Archaeologists have confirmed that a 6th-century Byzantine bucket discovered at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, likely served as a cremation vessel. The bucket, pieced together from fragments found over decades, contained cremated human and animal bones, offering new insights into burial practices of the early medieval period in England. The bucket’s fragments were first unearthed in 1986, with additional pieces discovered in 2012 and 2024 during excavations at the site. Located near Woodbridge, Sutton Hoo is renowned for its Anglo-Saxon burial mounds, including the famous ship burial of 1939, believed to be the resting place of King Raedwald of East Anglia, who…