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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.

The Sutton Who ship burial is one of the most famous discoveries in British archaeological

history. But who is actually buried there? Or perhaps a better question might be, why was the

man buried with such a wealth of exotic

goods? Well, Dr. Helen Gittos has a fascinating new theory that may alter our understanding

of this major archaeological find. David Musgrove spoke to her to find out more.

Today I am joined by Helen Gettos, who's written a really interesting article entitled

Sutton Hu and Syria, the Anglo-Saxons, who served in the Byzantine Army, question mark,

and it's being published in the English Historical Review.

It's a really interesting take on a really interesting bit of history, Helen. So thank you so

much for joining us. How are you today? I'm very well. Thank you. Exciting to be able to talk about this.

Yeah, no. It's such a good article. So let's just get straight into it. So the point of the article is I

understand it, and you can correct me if I've misunderstood any of it, but the person buried in the fabulous and famous ship burial at Sussonhoo in the 6th or 7th centuries AD might

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