The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted and fragmented nature. The Sutton Hoo helmet was displayed at the British Museum in London and was ...

The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, a new study finds.

Take a look below at these Anglo-Saxon treasures. Pieces of this helmet were found at Sutton Hoo. They have been placed together and reconstructed in this photo. There are boars' heads on the ...

and a distinctive full-face helmet, of a kind never before recovered in Britain. Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon.