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The British History Podcast

105 – Sutton Hoo: Treasures of the Dead

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, Courses, Education

4.67K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2013

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Alright, so last episode we learned all about Edith and Basil’s experience at Sutton Hoo, and we covered the opening of four of the 18 mounds… and the excavation of the Burial Chamber of Mound 1. But we haven’t discussed what was actually found and what it means. So guess what we’re going to be […]

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0:00.0

Welcome to the British History Podcast, my name is Jamie, and this is episode 129, Sutton

0:12.2

Who, Treasures of the Dead.

0:15.2

Before we begin, I have some great news.

0:18.4

The BHP now has an app that you can use on your iOS devices.

0:23.3

With this app, you're going to be able to access the podcast, the members on the episodes,

0:28.1

the Facebook community, the Twitter community, and the BHP forums, all from within a single

0:34.3

app on your iPhone or iPad.

0:37.2

And best of all, it's free, thanks to the generosity of legendary member Alan Perry of

0:43.1

Snow Moose Software.

0:44.9

So please, head on over to the App Store and search for British History Podcast and download

0:50.7

the app.

0:51.9

And if you like it, please give us a rating.

0:54.8

Alright, so last episode we learned all about Edith and Basil's experience at Sutton Who.

1:00.5

And we covered the opening of four of the 18 Mounds, and the excavation of the burial

1:05.7

chamber of Mound One.

1:08.1

But we haven't discussed what was actually found, or what it means.

1:12.6

So guess what we're going to talk about today?

1:14.8

Yep, you guessed it.

1:16.9

We're going to be discussing the importance and story behind many of the objects that were

1:20.9

found in Mound One of Sutton Who.

1:23.9

The helmet, the sword, the lot of it.

1:27.8

And I'm sure that I'm going to say this several times today, but if you're anywhere near

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