Ever since the Sutton Hoo burial ship was discovered by Basil Brown in 1939 many historians have been convinced that the body found in it was Raedwald - who reigned from 599 until his death 25 years ...

Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at Sutton Hoo have been described as one of "greatest ...

Trustees of the British Museum Photographs from 1939 show the extent of the dig which revealed the imprint of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown was assisted by ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their ... Self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown worked as an excavation assistant at the museum and took on Edith’s project.

Fragments of an Anglo-Saxon King’s Lost Helmet Discovered, the ‘British Tutankhamen’ Was Decorative and Functional An ...

We meet Becky, a young archaeologist, who begins the story of the famous discovery… In 1938 Mrs Edith Pretty approaches a local archaeologist, Basil Brown ... of the Sutton Hoo ship.

Pupils conclude their archaeological investigation of the Sutton Hoo site and consider ... assumes responsibility for the dig from Basil Brown. The excavation of the burial chamber begins and ...