Everything discovered at the Sutton Hoo ship burial tells a story. Find out what these exceptional treasures tell us about the Anglo-Saxons in this @National Trust - East of England video 🎬 ▶️ Sutton Hoo Curator Sue Brunning explores what makes the discovery so significant in this blog: http://ow.ly/fWdi30pcynD #SuttonHoo80 | British Museum

Rising from the earth at Sutton Hoo, a series of unassuming, grass-covered mounds mark an ancient royal burial ground. Now the subject of a new Netflix film, The Dig, Sutton Hoo tells the story of Edith Pretty and the excavators who revealed the richest burial ever found in northern Europe. Join us as we head behind the scenes of this ancient site, and discover how the ghost of a king’s ship was seen for the first time in over a thousand years: http://ow.ly/bG3N30rvnlY | National Trust

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