Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Excavations and metal detector work at the site of a famous ship burial in Suffolk, England, have revealed missing pieces that could help archaeologists better understand the intriguing but unfinished sixth-century artifact. A team of… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The smallest relics of the past can open windows into mysterious ways of life. Eyed needles made of bone, horn, and ivory appear in the fossil record from southern Siberia… Read More »
The famous Sutton Hoo helmet is now on display at the British Museum – Getty It’s a cold afternoon in the dying embers of November and the Suffolk countryside is beginning to embrace winter. The paths through the gentle slopes of Sutton Hoo are wet underfoot, their stony surfaces rendered useless by the autumn leaf… Read More »