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, a new study finds.

Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge has announced it will be closed on Thursday, February 13, for a planned power cut in the area.

Take a look below at these Anglo-Saxon treasures. Pieces of this helmet were found at Sutton Hoo. They have been placed together and reconstructed in this photo. There are boars' heads on the ...

The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship have told of their aspirations to eventually sail it down ...

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 ...

When Anglo-Saxons died, their bodies were often cremated or buried in a grave along with some belongings. The Sutton Hoo treasure. This is the finest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever dug up in Britain.

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 ...

A Suffolk attraction has been included in a list of the UK's best days out. The Telegraph shared its picks of the top 40 ...

The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company is aiming to complete the rebuild of the Anglo Saxon ship by next year The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship have told of their ...

Helen Gittos, 50, an associate professor of early medieval history at the University of Oxford, has released a new research paper into the Anglo Saxon wonder near Woodbridge in Suffolk. She has put ...