excavated from an “extraordinary Anglo-Saxon cemetery,” has been compared to the famed swords of Dover and Sutton Hoo. Exquisitely crafted and featuring runic script along its blade ...

A tiny Sutton Hoo-era gold and garnet mount for an Anglo-Saxon warrior's sword belt has been found during a metal detecting event. Treasure expert Helen Geake described the find as one of ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

The famous Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet from about 625 CE, part of the British Museum collection. Photo: Elissa Blake/University of Sydney Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Spectacular discoveries, such as the royal finds at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk ... on skeletons found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent show that these beautiful swords also worked: "Male, aged ...

Fathers often handed down their swords to their sons ... grave along with some belongings. The Sutton Hoo treasure. This is the finest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever dug up in Britain.

Free play sessions will be held at one of the country's most famous Anglo-Saxon archaeological sites. From March, the National Trust is opening up its Sutton Hoo site, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk ...

The National Trust say it is "wonderful" that historians are still "puzzling over" at Sutton Hoo. Experts say the stud ... of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert.