Mystery of Sutton Hoo Bucket Solved - Archaeology Magazine

Mystery of Sutton Hoo Bucket Solved - Archaeology Magazine

Comb found in base of Bromeswell bucket, Sutton Hoo, England SUTTON HOO, ENGLAND—The world-famous site of Sutton Hoo continues to reveal it secrets, according to a BBC News report. The Anglo-Saxon burial ground and its magnificent ship burial were first uncovered in the 1930s, but excavations at the site have continued at various times over the past several decades. During the 1980s, pieces of a magnificent copper-alloy bucket, known as the Brom…

'Bucket of Death' was stuffed with dead VIP in bombshell Sutton Hoo find

A MYSTERIOUS bucket found at Sutton Hoo in 1986 was stuffed with the remains of a dead VIP, archaeologists believe. This “bucket of death” contains the cremated remnants of both human and animal bones – solving a decades-old mystery. PAThe Bromeswell bucket is a Byzantine copper-alloy contained that was stuffed with human remains[/caption] PAThe ‘Bucket of Death’ is remarkably well preserved despite dating back 1,400 to 1,500 years[/caption] FAS…

Byzantine bucket unearthed at Sutton Hoo ‘contained remains of important person’

The entire base of the Bromeswell bucket was found intact and a comb, probably made from antler, was found unburnt.

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The Secrets of the Sutton Hoo Bucket Unveiled After 1,400 Years!

Discovered in 1986 on the funeral site of Sutton Hoo, in the Suffolk, a bucket of copper of Byzantine manufacturing has just revealed an unsuspected function. Long interpreted as a decorative or prestige object, it turns out that it served as an urn in an Anglo-Saxon cremation of the 6th century. The British Time Team team, in partnership with the National Trust and the archaeologists of Fas Heritage, led new searches and microstratigraphic anal…

In 1986, a 6th century Byzantine copper alloy cube was found in Sutton Hoo’s famous Anglo-Saxon boat tomb in England, decorated with a hunting scene, probably in North Africa. Now an analysis of the contents of the cube has found that it contains human and animal remains [...]