In the late thirties , Edith moderately enlisted amateurarchaeologistBasil Brown to excavate some particular mounds on her property in Sutton Hoo , Suffolk , UK . What he uncovered was the fossilized material body of an Anglo - Saxon ship that served as the burial website for some unknownmedievalVIP . The body had long since deteriorated , but many of the gold treasures , precious stone , and other priceless artefact still remain .
TheSutton Hoo ship burialpiqued the interest of archaeologists , historians , and apparently previous curious hoi polloi far and wide . Among them was a school teacher named Mercie Lack , who was persist at her aunt ’s firm not far from the dig . According toSuffolk News , Lack necessitate chief archeologist Charles Phillips if she and her friend Barbara Wagstaff could visit the site to take some photos . He agreed , and the two recreational lensman spend the better part of August 1939 conglomerate snapshots of the dig .
Overall , about 60 percent of all photos of the dig were captured by Wagstaff and Lack . And while the women turned some of the images over to the British Museum , they kept many in their private collections . Now , asSmithsonianreports , all the photos — some 4000 in total — have been digitized and upload online for anyone to peruse .
“ Mercie Lack ’s photographic albums are meticulously annotated with not only who and what we are looking at in the photograph , but often the technical details of how the photo were taken , such as the type of film and aperture , ” Laura Howarth , Sutton Hoo ’s archaeology and engagement manager , say in a National Trustpress release . “ A real labour of love , this information provide an priceless extra level of detail to each photograph . ”
In plus to photos of the site and many of the artifact found there , you ’ll also get to see some of its most far-famed visitor , from creative person W.P. Robins toQueen Victoria’sgranddaughter , Princess Marie Louise .
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