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.

Silver vessels from Sutton Hoo, mentioned in the text ... These items, far from being mere trade trophies, would have been acquired by Anglo-Saxon warriors during their military service in distant ...

The Sutton Hoo ship burial dates to between around AD 610 and AD 635, when the site belonged to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East ... It's been said a king or great warrior of East Anglia was ...

He gains his status from being such a warrior ... Other research has suggested Sutton Hoo could be the resting place of an Anglo-Saxon King, potentially Raedwald, who ruled the kingdom of ...

Archaeologists uncovered an Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo thought to be related to King Raedwald in 1939 [Trustees of the British Museum/PA] But Dr Gittos suggests Byzantine Army soldiers ...

She has published a paper in the journal English Historical Review outlining her ideas. Called Sutton Hoo, the burial site was discovered almost a century ago, and has since that time become the ...

However, a top Anglo-Saxon academic has now claimed ... The items found at Sutton Hoo include a helmet depicting warriors on horseback, which Gittos says add evidence to the theory it belonged ...

Ever since the Sutton Hoo burial ship was discovered by Basil ... treasures could have been brought back to Suffolk by Anglo Saxon warriors who had been recruited to fight for the empire in ...