The Queen is passionate about trees, and she loves a large forest on her land, riding her horse to inspect in her spare time. Last year, the Queen of England for the Queen's Commonwealth Forest Crown Project, a forest protection plan for afforestation, was personally promoted, appeared in a documentary called "The Queen's Green Planet", in order to have a point of view, the Queen is even harder, the sense of humor is bursting, and the witty words make the host laugh.
(The Queen in the documentary "The Queen's Green Planet")
Such a queen who loves trees recently made a decision that made some British netizens a little puzzled, donating 12 oak trees in Windsor Grand Park to restore a royal ship coffin with a history of about 1400 years! The Queen also agreed that archaeologists would go to Windsor Grand Park and pick the right shipbuilding materials at will.
Windsor Grand Park, a large forest outside Windsor Castle, covers about 4,800 acres and is the largest oak plantation in Europe, with several of them over 1,000 years old. Cutting down oak trees that can live for a long time to restore a ship's coffin, some British netizens feel that this is not environmentally friendly at all.
(Queen)
Of course, archaeologists don't care about this, and they are very excited to restore the royal ship coffin with royal oak trees. Shipbuilders are reportedly eager to take the shipbuilders on a site visit, and it is expected that the recovery work will begin within a few weeks.
What exactly is the royal ship coffin, so important, for the Queen to contribute her own tree?
This matter begins in 1937, when the mistress of Suttonwood Manor, the widow Edith Pretty, because of the early death of her husband, became interested in the soul, invited archaeologists to her manor to dig a dozen suspicious mounds, and found an ancient tomb group, and in 1939, under the largest mound, a 7th-century ship coffin "phantom" was excavated.
(The picture on the left is the excavation site of the ship coffin, the right picture is the restoration of the ship coffin, and the small picture is Edith Pretti)
Because of its age, the wood of the hull has long been decayed, but it has left structural marks on the sand and more than 3,000 rusty rivets. Ship coffin burial is the Scandinavian burial method, which means that after death, the journey of the afterlife is continued on the ship of the deceased.
The coffin also contains a large number of burial items, including jewelry, weapons, royal coats of arms, textiles and household items, the most famous of which is an iron helmet. Edith Pretti donated the treasures to the state and is now in the British Museum as a star exhibit.
(The left picture shows the excavated Sutton Hoo helmet, and the right picture shows the restored work)
This is an astonishing archaeological find, because in the 7th century, England had not yet entered the Age of Faith, when there were 7 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms on the land of England, fighting each other. Life in the Anglo-Saxon era is found in myths, poetry and fragmented historical documents, and few artifacts have been unearthed. The appearance of this ship's coffin helps to understand the history of that era.
(Depicting the burial of the ship's coffin)
Easy-to-date coins were found inside the coffin, which are thought to be between 625 and 630, so many archaeologists speculate that the owner of the coffin was King Redwold of the Kingdom of East Anglia. This Redwall German king may have been the earliest king of England.
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