A copper bucket found at Sutton Hoo in England decades ago is much more than a pretty artifact: A new micro-excavation of the sixth-century container reveals it held the cremated remains of an elite ...

A 6th Century Byzantine bucket that has been pieced back together is believed to have been a cremation vessel, according to archaeologists. Fragments of the bucket were first discovered at Sutton Hoo, ...

A sixth-century Byzantine bucket, painstakingly reconstructed from fragments discovered at the Sutton Hoo archaeological site, likely held the cremated remains of an “important person”, according to ...

Hundreds of people gathered at Sutton Hoo to celebrate the anniversary of the famous ship being buried Hundreds of people visited the site of where an Anglo-Saxon ship was buried to celebrate its ...

Excavations and metal-detecting work at the site of a famous ship burial in Suffolk, England, have revealed missing pieces that could help archaeologists better understand an intriguing but incomplete ...

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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 ...

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(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...