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 ...

Newly unearthed remains may come from the monastery where England's first king, Edgar the Peaceful, was coronated more than 1,000 years ago, according to Wessex Archaeology, an archaeological company ...

During England’s late Anglo-Saxon period, before the Norman Conquest of 1066, “people of means moved heaven and earth to get silk because it allowed them to appropriate its associated meanings for ...

Long before Robin Hood made it legendary, the vast forest that once blanketed the English Midlands was a primordial wilderness stalked by wolves, bears, and aurochs, shaped by the battles of ...

Archaeologists in England have identified a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house, which, they say, may once have been the home of a king who became a saint. Thought to date from the early 9th century, ...

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 ...

The Cerne Abbas Giant's origins remain shadowy, with British research revealing that it was likely carved during between 700 ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ...

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 ...

An ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery with more than 80 rare wooden coffins containing skeletons has been unearthed in England. Earlier this year, archaeologists were investigating the ground around a river ...

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