The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

Narrator: Excuse me. Yes, you! Would you like to learn about the Anglo-Saxons? Great! Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally ...

An Anglo-Saxon burial ground saw its "busiest ever ... prepared for the actual extent of the effect." August's visitor figures represent an increase of just over 50% on visitor numbers for ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...

The early Anglo-Saxon creator was imitating a Roman coin called a solidus, showing the emperor Honorius on one side and a figure holding a banner on the other A "very unusual" gold pendant made by ...

An incredible Anglo-Saxon sword unearthed in a field in Kent has been revealed for the first time on BBC programme Digging for Britain. Described as 'one of the most extraordinary objects' ever ...

A spectacular sixth-century sword has been discovered by archaeologists in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Hailed as one of the ...

Archaeologists discovered a sixth-century sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in the British ... a gold pendant adorned with a dragon or serpent figure in the same grave, whihc is akin to those ...

A sixth-century sword described as "incredible" by archaeologists has been unearthed from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural ...

underscoring the Anglo-Saxons' fascination with Roman imagery. The reverse side of the pendant portrays a draped figure holding a military standard and a miniature of Nike, the Roman goddess of ...