Sutton Hoo - Masterpieces of the British Museum - BBC Documentary

[@melindadouglas1673]

I’m amazed by the curiosity and generosity of Mrs. Pretty. What an amazing gift she gave to the world with that discovery. This could have ended very differently.

[@monicadagna683]

I've been teaching Beowulf to my students for 30 years. These stories, like Sutton Hoo or the Staffordshire Hoard, never cease to amaze me as they bring that magnificent epic poem into life!

[@eat_shi_n_die]

I wish I knew these things in school! Would have pointed me to where I want to be so much younger. Thank you so much for being that teacher that brings our past to life. I really wish I had someone to teach us the ways of the world before us 💘

[@lacey3880]

Wats beowolf

[@monicadagna683]

@@lacey3880 It is the most important Anglo saxon epic poem.

[@mortalclown3812]

@@lacey3880 Google is great for looking things up.💫

[@paulhorgan6152]

​@@lacey3880wots beowalf seriously

[@jaws2858]

Just watched the movie “The Dig” and this further inspired me to look at the marvels discovered there. Amazing.

[@claudelebel49]

A few facts, a lot of hypothesizing and a million questions. The mystery remains and that's what makes it so captivating.

[@sadeeqakm4721]

I wish they had spent more time unveiling and showing these treasures in The Dig.

[@claudelebel49]

I understand but I think it was actually well done. Much more romantic this way and we can come here if we want to dig deeper. A beautiful movie nonetheless., Very moving.

[@tweezerjam]

I agree

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

I too agree.

[@mortalclown3812]

@@claudelebel49 The tale young Robert told his Mum beneath the stars was as poetic as anything else in the film, too. Props to the screenwriter and director for what could have been a 30 minute documentary. (Altho I realize it was based upon a novel.)

[@jorgwestermann434]

Fascinating.What a wonderful Piece of Craftmanship this Helmet is.Amazing.A Window to the Ancestors.

[@berenicecuellar7408]

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[@berenicecuellar7408]

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[@berenicecuellar7408]

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[@helenritchey4337]

This is sooo captivating. Yes, I watched “The Dig” and was so amazed. How exciting it would have been to be there!

[@richbutler718]

Hello Helen I seem to have lost you , !!!?

[@helenritchey2883]

@@richbutler718 I’m still here! I thought you were lost, too! I set up an email for you if you want to contact me through it. It’s [e-mail] If you want to connect through that email address then I’ll give you my personal email afterward. I don’t want to post my personal email address publicly here. I hope you are well. Helen

[@richbutler718]

@@helenritchey2883 hello Hellen so glad I found you ! Yes , I will email in future Richard x

[@helenritchey2883]

@@richbutler718 Hi Richard! Yes, I’m glad, too. I’ve watched just about every video on Sutton Hoo that I’ve found on KZbin. I’ll watch my email fir your next message. Take care. It’s still cold and snowing here. I’m ready, very ready, for spring 🌻

[@helenritchey4337]

@@richbutler718. Hello Richard, I hope you are able to get this message. I haven’t heard from you so I thought maybe I was being too forward by suggesting our communication be through email. If that’s the case, I am sorry. I’ve really enjoyed our back and forth chats especially about the Sutton Hoo excavation. You have been places, like Stonehenge, that I can only see on KZbin, and I truly envy you! I wish you safe and exciting travels; there are so many places to experience! Be well; peace to you, Helen

[@adamgardiner5869]

Thank you to 'The Dig' for bringing this fascinating piece of history to our attention!

[@marciabaldwin2506]

Im here because of the fascinating stories sorry haven't seen the dig but absolutely love time team have done since it first aired on our screens in the 90's completely captivated by the Sutton hoo stories and our heritage. Has anyone seen any of the documentaries on what has been uncovered from the Hs2 Route thats very interesting too❤

[@Shusha0029]

Digging this all up had to be so fun and exciting! Seeing each item as it was found would have been so extraordinary. I wish I could have been there

[@patricialmt5272]

Yes , Im here after The Dig so what ? Amazing story ❤️

[@yuniyonson]

WONDERFULL.THANK YOU!

[@mercedeslb237]

C'est superbe!!! Merci mille fois pour partager.

[@Tjeaux]

Such a beautiful language you have ❤️

[@Tjeaux]

Such a beautiful language you have ❤️

[@kerrykrishna]

I have just finished watching the Time Team Documentary on yet unfinished Replica Boat from Sutton Hoo. The owner an owner of the estate was not the only woman involved in the excavation. Two women who were studying Photography apparently out there shooting roll afte roll for a few years. These two women's dedicated work over a few years, have made measurements of thye rivets and wood possible. Their detailed incredibly astute photos made the ship building possible! How amazing!

[@ecomaniacbali6546]

I just watched Time Team too! Love that program!

[@cheesiepatatos8560]

I wanted to watch this for fun! I’m only 11 and I think this is amazing

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

Become an archaeologist, but don't dig in North America, too much B.S. because of politics involving misguided interference by The indian tribes' misguided sense of appropriation.

[@booradley0x0]

I’m 40 and it totally is!! Watch The Dig, it’s a great movie 😊

[@t.michaelbodine4341]

@@booradley0x0Cool! Learn to love science. The scientific method will never let you down!

[@nissarahmed6238]

The dig was excellent so you want more and this is in-depth documentary just right after watching the dig .

[@plugh1]

Visited the British museum to see the Sutton hoo treasures. Absolutely amazing.

[@bobpourri9647]

About half-way through we get stuck on the helmet and never really get back to the rest of the site/findings.

[@semisophisticate63]

It is amazing that grave robbers never found the treasure.

[@pamelacorbett8774]

Fascinating!

[@claudiaseifert11]

This Video is amazing and exciting 😮

[@jakethejeweler3092]

The metal work is amazing, the way the stones are cut and set is mind* boggling. Someone put many years of love into that mask.

[@lacey3880]

U have also cn the cup..

[@MB-yq3ed]

Basil Brown.... Took the British Museum a very long time before recognizing Basils role in discovering the Sutton Hoo. British Museum who took years before recognizing his role at Sutton Hoo.

[@PalmettoNDN]

Like Survive the Jive pointed out in his "An Eye for Odin" video, one of the eyes did not have gold plating behind the garnets, making the eye appear darker. This was probably a reference to Woden, who sacrificed his eye to Mimir to drink from his well of wisdom.

[@Zooboy1994]

Admit it, you've came here because you just watched the movie on Netflix

[@jiminniechimchim3274]

Yes!

[@rockerobertson4002]

yuuuuup

[@liarspeaksthetruth]

I'm a victim of the algorithm. I'm a student of archeology. Sutton Hoo kept coming up in my feed, so I decided to watch.

[@mariadelrosariocruzcolina3839]

Yes 😃

[@eastheticmy3871]

yes indeed!

[@craftaddictRoxanne]

Hi mom and kat beautiful diamond paintings. Thanks for sharing hugs 🩵🩷♥️♥️

[@dburgd99]

Staffordshire hoard is another great one to check out for those coming here after the movie "The Dig"

[@jerrychandler1675]

We visited the British Museum in 2015 and if we ever get back to London, we will certainly visit the Sutton Hoo exhibition.

[@Tjeaux]

You know, if it wasn’t for a movie on Netflix of all things, I would’ve never known about this. Guess it does come in handy once in a while.

[@teresaoconnell4790]

This is the exact match to the Staffordshire Hoard. Yet the video about The Hoard never mention Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, the biggest find in Britain in it's time. The Staffordshire Hoard is worth watching as well.

[@mortalclown3812]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@AaronTheGreat________]

No it’s not “exact” do u know the meaning of that word lol

[@teresaoconnell4790]

@@AaronTheGreat________ I was referring to the gold pieces with garnet stones. I would be interested to know the cultural roots of this style.

[@AaronTheGreat________]

@@teresaoconnell4790 ohhh lol I get u bro nvm me

[@robertyboberty7495]

The voice of the wearer would echo from within and the facial decor was designed to intimidate which proves that the creator of the character “darthvador” was probably a history student.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

Yes he was he included thing from many centuries from han solo and boba fett being a cowboy and bounty hunter to the storm troopers looking like Roman legions heck even Leia's Egyptian look when she was rescued from jabba.

