A collection of 63 Anglo-Saxon silver coins, buried in haste more than a thousand years ago in what is now Worcestershire, ...

Beneath medieval Bamburgh Castle on England’s northeast coast lie the remains of a royal Anglo-Saxon fortress that was once the seat of the kings of Northumbria. (Colin Carter Photography/Getty Images ...

Archaeologists in England have identified a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house, which, they say, may once have been the home of a king who became a saint. Thought to date from the early 9th century, ...

Contrary to popular belief, the ruling classes gorged on meat only on rare occasions, according to an analysis of more than 2,000 skeletons buried during medieval times. By Maria Cramer Anglo-Saxon ...

Scholars say Aethelstan was likely the first king of England. But the story of his rise to power is complex. A portrait of Aethelstan, who was King of England from 924 until 939 A.D, in a book ...

Woodbridge, England — In a far-flung corner of southeast England, in a boatshed on the River Debden, a former U.S. Navy submariner whose career saw him serve on some of the most advanced ...

Very few people in England ate large amounts of meat before the Vikings settled, and there is no evidence that elites ate more meat than other people, a major new bioarchaeological study suggests. Its ...

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history continues with a video on the Anglo-Saxons and why they failed to overthrow the Normans and William I. After William ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, ...

For 1,400 years, an underground burial chamber lay untouched in the British countryside, hiding its long-dead denizen and his royal secrets. Then, in 2003, construction workers in the town of ...

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The Vikings invaded England in the 9th and 10th centuries. They plundered, raped and burned towns to the ground. Or at least, this is the story we know from school and popular culture. Nevertheless, ...