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The Sutton Hoo burial helmet has an ornamental mustache. Do we know much about the male fashion and grooming preferences of the early Anglo-Saxon period in Britain? Is the helmet indicative of it?

by /u/LukeInTheSkyWith in /r/AskHistorians

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