They even laid the foundation for the creation of England. There we go, the history of the Anglo-Saxons in a matter of minutes, from invaders to settlers, to makers. How enjoyable was that?

Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early ...

The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window into a key turning point in history for England, researchers said. Bosham is named on the Bayeux ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

An archaeologist’s find in Denmark could shake up history with regards to one of Britain’s most iconic Anglo-Saxon treasures, ...

A nonprofit that oversees museums commemorating William Shakespeare's life is purportedly working to "decolonize" his legacy ...

"The Norman Conquest replaced England's Anglo-Saxon elite with a new ruling class ... used a range of methods to investigate the early history of the property in Bosham, with the 2006 excavations ...

Warfare formed England. The consolidation of land gained ... only as piggy banks," says Kevin Leahy, an authority on Anglo-Saxon history who was entrusted with the task of cataloging the ...

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