EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 Undated handout photo issued by The National Trust of the Time Team members (left to right) Angus Wrainwright, Regional Archaeologist and Laura Howarth, Archaeology and Engagement Manager at Sutton Hoo, during the group's archaeological dig at the site in June 2024. The archaeologists from Time Team are to return to Sutton Hoo for a second four-week dig next year from May 19, 2025, after unearthing missing pieces of a 6th century Byzantine bucket during a first dig earlier this year. Issue date: Wednesday October 23, 2024.
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The team found further fragments of a 1,400-year-old Greek inscribed bucket, pieces of which were first found in 1986, during a dig this summer.

Time Team to return to dig at Sutton Hoo

The first dig at Sutton Hoo in more than two decades has unearthed missing pieces of a 6th century Byzantine bucket.
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The month-long dig was carried out with the help of Time Team.

Byzantine bucket discovered in new Sutton Hoo dig

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Suffolk Sutton Hoo burial ship

The Sutton Hoo ship dig has inspired a Netflix film, with visitor numbers increasing since its release.

New photos of historic Anglo-Saxon burial ship discovery

SIR TONY ROBINSON AT SUTTON HOO BEFORE HIS DOCUMENTARY
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The dig is expected in June and will culminate in a documentary presented by Sir Tony Robinson.

New dig to reveal more of Sutton Hoo's secrets

Royal hall which was discovered in October near Sutton Hoo is double the expected size
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The 1,400-year-old site on farmland is twice the size experts originally estimated - covering the area of 20 football pitches.

Anglo-Saxon Hall of Kings complex 'twice as big as first thought'

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Neighbours in the village of Sutton near Woodbridge reported hearing screaming as the incident unfolded.

Man charged with murder after victim dies of stab wound to heart

Neighbours in the village of Sutton near Woodbridge said they were convinced the victim had been killed in the incident..

Neighbours hear 'screaming and commotion' after fatal stabbing in quiet village 

Anglia 080823 The Lady Alice Kenlis hulk. credit Historic England

The once massive steam ship from the 19th century has been recognised as an 'important part of history' - here's why.

'Ghostly' remains of abandoned ship hidden for decades gets protected status

Pictures by National Trust Images / Justin Minns

The 27-acre site at Little Haugh on the River Deben is important because of its location next to the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial ground.

Historic riverside land next to Sutton Hoo bought by National Trust for £1.9m

Once the tomb of an Anglo-Saxon king, all that remained to be found by archaeologists was a ghostly imprint in the ground.

How Sutton Hoo's 'ghost ship' could take to the water once more

Lily James and Carey Mulligan star alongside the Harry Potter actor in the Netflix film being credited for a surge in interest in the important Sutton Hoo site.

Ralph Fiennes film 'The Dig' leads to record visitors to Sutton Hoo burial site

The first two finished pieces of an 88ft-long replica of the Sutton Hoo longship in Suffolk have been joined together.

First finished pieces of replica ship pieced together at Sutton Hoo

An extraordinary photographic record taken in 1939 by two amateur photographers of the Sutton Hoo dig is now available for all to en

Through the lens: the women who captured the story of Sutton Hoo in 1939 

Made up of around 1000 pieces, it took Andrew and Matilda Webb a few weeks to carefully construct the iconic treasure discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk.

Father and daughter duo from Essex recreate famous Sutton Hoo helmet out of lego

Sutton Hoo is one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever made in this region, yet not many know the story of how it came to be.

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