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Fragments of an Anglo-Saxon King’s Lost Helmet Discovered, the ‘British Tutankhamen’ Was Decorative and Functional
The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted and fragmented nature. The Sutton Hoo helmet was displayed at the British Museum in London and was ...
Shakespeare's birthplace to be 'decolonized' after British researchers say his work enables 'White supremacy'
A nonprofit that oversees museums commemorating William Shakespeare's life is purportedly working to "decolonize" his legacy ...
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The ghostly treasure ship of Sutton Hoo
In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ... Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence The collection ...
Welsh detectorists behind stolen £12m Viking hoard subject of new BBC Sounds podcast
BBC Cymru Wales launches new eight-part podcast 10 years on from the Viking treasure hoard discovered in Herefordshire ...
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Museum closes after power cut
A Suffolk museum was hit by a power outage forcing it to close to visitors. West-Stow Anglo-Saxon Museum closed after the power cut hit the IP28 6 area, just north of Bury St Edmunds. A museum's ...
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PM Appoints 5 Trustees to British Museum
The Prime Minister has appointed Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE, Tom Holland, Dr. Tiffany Jenkins, Martha Kearney and Claudia Winkleman as trustees of ...
The Financial Times5mon
Silk Roads at the British Museum and Asian Bronze at the Rijksmuseum — rewriting art history
In Silk Roads, the British Museum’s epic journey of a show ... Gold clasps from the Anglo-Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo in east England were newly analysed; the garnets in the Byzantine-style ...