Archaeologists recently uncovered the purpose of a 1,500-year-old bucket at Sutton Hoo, revealing that it was used as a cremation vessel for an important Anglo-Saxon figure.

Archaeologists found missing pieces of a sixth century vessel from the famed Sutton Hoo site, as well as the cremated human remains and other objects it once held.

Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century ...

Not so, according to a recent find at Sutton Hoo. Excavations conducted by archaeologists from the T.V. program Time Team, working with the U.K.’s National Trust, FAS Heritage, and 80 volunteers ...

A MYSTERIOUS bucket found at Sutton Hoo in 1986 was stuffed with the remains of a dead VIP, archaeologists believe. This “bucket of death” contains the cremated remnants of both human a… ...

SUTTON HOO, ENGLAND—The world-famous site of Sutton Hoo continues to reveal it secrets, according to a BBC News report. The Anglo-Saxon burial ground and its magnificent ship burial were first ...

Following a fresh dig at Sutton Hoo, experts have located the bucket's intact base, showing it contained the cremated remains of an 'important person'. And ancient DNA analysis may shed more light ...

A sixth-century Byzantine bucket which has been pieced back together after fragments of it were found at Sutton Hoo was used to contain the remains of an “important person”, archaeologists ...

Fragments of the 1,400-year-old Greek-inscribed bucket were first uncovered at Sutton Hoo in 1986, with further pieces found in 2012 before the 2024 discovery.

Time Team's Sutton Hoo findings can be watched on YouTube in a four-part documentary titled The Sutton Hoo Dig. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.