BEOWULF

The film Early English Aloud and Alive covers the language of Beowulf, Chaucer and

Shakespeare, connecting modern English to Middle English and Old English.

"Whatever happened to the Jutes?

Take a look at what words the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings bought to the English language from The Open University.

Though the story was uncovered in England, the action takes place on an island between modern day Denmark and Sweden.

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The British Museum contains the excavations ship burial found in

Sutton Hoo: Anglo-Saxon History

Intro to Sutton Hoo

Introducing Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo Burial Artifacts

The Burial Mound at Sutton Hoo

Hands on with the Sutton Hoo sword

Sue Brunning and her trusty foam sword takes us up close and personal with one of the most famous swords ever discovered.

The Dig: Sutton Hoo in film

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow (Carey Mulligan) hires an amateur archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

How Aldwych Station saved the Sutton Hoo treasures during the blitz

This is the story of how an unused tube tunnel, in an underused and unfinished London underground station, was used to protect thousands of British Museum objects from the Blitz.

On 23 August 1939 it was announced in the press that the Anglo-Saxon treasures recently excavated at Sutton Hoo had been given to the British Museum. These amazing objects would be displayed in their entirety, for anyone to see, free of charge. But just hours later, the Museum was preparing to put the Sutton Hoo finds back underground. Why?

The British Museum had just received a message from Whitehall. War with Germany was imminent, and the Museum was to evacuate the most important objects to locations beyond the reach of the expected aerial attacks on London.

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