Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez — Season 1, Episode 1: The Sutton Hoo Hoard
Documentary • 56 min • 2 seasons, 6 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
Janina Ramirez explores the surprise discovery in a Suffolk garden of the Sutton Hoo Hoard – an incredible Anglo-Saxon ship-burial dating from the early 7th century AD and the final resting place of a supremely wealthy warrior-king. The ship’s ruined burial chamber was packed with treasures: Byzantine silverware, sumptuous gold jewellery, a lavish feasting set and, most famously, an ornate iron helmet.
About Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.