Beowulf's helmet in the poem is described as made of "beaten gold" and "adorned with boar shapes." More importantly, the Sutton Hoo burial was the first to reveal the cosmopolitan nature of ...

But the reexamination isn’t due to anything new found at the famous archeological trove known as Sutton Hoo. Instead, it’s owed to a tiny artifact recently found by a metal detectorist over ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding ... of 263 objects included weapons, silver cutlery, gold buckles, coins, and a distinctive full-face helmet, of ...