Sutton Hoo helmet in LEGO

This is an intricate replica of the famous Sutton Hoo helmet, made out of LEGO. It was created by Andrew and Tilda Webb, a father and daughter from Saffron Walden in Essex, who were inspired by Netflix’s film about the 1939 excavation of the Suffolk site, The Dig (see CA 373).Made up of more than 1,000 LEGO bricks, the helmet is life-sized and completely wearable. Andrew and Tilda tried to replicate the original helmet as closely as possible, right down to the golden dragon motif above the eyes and the use of transparent bricks to represent gems.The choice of LEGO as the pair’s building material seems particularly apt as the real artefact, which had been placed in the 7th-century Mound 1