Sutton Hoo burials may have been British soldiers who fought in Byzantine army

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For decades, it was thought those interred at the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds of Sutton Hoo were lavish Kings. But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers.

This is another example of how you might have received considerable honours in your burial, but it doesn't mean that you're royal, she said.

In 575, the Byzantines were in desperate need of men as they fought against the Sasanian Empire of Persia - launching a recruitment drive that could account for soldiers being interred at Sutton Hoo.

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