[@drmirabilis9368]

I drove with my sister to Sutton hoo to deliver exhibition pieces (My sister was a courier) one thing I noticed on the Track was that many of the trees had Mistletoe, lots of it on them. Makes me wonder, with it being The Golden bough and also the dart that killed Balder and On A quick look it is also said that Vikings Believe it to bring back the dead as in the story of Balder. So, if you visit at the right time of year(I think, not being a Mistlexpert) Have A lookup in the trees on the track high up. The place had an atmosphere, even saw a beast loping into the hedgerow. I thought it may have been recycled around the area for centuries-Who knows.

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

Interesting observation, good on ya!

[@mortalclown3812]

@@davidhoogendyke2774 Agreeing here - whole new level of the mystical about the place added.

[@CKing-388]

The believe the man in the burial was left handed. Because where the sword was placed and the wear pattern on it. The pummel is sooo close in appearance to the other Saxon hoard.

[@mrdarren1045]

You don't believe that. You just parrotted that British museum girls opinions.

[@Reyne-fb7mj]

I saw the Sutton Hoo treasures at the British Museum before I saw the film.

[@stephencurtis9400]

i am a jeweller by trade,its all i have ever done i live in Australia,i finished a formal apprenticeship as a jeweller when i was 19,started at 14/15,i feel such an infinity with these pieces,i think i made them in a last life,its so weird ,...

[@stephencurtis9400]

can anyone help me please...

[@stephencurtis9400]

i could reproduce this i think...

[@cianmurphy52]

Yes, The Dig was a nice movie

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

I just watched "The dig". Great film.

[@hansg6336]

Thankfully, Sutton Hoo did not fall prey to treasure pirates over the centuries. Since it was within the boundaries of a private estate, wealthy landowners acted as unwitting caretakers of antiquity.

[@jean-pierredelorraine6161]

Minute 16:56 If they were Anglo-Saxon kings, they could not have come from Scandinavia, but from northern Germany, from an area now called Lower Saxony , and from "Angeln" (Anglia) in the north of what today is Schleswig-Holstein right at the border with southern Jutland (Denmark) on the Baltic coast.

[@VVyzard]

True. But I think she was trying to refer to the cultural similarities to Scandinavia that was born in Germania.

[@roberttreborable]

The point being the Anglo Saxons traded all over the world, decorations on the helmet from India and Roman influences...

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

Germanic, Scandinaviam...splitting hairs...

[@joonte1010]

Boat burials is a Scandinavian tradition, and the findings in sutton hoo is one of a kind in England, otherwise non existing outside of Scandinavia, while quite common here and especially in Sweden. You people lack knowledge about this.

[@joonte1010]

@@VVyzard Germanic culture and linquistic was born from the Nordic bronze age, from Scandinavia.. NOT Germany. Germans are largely celts that adopted it.

[@ozark8043]

I'm guessing a lot of us (Americans) are going to start taking an interest in our English ancestry and local cultures.

[@ChimozuFu]

Rightly so

[@NubiansNapata]

This is probably the only thing in the British museum that is actually British 😂... And it is not impressive at all

[@NubiansNapata]

@Dal J why would I be jealous of Sutton useless helmet

[@mrdarren1045]

@@NubiansNapata not impressive? Are you kidding. Anglo Saxons metal work and jewellery it's some of the finest the world has ever seen. You are clearly lacking in knowledge

[@mrdarren1045]

Ppl should be interested in their ancestry. A lot of north America has Anglo Saxon and British ancestry. Ppl should be proud of their backgrounds.

[@alayneperrott9693]

How fortunate that Basil Brown was such a skilled excavator!

[@david6532]

i need lockdown to end i have got to get too the museum asap.

[@michaelcribb7205]

I watched the dig movie and wow that would be amazing to be a part of something like that

[@skywalker9770]

I'd love to get into a time machine or time viewer and see it all and understand the full story of the ship burial and King etc

[@Bo5atab]

very amazing

[@ktgodwin100]

Thank God she had the visions.

[@964cuplove]

Curious of mr Brown is given due credit

[@mikalthangzamang]

Who came here after watching The Dig on Netflix?

[@robt3078]

The helmet might be related to the Swedish vendel helmets. We have found a similiar one here in Sweden. The valsgarde helmet.

[@ciaranmck4469]

Old comment but it looks like it has more roman inspiration, it has that little thing (depicted as a snake on the helmet) that goes from the fringe to the bottom of the helmet

[@djhillfinger]

Came here after spending the day at Sutton Hoo

[@perfriisnielsen3146]

Fantastisk historie og meget tæt på tidsperioden Kong Arthur??

