Friday Lunch & Lecture – The Story of the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

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‘A mound of treasures from far countries was fetched aboard her’ : The Story of the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial.

In the early seventh century a great ship was dragged ashore from the River Deben in Suffolk. It became the burial place of a powerful Anglo-Saxon warlord, buried with a mound of treasures from all over the known world. Fine weaponry, gold coins and exquisitely crafted jewellery revealed levels of sophistication which were a revelation. The aim of the lecture, with reference to the more recent Staffordshire Hoard discovery, is to examine the finds in turn, partly to appreciate them in their own right and partly to explore what insights they offer and what questions they pose about their world.