‘Raising the Dead’ explores one community who lived and died in the Folkestone area during the Early Medieval period. The exhibition opens on Saturday July 4th and closes on Wednesday the 30th of September. Admission is free.
Featuring finds seen on Digging for Britain in 2025 and 2026, ‘Raising the Dead’ displays the grave goods of four people who died in the fifth and sixth centuries. It includes a spectacular sixth century ‘ring sword’ with a silver-gilt hilt. The sword even revealed a new secret while we prepared it for display.
Kent was its own kingdom until the ninth century. Its culture was distinct from the rest of Anglo-Saxon England. These people’s remains, and the objects buried with them, help us tell their community’s story. They show us what they valued, how they mourned, and their links to the wider world.
Please note that this exhibition includes images of human remains.
