Anglo-Saxons was the name given to this group of ... called Danelaw. Alfred expanded his kingdom, taking land from the Mercia area and winning control of London. Under his leadership, many books ...

In 2021, archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery, identifying a British cave dwelling as the refuge of an exiled Anglo ...

A strong and successful leader became 'cyning', the Anglo-Saxon word for 'king'. Each king ruled a kingdom and led a small army. The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed ...

For years, it was believed that royals could have been buried at the famous site - but a leading academic has another theory ...

Sutton Hoo, located near the North Sea in Suffolk, was first uncovered in the late 1930s. Named after Old English words ...

When a roughly 1,500-year-old sword is described as still being in the “top echelons of swords,” you know that’s a pretty ...

which will go on display in the library's Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition in the autumn. Mr Crossley-Holland - for whom the monsters are like "humans gone wrong" and "terrifying because of that ...

Archaeologists have announced a major discovery dating back to as early as the 6th century after finding the buried remains ...

The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved elite sword from a newly discovered Anglo-Saxon cemetery near ...