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Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king

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The Sutton Hoo helmet is an iconic relic of early British history.

It was discovered in pieces in an early-medieval ship burial at the archaeological site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk , England .

The most striking features of the helmet are in the face. The eyebrows are laced with silver wire and studded with garnets.

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English

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