British folklore tells the story of twin brothers Hengist and Horsa, who led the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. But were ...

A brand new medieval village has been discovered in Suffolk, England, near the modern village of Friston in eastern England, ...

Edgar the Peaceful may have been coronated here more than 1,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Newly unearthed ...

The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...

Over the past month, our understanding of England’s distant past has been upended—not by trained archaeologists, but by two hobbyists with simple metal detectors. While prospecting in village ...

The five centuries between the end of Roman rule and the Norman Conquest were, for a long time, seen as a culturally desolate era in British history. Whereas classical civilisation was associated with ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places ...

You hear the term everywhere these days in politics, pop music, business, even race relations. Anglo-Saxon. With the advent of the Human Genome Project, we now know a bit more about who the ...

It’s official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled. The move comes more than 1,000 years too late for the previously ascendant Romano-British who couldn’t resist these Germanic peoples who showed up ...

Picture the scene. An expectant audience, which includes the great Catholic writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, awaits the arrival of another great Catholic writer, Hilaire Belloc, the latter of whom has been ...

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