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What did Sutton Hoo die with?

Sutton Hoo is a place in England, not a person. Today there is a museum there and you can view the items found in the burial grounds.


Why is sutton hoo called sutton hoo?

Sutton is a village in Suffolk. The hoo is a spur of a hill. Sutton Hoo was the name of an estate near Sutton, and the burial site is named after that estate.


About how many miles is it from Sutton hoo to Staffordshire?

a few


Who was the founder of the Sutton Hoo site?

There is no "founder" it is a burial site that has been found.


What epic poem describes many of the treasures found at Sutton Hoo?

The epic poem Beowulf, in "Lay of the Last Survivor" (lines 2247-2266), mentions the great treasures lain to rest with King Scyld; these have many parallels to the Sutton Hoo treasure.


What was the Anglo-saxon burial site called?

Sutton Hoo, Suffolk :)


Why was Sutton Hoo important in Beowulf?

There is no direct connection between Sutton Hoo and Beowulf that we know of. Sutton Hoo is the burial place of a number of Anglo-Saxon people, one of whom might have been a king of East Anglia. Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon poem about a man named Beowulf, a fictional or legendary hero of approximately the same time as the Sutton Hoo burials, who came from southern Sweden and fought a dragon in Denmark.Nevertheless, the two are connected culturally, because the treasures found at Sutton Hoo are examples of the sorts of things Beowulf might have owned and used. The result, of course, is that pictures of articles found at Sutton Hoo are often used to illustrate editions of Beowulf.


What are the things that was found in Sutton Hoo?

helmetship (whole ship)swordjewelry of various typesshieldcups, plates of goldThere was no "king" in Sutton Hoo and it was used since the 7th century so the items date to various times.


What does the word Hoo mean in a place name. As in Luton Hoo or Sutton Hoo?

Hoo means a "spur of a hill"


What is the mystery of Sutton Hoo?

there was silver spoons found in it and There remains a mystery surrounding the silver spoons found at Sutton Hoo. Ship burial was atraditional pagan ritual, and most items found at Sutton Hoo exhibited Scandinavian or Anglicancharacteristics. However, these spoons were inscribed with the words Savlos and Pavlos. Theseinscriptions read Saul and Paul when translated from the Greek. The mysterious silver spoonsdemonstrate a Christian and Eastern influence that is not present in the other findings.


Why do you know more about king at sutton hoo than saxon?

Sutton Hoo is a location where centuries of burials took place along with Saxon tribes buried a ship and other burial goods. What is known is what has been found and researched by historians. There wasn't a "king" at Sutton Hoo, in fact, historians are not sure who exactly is buried there. Your question is basically asking the same thing about the same people.


Was sutton hoo a danish king?

No he was asian