Sutton Hoo Ship

The Sutton Hoo ship was an Anglo-Saxon clinker-built oak vessel of the early seventh century, used as the burial of a high-status figure, probably an East Anglian king, and excavated in 1939 in Suffolk, England. The 27-meter rowing ship had decayed to a ghost in the sand, its outline preserved by corroded iron rivets, but the chamber held a famous treasure including the iron helmet now in the British Museum. The find transformed understanding of early medieval England, trade contacts, and ship technology.