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SECRETS of SUTTON HOO

As the storm clouds of the Second World War gathered ominously over Europe, in the peaceful, rolling countryside of Suffolk an amateur archaeologist unearthed the final resting place of an ancient warrior king, rewriting the story of English history.

Overlooking the quaint market town of Woodbridge two hours northeast of London, the unassuming landscape of Sutton Hoo rises up from the banks of the picturesque River Deben, which winds its way inland from its mouth at Felixstowe Ferry on the Suffolk coast. For decades, the mysterious mounds that cover the

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