In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding ... Self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown worked as an excavation assistant at the museum and took on Edith’s ...

It was back in 1939 that amateur archaeologist Basil Brown discovered Sutton Hoo, when he brushed away the Suffolk soil on request of local woman Edith Pretty. He uncovered evidence of a epic ...

For Ralph Fiennes Basil Brown was an amazing man ... in the excavation of ancient artefacts – particularly as the Sutton Hoo ship burial was really just stains on the soil.

Sutton Hoo - first excavated by self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown in 1939 - is widely considered to be England's Valley of the Kings and the potential burial site of King Raedwald, a great ...

The National Trust has been given permission to build a walkway and 17m (56ft) viewing tower at Sutton Hoo. It has applied ... Pretty asked archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the largest ...

An early-medieval ship burial at the archaeological site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk ... Archaeologist Basil Brown stumbled upon this discovery in 1939 when brushed-off soil revealed an untouched ...

Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty, with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown Nowadays, people can visit the house where Mrs Pretty lived and learn more about the people ...

Pupils conclude their archaeological investigation of the Sutton Hoo site and consider what ... assumes responsibility for the dig from Basil Brown. The excavation of the burial chamber begins ...

Sutton Hoo - first excavated by self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown in 1939 - is widely considered to be England's Valley of the Kings and the potential burial site of King Raedwald, a great king of ...

The first episode of a two-part drama in which children become archaeologists to explore what we can find out about the Anglo-Saxons from the archaeological discovery at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk.