Ye Gods

Down into the belly of the ship. Ye gods! Where must the burial chamber be? Dig, dig, dig. A pyramid, tiny and gold (a piece of jewellery?) with very intricate clorisonné work. Ye gods. Grave goods. Gold and more gold, everything gold.

A sceptre! Ye gods. The grave – or memorial – of a king.

See The Dig by John Preston.

From journal, written July 2022. 

Picture credit: View of the excavation of the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England. c.1930's, British Museum.