Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the ...

A discovery by a metal detectorist in Denmark has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought ...

Yesterday’s scenes from Birmingham, where a mobile bin collection was called off after it was swarmed by residents desperate ...

Here are some of the Old English names for places around Stevenage and North Herts: Stevenage is thought to derive from an Old English word meaning ' (place at) the stiff oak'. The name was recorded ...

"Mr Sallam was excited and he said they were probably 7th or 8th Century ... Alfred was the ruler of Wessex and became king ...

Therefore, from the 7th century onwards, there were already laws inherited from earlier times that regulated or punished seeing tombs and human remains as a source of curative materials. The Roman and ...

At this point, the Class 5A District V Championship trophy might as well be a permanent fixture in the Century High School trophy case. The Diamondbacks rolled to their fifth district title in six ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in ...

According to The Smithsonian, the ninth-century cross was made in Northumbria — what is ... is an outstanding example of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’s art,” added Leslie Webster, who formerly curated ...

Where to visit: Jarrow Hall, which combines an Anglo-Saxon Village and Bede Museum and is home to Europe’s largest collection of coloured glass from the 7th and ... in the 8 th century, closes ...