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Sutton Hoo Discoveries

In 1938, Mrs. Edith Pretty, a widow and daughter of a wealthy industrialist, contacted the Ipswich Museum to ask if there were anyone available to investigate a gigantic mound of earth on her Sutton Hoo,...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

The Galloway Hoard

Anyone who has enjoyed the award-winning program Vikings (2013-2020) has undoubtedly wondered what happened to the objects buried for safekeeping throughout Scandinavia and across Great Britain and Ireland during ‘The Viking Age’ (793-1066). Theories concerning...

Kings & Queens of England: 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started is the first in a series of eight videos providing an overview of the lives and the interesting and scandalous stories of the Kings and Queens of England. This video covers the early Anglo Saxon kings and the conquering Viking kings of Denmark up to the Norman conquest of 1066. Kings included are Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Æthelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready, Sweyn Forkbeard, Edmund Ironside, Cnut, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor.

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Sutton Hoo Discoveries

The Galloway Hoard

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