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The ritual burial site of a king 14 centuries ago lay undiscovered in Britain until just before World War II. What archaeologists found when the tomb was excavated caused a rewriting of history books.
The iconic Sutton Hoo helmet was badly corroded when found and has been reconstructed.
A King Is Buried
The people who lived in Eastern England during the Dark Ages (the fifth to the tenth centuries CE) left no written record of their lives. That means historians have to do a lot of educated guessing about them.