[@dianegribbin3582]

Yes

[@bangmamat_]

Im here after watching 'The Dig' on Netflix.. who's with me?

[@sidneycashion7817]

Think how many helmets and stuff were made and how few we've found.

[@bartdart3315]

There's no coincidences in the peculiar universe we exist in.

[@greentombdive]

Thanks. Subbed.

[@ianmangham4570]

Awesome helmet

[@juancolladocanas4989]

It catches my attention that among the objects in the treasure there is a lyre. A thousand years before, and at quite a long distance (I am referring to the southwest of Iberia in the Tartessian area), the lyre was also a common element which is represented among important dead people. I observe coincidences between cultures belonging to both areas. My idea is that these similarities are due to a common origin of both of them in Scandinavia. Now, what I would like to know is what underlying reason there is for this musical instrument, the lyre, to be one of the frequent elements accompanying the deceased. I would like to hear any comments about this topic. I would appreciate it.

[@tweezerjam]

Where’s the rest? Imagine what’s still buried out there?

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

she had seen saxons bury a great man in a ship that night i do not daught great event leave lasting thoughts

[@BINDRUNE]

why are all of the artifacts shown upside down?

[@pheart2381]

Its a shame they couldnt take some kind of plaster cast of the ship imprint. Im sure now they could use a drone to scan the whole vessel and transfer the shape into a computer!

[@soxpeewee]

It's pretty messed up the guy from Cambridge took over the dig the other guy was doing just fine

[@roberttreborable]

Basil Brown is remembered as the man who found Sutton Hoo Treasure. Although not stated here, Basil actually found the main treasure...

[@ejam17]

He knew this was going to be big so he had to grab the fame. What an ass.

[@Tjeaux]

Chicken s-t glory stealer as we say in Texas

[@tammyfranks3975]

I came here after Time Team.

[@maddiemcgowanvoiceactor]

Me too

[@benchean]

Imagine if an Egyptian archaeologist dug this up and took a few pieces with them back to Egypt???? Hmmmmm...

[@AaronTheGreat________]

Yeah it would be there’s tgey found it ur point is😂

[@zaknews07]

Who is tired Of London he Is tired of life. Friendly regards fron Italy

[@ktgodwin100]

How is it known that there was so much embellishment on the helmet when the original one that was found doesn't have that embellishment from what I can see?

[@ciaranmck4469]

Old comment but you can clean the rust of the fragmented pieces and peice it together You can also tell what's depctied on the helmet by looking at bulges from the back(inside part of the helmet)

[@mikerabadon]

The Dig brought me here.

[@leevuong8843]

Mr Basil Brown is the real hero. The British Museum was just an opportunistic entity. As usual.... ;-(

[@Research0digo]

Agreed!

[@beardedangel2892]

Found out I’m 82% British 12% Irish Scottish 6% Native Proud to be !!!

[@mrdarren1045]

Scottish are British. How can you be x% British and x% Scottish. Makes no sense. British isn't just another word for English you know.

[@leeetchells609]

Unfortunately the movie was only loosely based on facts and many events were made up for the film. Most disappointingly Peggy Piggott( played by the beautiful Lily James) didn't really have it off with a airman in an old barn! Lol.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Indeed Plus they made her husband appear gay when he wasn’t

[@chemistomani1762]

Just watched the DIG movie

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Hoo? Sutton. Thats Hoo.

[@TheOgrande]

Came here after watching The Dig

[@Rayofhope012]

Who's here after The Dig movie?

[@kingdilugano2547]

Chi è qui perché la prof di inglese gli ha linkato il video?

[@carolinabagnasco4391]

dio santissimo sono a 10 minuti e già mi vorrei sparare

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

Actually those helmets do look sort of similar to late Roman helmets.

[@si4632]

Indeed why change a great design

[@Modernnannenginemarineengine]

Most of the gold garnet seal knife heads and buckles they are showing come not from SUTTONHOO . They come from a farmers field off the A1 secret up north location found by amateur Metal detectors ?? So please stop misrepresenting the finds ok

[@leonorsuarezognio9177]

💕💕💕💕💕

[@Arday60]

This film kept mentioning the uniqueness of the helmet and the other Sutton Hoo items. They are unique in more ways than one, for example, they weren't stolen from another country.

