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Nov 2013
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105 – Sutton Hoo: Treasures of the Dead

Jamie Jeffers
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Alright, so last episode we learned all about Edith and Basil’s experience at Sutton Hoo, and we covered the opening of four of the 18 mounds… and the excavation of the Burial Chamber of Mound 1. But we haven’t discussed what was actually found and what it means. So guess what we’re going to be […]

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