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The Sutton Hoo helmet was discovered in an Anglo-Saxon ship burial in 1939. It’s one of only four complete helmets from this time found in England, and may have been worn by a king. The helmet was restored in the 1940s, but it wasn’t until 1968, nearly 30 years after the initial discovery, that research showed the restoration had been inaccurate. The 500 fragments had to be disassembled and put back into their correct positions, like an intricate and very fragile Anglo-Saxon jigsaw puzzle. The w

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

7.9K views · 206 reactions | Check out this beautiful reconstruction...