Sutton Hoo

The archaeological discoveries of Sutton Hoo, the Staffordshire Hoard, and the Book of Kells, along with the epic Beowulf, all analyze the connection between the present and the past time period of the Anglo-Saxons. Warrior culture and Christian culture from the Anglo-Saxon time period, are apart of human cultural heritage today. There are many images and descriptions in Beowulf of treasure and armor which are similar to the findings at Sutton Hoo and Staffordshire. The similarities between the epic

Sutton Hoo is, essentially, a very large graveyard near the North Sea and river Deben. The two graves there date back to the 6th and 7th centuries, both containing a large number of historical artifacts. One of the graves was a ship burial, and most of the wealth and artifacts found from it are currently in The British Museum. It is highly guessed that the ship was the grave of Rædwald, ruler of the East Angles. This site is very important to historians because it helps to shed light on an area of

site have created a lot of stir over the past 80 years. Theories have changed on the significance and origins of the artifacts due to changing hypothesis or the arrival of new and different evidence. Because there are dozens of artifacts within Sutton Hoo, this paper will be focusing on a select four of them including; the ‘baptismal’ spoons, the Merovingian coin hoard, the whetstone, and the scepter. According to scholars over the past 80 years, how have opinions, evidence, or assumptions changed

The Sutton Hoo burial site, long ago, served as a resting place for upper class citizens. Although relatively few people were actually laid to rest there, the site held enough prominence to be mentioned in works such as Beowulf . Today, Sutton Hoo is regarded as an important, archaeological discovery, unveiling many artifacts and clues to the culture and art of not only the Anglo-Saxons, but groups, such as the Celts as well. The findings are numerous and relatively independent of each other with

When the Sutton Hoo burial site was discovered in the summer of 1939, the quality and quantity of the burial surpassed any site previously discovered and therefore drew much attention in the archeological community. The richness of the artifacts led some to believe that it was the burial site or someone high and wealthy like a king. Around the same time more translations of Beowulf were being published and the epic poem was one of the few written records of the old English times, so naturally people

Ancient History Sutton Hoo Research Task Weland La Sutton Hoo situated near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is an early medieval burial ground which contained the graves and tombs of the likes of Anglo-Saxon kings. Sutton Hoo consisted of two cemetery sites, one originating from the 16th century, and the other, from the early 17th century. The founding of the site has been a major breakthrough for early medieval historians, but also all archaeologists wanting to understand

Sutton Hoo is the site of two cemeteries of the sixth and seventh centuries. Sutton Hoo was discovered in 1939 and is the most important link to the Anglo Saxon world. On the Sutton Hoo burial site, there are approximately 20 burial mounds formed between 625 and 670 AD. As Thomas Robjent says in his article The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial: A General Background and Source List, “Along with the ship-burial, many impressive artifacts were found within mound one. The list of artifacts and treasure from this

The character a man holds to be significant in his life conducts the decisions he makes. The epic Beowulf sets a perfect example of this truth. Beowulf demonstrates him as divine, whom obtains a strength and hero soul incomparable to any individual. The decisions he had built affected his potential. These decisions took play in the end of the story. Throughout Beowulf’s life he engages in threats that many individuals cannot even accept. He lives by honor and glory and desires power in anyone thing

The people we know as the Anglo-Saxons were indeed from Germany and Southern Scandinavia. The Anglo-Saxons, as well as other individuals, embarked for Britain. “Bede names three of these tribes: the Angles, Saxons and Jutes” (qtd.in Mason). The numerous invaders were massive, and they surely did affect the nature of British society, even to a certain length of exchanging their original language, but not their culture. The Anglo-Saxons cemetery with no products may have belonged to Britons living

Both the Benty Grange and Sutton Hoo helmets have boar ornaments on the helmet, on the eyebrows of the latter. In Beowulf the poet describes the helmets of the Geat warriors in the poem:                                                                     Boar-figures gleamed