the practice performed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples during this period, included the use of both cremation and inhumation.There is a commonality in the burial places between the rich and …

For example, one of the most famous metaphors in literature is featured in this line from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: What light through yonder window breaks?It is the East, and Juliet, the sun! In this metaphor, Juliet is compared to the sun. In fact, this figure of speech claims that Juliet is the sun. Of course, the reader understands that Romeo does not believe that Juliet …

Jun 25, 2022 · This week, explore the reconstruction of a 1,400-year-old Anglo-Saxon ship, meet Mexico's famed flamingos, learn the results of the moon rocket's latest test, explore an underwater city, and more.

Jun 24, 2022 · A new exhibit, “Swords of Kingdoms: The Staffordshire Hoard at Sutton Hoo,” has united items from the Staffordshire Hoard — the largest hoard of …

Jan 31, 2017 · Located in the east of England, Sutton Hoo is the site of several early medieval cemeteries, ... Artifacts from the burial mound include an …

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Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Archaeological examples of these coins, of various …

The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek.The decree has only minor …