Research into an 8th Century Anglo-Saxon monastery is set to continue following National Lottery funding. University of Reading archaeologists have been excavating Cookham Abbey, a monastery ruled by ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

When archaeologists uncovered the Prittlewell burial in Essex, they did not find a simple grave but an intact chamber filled with carefully arranged objects linked to high status and ritual practice.

On the cusp of the Cheviot Hills and Northumberland National Park, a new museum dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria has opened in the market town of Wooler, aiming to breathe life into ...

Archaeologists discovered a sixth-century sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in the British county of Kent. The immaculately preserved sword was one of a handful of artifacts found at a site that ...

On the upper floor of the British Museum, in a gallery containing early medieval artifacts, most visitors will congregate around the swords, helmets, drinking horns and lyres. To a few, however, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Anglo-Saxon item was discovered in Holme Hale in 2024 (Image: Department of Culture, Media and Sport) A rare Anglo-Saxon ...

Archaeologists have found artefacts covering thousands of years of Nottinghamshire's past in early work ahead of a major road scheme. A team working prior to the widening of the A46 has excavated more ...

A rare Anglo-Saxon artefact discovered in Norfolk has been temporarily blocked from leaving the UK. The government put the export ban in place to give UK institutions a chance to acquire the object, a ...