Dozens of Anglo-Saxon burials in England contain “ivory rings” that have perplexed archaeologists for quite some time. They ...

Scholars have long been fascinated by the Anglo-Saxon period of British history, which spans approximately 600 years, from the end of Roman rule in around AD 410 to the start of the Norman conquest in ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to directly estimate the Anglo-Saxon ancestry of the British population from ancient skeletons, showing how Anglo-Saxon immigrants mixed with the native ...

Saxon invasion Ancient Britons were not overrun by invading Saxons in the Dark Ages, suggests a new map based on the DNA of people from the UK and Europe. The study, published today in Nature, ...

A huge Anglo-Saxon burial site in Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom was recently discovered and archaeologists unearthed over 3000 pieces of jewellery, weapons, and more. There are about 154 ...

The pamphlet controversy caused by the proposal of William III to maintain a peacetime standing army following the Treaty of Ryswick (1697) tends to be understood as a confrontation of classicists and ...

Builders in Cambridge were in for a surprise when they discovered highly significant Anglo-Saxon remains on a new housing development. A range of treasures, including vases, jewellery and pots from ...

The Anglo-Saxons who conquered England in the 5th century set up a system of apartheid that enabled them to master and outbreed the native British majority, according to gene research. In less than 15 ...

How Effective Was A Saxon Sword In Battle? This video is an extended trailer for the History Hit TV documentary 'The Sharp End: Testing Frontline Weapons'. Watch the full episode here: <a href=" ...

Sometime between 776 and 899 AD, an Anglo-Saxon teenager’s lips and nose were cut off, a new analysis of her skull has revealed. Based on written records of that historical period, the type of ...

Research performed on the skeletons of Anglo Saxon children who died more than 1,000 years ago could help combat modern-day obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Analysis of milk teeth from skeletons ...