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Sutton Hoo ship burial

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Historian claims Sutton Hoo burials were NOT for royals

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Archaeologist Dr Helen Gittos , a historian at the University of Oxford , says the graves in fact belonged to British men who fought for the Byzantine Empire .

The Byzantine Empire , also known as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium , was a powerful civilization based at Constantinople.

These early medieval soldiers were recruited from Britain into the Byzantine army in AD 575 and fought Sasanians , the ancient Iranian dynasty.

Archaeologists uncovered evidence of a 88.6-foot-long ship with a burial chamber full of luxury goods.

The ship's wood rotted away in the acidic soil over the course of 1,300 years , leaving only a ghostly imprint.

The alkaline human bones were corroded, meaning we'll likely never know the identity of who was buried there.

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