Charles William Phillips was a British archaeologist best known for leading the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship, an intact collection of Anglo-Saxon grave-goods. In 1946, he replaced O.
The 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship
Sutton Hoo helmet
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The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. It was thought to be buried around the years c. 620–625 AD and is widely associate
Charles Phillips (archaeologist)
…Archaeologia. Further research was published in Roman Fenland which he edited in 1970. Sutton Hoo The 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship The Sutton Hoo helmet is the most iconic find from its namesake ship-burial Phillips was in charge of the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, widely considered the…
A replica helmet showing designs 1, 2, 4 and 5, located (1) above the eyebrows and on the cheek guard, (2) on the skull cap, (4) on the cheek guard and skull cap, and (5) on the face mask
One of the four Torslunda plates (plate: 618349_HST), showing a horned figure similar to those in design 1. His missing right eye suggests that he is Odin.
The Pliezhausen bracteate shows a scene nearly identical to design 2.