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 ...

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 ...

A discovery by a metal detectorist on club outing proved to be a significant burial with the remains of an imposing warlord, along with well-preserved weapons and items. Archaeologists have uncovered ...

Data science is “not a modern tool but an ancient turning point in how humans learned to organize and imagine the world,” asserts media studies scholar Risam (New Digital Continue reading » Power ...

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history continues with a video on the Anglo-Saxons and why they failed to overthrow the Normans and William I. After William ...

A newly discovered Anglo-Saxon settlement in England is surrounded by dry land today, but once was an island oasis amidst marshland. And at least some of its inhabitants were literate. The long-ago ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The tomb of an Anglo-Saxon prince has revealed treasures such as a decorated lyre, painted ...