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In 1939, Basil Brown carefully unearthed a stain showing the outline of a giant ship after finding ship-rivets in the soil. The ship was 27m long. They then discovered that the buried ship had not been looted. A Cambridge University Archaeologist, Charles Philips, was brought in to lead a team in ex...

Burial Mound 1 Sutton Hoo - Ship burial

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In 1939, Basil Brown carefully unearthed a stain showing the outline of a giant ship after finding ship-rivets in the soil. The ship was 27m long. They then discovered that the buried ship had not been looted. A Cambridge University Archaeologist, Charles Philips, was brought in to lead a team in excavating the burial chamber.

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20th Aug 2006 by Diane Earl

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 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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Anglo-Saxon Saxon Saxons Danes burial mound archaeology Dark-Ages bodies cremate bones skeleton Sutton Hoo ship grave goods ritual belief after-life afterlife

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