Treasures from Anglo-Saxon Graves

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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What can grave goods tell us about the lives of people 1,500 years ago? Matt Lewis delves into the early medieval world through the lens of burials with Professor Jo Buckberry, discussing how the treasures found in Anglo-Saxon graves changed over the years and provide insights into the cultural, political, and familial dynamics of a fascinating period.

Matt is also joined by Professor Duncan Sayer, lead archeologist at a secret-location dig has revealed an Anglo-Saxon cemetery full of stunning weapons, jewellery and medieval DNA.

Photos of the newly discovered grave goods:

https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/kent-sword-excavation

Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis. It was edited and researched by Amy Haddow. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

All music used is courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:02.6	And I'm Dr. Eleanor Yonaga.
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0:20.6	Such as my new series on everyone's favorite
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0:45.8	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the
0:55.7	greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking
1:01.7	details and latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to
1:07.7	popes to the crusades. We cross centuries and continents to delve into rebellions,
1:13.2	plots and murders, to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here. Find out who we
1:19.9	really were with Gone Medieval. Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval. I'm Matt Lewis. We've got two guests for you today
1:32.2	to help us dig deep into the stories offered by early medieval grave goods. We've got news of an
1:39.0	exciting new discovery for you in this episode. Amongst the goods found in an early medieval graveyard
1:45.2	at a secret location in England is a stunning sword. We'll be chatting to one of the archaeologists
1:51.4	working on the project later on about this incredible find and about what else is being on earth
1:56.9	at the same site. Before that, I thought it might be interesting to find out about grave
2:01.7	goods more widely. It's a term you might hear used frequently, but what does it really mean?
2:07.4	And how can exploring grave goods help us get closer to the real people they were buried with?
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