The Interesting True Story Behind The Dig

What would you do if you found a hoard of gold in your garden? It’s the stuff of childhood fantasy, and when I was little I would often dig up the flowerbeds searching for hidden treasure.

It upset my dad, but could you really blame me? We lived only 10 miles from Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, UK, the site of the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial and one of the most important archaeological finds ever made.Nowadays, I live about 700 miles away, in the South Moravian heart of Europe.

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