Here’s how it works. The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century ...

Among the most notable objects are silver spoons with Greek inscriptions, a Byzantine-era silver platter, and a helmet adorned ... The burial mound of Sutton Hoo. Credit: Neil Theasby / Wikimedia ...

More information: Helen Gittos, Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?, The English Historical Review (2025). DOI: 10.1093/ehr/ceae213 ...

The Sutton Hoo burial mounds did not contain items from ... The burials are a collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts found in a ship burial in Sutton. It was discovered in 1939 and originally thought ...

For decades, it was thought those interred at the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds of Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, were lavish Kings buried with their riches. But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested ...

Archaeologists uncovered an Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo thought to be related to King Raedwald in 1939 [Trustees of the British Museum/PA] But Dr Gittos suggests Byzantine Army soldiers ...