[@cristinaxx6440]

Lol

[@awangferdianto]

I came here after watching a movie "The Dig"

[@lacey3880]

R pieces missing!! Armagh chalice

[@toni6053]

So some posh bloke muscled his way in and 5ook it over...imagine my surprise 🤨

[@drmirabilis9368]

24;13 that dome looks familiar

[@joc_tamai]

And to think they went against the one promise they made to Mrs. Pretty... At least the truth came out eventually

[@heathgeraghty1545]

The nation was amazed with the discoveries at Sutton Hoo. ..... So they drove all over the site in tanks. Even driving clean through the middle of the excavated SHIP! WTF!

[@ce1834]

doesn't hold a candle to the works in Asia and Rome/Greece at the time

[@canismajoris6733]

@@ce1834 have you never heard of the dark ages? you know, the period where europe famously lost much of its technological and societal prowess? no shit it isnt as amazing as other parts of the world during this period, unlike every other period.

[@ce1834]

@@canismajoris6733 Yes I am aware, you mean after your roman masters left lol, the Romans and Greeks were truly amazing civilsation compared to untamed barbaric civilisations of the north, where a helmet and a coin seems to be a national treasure :)

[@angelmanfredy]

ce183 damn dude you sound sooooo racist. All history is intriguing and every era in every part of the world has a story to tell. Get off your high horse and enjoy the fascinating discoveries of the world.

[@godlyoblivion]

@@ce1834 look at Greece now XD

[@ronaldmansfield.6439]

The first ray bans.

[@lacey3880]

I question the authorship & I think, questions have to asked

[@Bo5atab]

hello

[@malevolence3419]

honors britlit

[@malevolence3419]

more like.... 2x speed

[@NaunetJose]

YEEEEEEEEEET

[@chuckwilliams6261]

How old must a grave be for grave robbery to become archaeology? Asking for a friend.

[@jimmorgan21]

An hour or two should do it.

[@MrRooibos123]

I don't think there's going to be a mob of Anglo Saxon warriors demanding to have it back.

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

Is your friend an North American Indian pain-in-the-ass misguided activist?.

[@PATRILEE]

recordar con respeto que algunos objetos FUERON ROBADOS Y NUNCA MAS REGRESADOS....

[@drcovell]

Makes one wonder how Hitler ever thought he could defeat the English-the English were primarily descendants of Anglo-Saxons and Norsemen (aka Norman’s). Even the King and Queen were of German descent.

[@PalmettoNDN]

So German people can't be defeated? What, are you living in 1915?

[@joannechisholm4501]

Correct

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

One wonders how Hitler EVER thought anything! He was deluded, like all racists.

[@codyleslie478]

Hitler conquered almost all of Europe in a very short time.. there's no reason to believe that he couldn't take England as well. In fact the British leadership knew they could not hold out against Hitler's armys indefinitely without resupply and reinforcements from the west.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

He didn’t want to fight them But Britain did not trust Hitler to keep his word

[@llwyde1104]

He shouldn't use British and English interchangeably...

[@roberttreborable]

Why Not?

[@llwyde1104]

Er...not the same thing. Is there a reason to do so?

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

They mean the same thing!.

[@llwyde1104]

@@davidhoogendyke2774 you think English and British mean the same thing? Are you from the USA? The levels of ignorance in that Nation are legendary worldwide of course but you may have a special case of your own.

[@Turrican]

Indian gartnet. Amazing. Trade ties and routes we can never know existed thousands of years ago.

[@kc3718]

In the old roman city of Wroxeter, which carried on being used after the Romans left, they have found baboon bones, ( these have also been found in a 6C context in Ireland and Russia !) It seems warlords had unusual pets at their court as status symbols and testifies to long distant trade with North Africa. They also found a headstone of a Hound King called Cunorix, from the Holly tree tribe.

[@Wolfen443]

Well, will anyone remember ours after we are gone?. Not Likely sadly, or for the better even (Sarcasm) if Life After People is correct.

[@philipking8497]

What ever happened to Basil Brown after the fence sitters rolled in and stole all the glory for themselves. Swells like polatitain to me.

[@Canigetanawwwwyyyyeeeah]

I’m pretty disappointed with the British museum and it’s tainted hidden artefacts past. Oh the stuff you could find hidden underneath

[@WestCoast6199]

DIG DIG DIG

[@Punicia]

we wuz samurais n shiet