Where was Edith Pretty buried?
Where was Edith Pretty buried?
Sutton Hoo, United KingdomEdith Pretty / Place of burial
Who owns the Sutton Hoo treasure?
the National Trust
You can visit the Sutton Hoo treasures and the place where they were discovered. The most important artifacts from Sutton Hoo, including the famous helmet, can be viewed in Room 41 of the British Museum in London. The estate in Suffolk is also open to the public, and owned by the National Trust.
Who found the Sutton Hoo ship?
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.
Why was Raedwald buried at Sutton Hoo?
Raedwald became a Christian during a stay in Kent, but on his return to East Anglia he sanctioned the worship of both the Christian and the traditional Anglo-Saxon religions. Raedwald might be the king entombed in the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England).
What did the Sutton Hoo sword look like?
This method gave the blade an intricately patterned appearance resembling herringbone or snake-like markings. The sword-blade found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial is especially complex. The sword is richly furnished with gold hilt (handle) fittings.
Was the Sutton Hoo ship burial a cenotaph?
This led to early speculation over whether the Sutton Hoo ship burial was actually a cenotaph – an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person whose remains are elsewhere. However, more recent analysis detected phosphate in the soil – an indicator that a human body once lay at rest there.
What is Sutton Hoo famous for?
Sutton Hoo is famous for what Brown and his colleagues discovered inside the largest mound – a previously-undisturbed ship burial from about 625 CE, filled with luxurious objects. A ship burial is exactly what it sounds like.
When was the first helmet excavated at Sutton Hoo?
Helmet, early seventh century. Excavated 1939, Sutton Hoo. © The Trustees of the British Museum. A king’s grave? Explore the impressive Anglo-Saxon artefacts in our Sutton Hoo and Europe gallery. The interment of a ship at Sutton Hoo represents the most impressive medieval grave to be discovered in Europe.
