Two recently discovered colour photos of 1939 excavation of the 7thC Sutton Hoo ship burial: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8292937/Unseen-photographs-of-1939-excavation-of-Sutton-Hoo-discovered.html …pic.twitter.com/5K69OJlTZl
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Just because it's so beautiful, the purse lid from the 7thC ship burial at Sutton Hoo, via http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/mhldWI2AGQ
And just because I love hanging bowls, the Sutton Hoo bowl w/ rotating fish + escutcheon :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=92591&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/HQWiho6Ggc
@caitlinrgreen What was the use of a rotating fish? was it a game?
@morangles A good question....!
Picture of the 1880 excavation of the 9thC Gokstad ship, Norway; rather more survived..! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gokstad_viking_ship_-excavation.jpg …pic.twitter.com/n2ONewUxrY
The 9thC Gokstad ship in 2005 at the Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gokstadskipet1.jpg …pic.twitter.com/7VRPsj0V8S
@caitlinrgreen @ElizabethFell1 I was there earlier this year and can highly recommend it, these ships are even more beautiful in the flesh
@DCwebsite Would def love to go one day! :)
Above photos by Mercie Lack & Barbara Wagstaff, who also shot 8mm film: https://youtu.be/HMKkMi_Wggg (usually unattributed or to Paul Johnstone)
It's fascinating to see this at the very time it was uncovered!
Isn't it just! :)
@caitlinrgreen From a slightly different angle:http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/08/cate-blanchett-sutton-hoo-the-dig-susanne-bier …
@e1duderino Oh, interesting---I didn't know about this, thank you! :)
@caitlinrgreen There don't seem to be any updates since over a year ago, but this could be good in the right hands.
When I worked on Museum Street (in Ruskin's House, for Allen & Unwin) I used to visit the Sutton Hoo treasures every week: a pilgrimage.
@caitlinrgreen the photo is in high quality, and it gives good details, thanks Caitlin for this post.
@caitlinrgreen When archaeologists wore tie, hat and waistcoat...
@caitlinrgreen are there any of Edith Pretty? Never been sure how much she was involved in actual digging.
@caitlinrgreen I think there were some degree of similarities between Vikings and Saxons, in burial habits.
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