A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval ...

To the north, with its little Lutyens castle on another whinstone outcrop, is the tidal isle of Holy Island (Lindisfarne), ...

Claims that Easter is rooted in pagan worship—especially of a goddess named Ishtar—are common but largely unfounded. This video breaks down the only historical reference to the Anglo-Saxon goddess ...

A tiny gold coin which is believed to be the oldest from the Anglo-Saxons in East Anglia has been found in a field. Coin expert Adrian Marsden described the coin as a "massively significant" find ...

Pagans used the (Celtic) cross in rituals worshipping the sun. The cross found in Leeds may have been a “badge of office” for an important member of society.

The pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a gold Roman coin with Christian imagery, but they didn't do a very good job. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Books Received Published: 27 November 1913 The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements Nature 92, 369 (1913) Cite this article ...

Anglo-Saxons began to settle in England in from AD410, and by AD500 were being fiercely resisted, in a period which used to be known as the Dark Ages, but is now called early medieval by historians.

About 1,300 years ago great timber halls stood here, once the royal residence of early Anglo-Saxon kings. This field was once the site of the Ad Gefrin palace (Image: DAVID SIMPSON) ...

Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon helmet found in Sutton Hoo. Credit: Chris Eccles / Flickr From there, they reached the Byzantine capital, breaking the siege it was under by pagans, and many were ...

The days of the pagan Anglo-Saxon kings were to be short-lived. After only one or two generations, the settlement that took the royal hall as its symbolic center was abandoned.