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(14 Mar 2002)
1. Burial grounds of kings
2. Various archaeological finds from the burial grounds
3. Hanging bowl
4. Reconstructed mask
5. Poet Seamus Heaney looking at exhibits
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Seamus Heaney, Poet
"The advantage of this exhibition is that it brings you to your senses. You have an actual physical sense of that this was a display culture, and it had riches and sophistications of all kinds."
7. Various reconstruction of burial chamber in boat
8. Exhibition
9. Exterior - various replica of the 90-foot burial boat
STORYLINE:
An exhibition centre depicting the history of one of Britain's most important archaeological sites has been unveiled and opens to the public on Thursday.
The National Trust's �5m project at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, displays priceless Anglo-Saxon treasures which were buried under a field for 1,300 years.
Experts say Sutton Hoo - the burial ground of the Anglo-Saxon pagan kings of East Anglia - ranks in historical importance with Stonehenge.
The exhibition centre at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, was opened on Wednesday by the poet Seamus Heaney.
Sutton Hoo was excavated in 1938, in the late 1960s, and again in the 1980s.
When constructing the exhibition centre in 2000, another cemetery was found.
The findings have been a huge influence on historical thinking surrounding the Dark Ages.
Treasures uncovered during digs include a warrior's helmet and shield, along with gold ornaments, and Byzantine silver.
Many of the artefacts were discovered in the remains of a 90ft burial ship which is reconstructed at the exhibition with replica finds.
The ship's burial chamber - which housed the remains of a king - has also been reconstructed.
The treasures have been housed in the British Museum in London since their discovery.
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