The Treasure of Sutton Hoo The time period between 500-950 is often referred to as the Dark Ages. This time period is believed by most to be a time of ignorance and lack of prosperity.(Asimov 85-88) These ideas are generated from a number of artifacts found in a couple of excavations that have taken place recently. From these excavations much knowledge is gained about the past. There was an excavation at Sutton Hoo, England …showed first 75 words of 2147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2147 total…advanced technology. We are able to extremely expand our knowledge of the past by these new advances which help date items all they way back to the so-called “Dark Ages”. With this great excavation we have been able to prove many past well-known beliefs to be wrong. We can take these little materials from this site and from them learn about the entire civilization that was placed at Sutton Hoo almost two thousand years ago.