Robert Dempster Pretty was born on 7 September 1930 at Chelsea, London, England. But this is, simply, the burial, or commemoration, of a powerful rich man who valued beautiful things, and whose followers did too. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the In August 1939, a treasure trove inquest determined that the astounding find belonged not to the Crown but to the landowner. Im in the dark about this, but youre right about the scariness of these masks and helmets! Following her death, most of her estate was passed on to her son, Robert. In September 1930 she gave birth to a son, Robert Dempster Pretty. A new Netflix film, The Dig, to be released later this month, tells the compelling story of how a lavish Anglo-Saxon ship buried in the grounds of Sutton Hoo, the Pretty familys estate in South-East Suffolk, was unearthed just before the outbreak of World War II. So some medical specialists conclude that Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo is a cenotaph. Edith is played by Carey Mulligan in an exquisite performance, while Ralph Fiennes is superb as working-class Basil Brown, an amateur astronomer and self-taught archaeologist. You want very much to go your own way and do your own hing, even when you arent entirely sure that it is the right direction for you. Being interested in archaeology and history herself, she had a hunch that the low mounds on her property may have some historical significance. That digging down to disinter the dead, though, does fit in with her interest in spiritualism. Sean Dempster and Brad Howard warm up during a St Kilda Saints AFL training session at Linen House Oval on August 19, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Although the first Sutton Hoo exhibition opened at the British Museum in 1940, it was soon packed up and kept in underground tunnels between Aldwych and Holborn tube stations to shield it from air raids during WWII. We are the daughters of Mr Buckle, the under gardener at Sutton Hoo. I know Ive read about it in Archaeology Magazine but you really brought it to life. This happened after Ipswich Museum curator Guy Maynard gave the story to the press without the permission of archaeologist Charles Phillips, who had taken over leading the dig. If you learn to assert your individuality more directly, the changes will not seem so upsetting. The exhibition hall was absorbing, really excellent, telling the story of the discovery and including first-class replicas of the finds as well as a full size reconstruction of the burial chamber.
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