In 1939, archaeologists excavating barrows overlooking the River Deben near Woodbridge, Suffolk, discovered an Anglo-Saxon grave of unparalleled wealth.[2] The Sutton Hoo ship-burial was quickly labelled "Britain's Tutankhamun"; the finds reshaped views of what was then termed the Dark Ages, which—with new understandings of its wealth and sophistication—became known as the Middle Ages.[2] The most iconic artefact, the Sutton Hoo helmet, was pieced together from more than 500 fragments.[3] In the decades since, the Sutton Hoo helmet has come to symbolise the Middle Ages, archaeology, and England.[4][5]