This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. The famous ...

Dating to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E., the burials held a trove of grave goods—but the team was particularly impressed ...

Archaeologists discovered a sixth-century sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in the British ... a professor of archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire who has called the medieval weapon ...

Archaeologists have made a rich historical discovery in England. A cache of mint-condition silver coins left one archaeologist “shaking” at the astonishing discovery. The hoard of 11th-century ...

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...

An Anglo-Saxon girl who died 1,500 years ago in England ... In a study published in the November issue of the European Journal of Archaeology, Willmott and colleagues detail their investigation ...

The scale of the Anglo-Saxon invasion is unclear from historical and archaeological records, as well as whether it was hostile or cooperative. "It is one of the most contested and therefore one of ...

A sixth-century sword described as "astonishing" has been discovered at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural England. Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire ...

Anglo-Saxons also used runes (marked stones) but little has survived. Much of our evidence comes from archaeology: burials, grave goods, treasure hoards and building remains. These combs are made ...

This site, which bridges archaeology and history, reminds us that the Anglo-Saxons did not live in insular isolation but were part of an interconnected world, rich with complexity and movement. An ...

Long before modern England came to be, Brixworth’s All Saints’ Church stood as an important landmark in the heart of Britain’s Anglo-Saxon territory. Ever heard of Brixworth, England?