This helmet was discovered in pieces in an early-medieval ship burial at the archaeological site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, in the late 1930s. On display at the British Museum in London ...

“The missing cheek plate and helmet bowl were likely distributed elsewhere ... To read about X-ray analysis of a medieval helmet uncovered in northeastern England, go to "An Enduring Design." ...

What it tells us about the past: This helmet was discovered in pieces in an early-medieval ship burial at ... excavators found gold coins from France, bowls from the Celts in western England ...