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S'està carregant… Treasures from Sutton Hoode Gareth Williams
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A slim souvenir style book, packed full of beautiful pictures of the famous artefacts discovered at Sutton Hoo. The text looks at the history of archaeology at the site, the context of the burial and at what the various finds can tell us about early Anglo-Saxon kingship. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The exhibition totally blew me away and I spent ages gazing at the beautiful golden objects, the intricate patterns, the strange decorations. I had never seen anything like it before.
So of course, I bought a souvenir book about this treasure.
Gareth Williams, the author of this book, is a curator of the British Museum. The book has 48 pages, so it is really only a short introduction to the Sutton Hoo finds, gathering the most important information. You could find all of this info by yourself online, but here it is neatly presented and for me it serves as a nice memento of my memorable first visit to the British Museum.
The book starts with a chapter on the discovery and excavation of Sutton Hoo and then gives a short introduction to the kingdom of the East Angles and the historical background. The next chapter presents the most important artifacts, such as the famous helmet, a large shield, and beautiful buckles. The descriptions lead to the question of who was buried there, which apparently cannot really be answered, although the most probable assumption is that it is the burial place of Rædwald, who was over-king of large parts of England and died around 625AD. The book concludes with an overview of similar excavations in England and a small description of the site as it is today.
As said above, this is a short introduction for readers who have not heard about Sutton Hoo before or who have little knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons. I liked this concise read to refresh my memory and I enjoyed the beautiful pictures of the objects, but I still wished for more. Even this short book could have included some more depth. Some of the pictures are very large and I would have preferred it if these would have been smaller to allow more pictures to be printed. The pictures could also have been explained a little more to add more detail. ( )