It’s like stepping back in time. The Sutton Hoo Visitors Centre has unearthed a host of new, historically important treasures.
Like the original ship burial, this remarkable find has laid unseen and forgotten for a long time. Tucked away in a dusty storeroom were a couple of fairly nondescript cardboard boxes.
Inside these unprepossessing packages were a photographic treasure trove which sheds new light on the discovery and the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
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Saturday 27 November 2010
Monday 8 November 2010
Silbury Hill's Anglo-Saxon makeover
Silbury Hill acquired its distinctive shape in more modern times, according to new archaeological evidence.
It is traditionally thought that the hill, with its steep banks and flat top, was conceived and completed in pre-historic times.
But new research presented in a new book suggests the final shape was a late Anglo-Saxon innovation.
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It is traditionally thought that the hill, with its steep banks and flat top, was conceived and completed in pre-historic times.
But new research presented in a new book suggests the final shape was a late Anglo-Saxon innovation.
Read the rest of this article...