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 ...

Most of us don’t give much thought to the ground beneath a road. But in Nottinghamshire, England, a planned highway expansion has just revealed one of the most multi-layered archaeological sites the ...

LITTLE CARLTON, England, March 2 (UPI) --The discovery of an ancient Anglo-Saxon island settlement in Little Carlton near Louth, Lincolnshire, began with the odd discovery of a silver stylus in the ...

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 ...

Human remains dug up from an ancient grave in Oxfordshire add to a growing body of evidence that Britain's fifth-century transition from Roman to Anglo-Saxon was cultural rather than bloody. The ...

Experts in the U.K. have discovered the remains of an Anglo-Saxon island, which they are touting as a site of huge archaeological importance. Archaeologists from the University of Sheffield identified ...

In the Early Middle Ages, groups of people from mainland Europe migrated to the British Isles and dramatically reshaped society in their new homelands. The history of those people — the Anglo-Saxons — ...

Lady Godiva was married to Leofric, the 'grim' Earl of Mercer and Lord of Coventry, a man of great power and importance. The chronicler Florence of Worcester mentions Leofric and Godiva, but does not ...

Sutton Hoo in East Anglia is one of the most important archaeological sites in England. The weapons, clothing and other objects buried in the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries show that trade networks in the 6th ...

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 ...

Paul and local charter expert Tom dig through thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon documents and forgotten maps to uncover the truth ...