In 2003, archaeologists investigating a small plot of land in Prittlewell, Essex, uncovered an astonishingly well-preserved Anglo-Saxon burial chamber dating back around 1,400 years. The chamber contained a wooden coffin and an impressive collection of grave goods, including gold crosses, a gold belt buckle, a hanging bowl, drinking vessels, glass objects and a lyre. The discovery is now known as the Prittlewell princely burial and is the earliest dated Anglo-Saxon princely burial discovered in England.
