They even laid the foundation for the creation of England. There we go, the history of the Anglo-Saxons in a matter of minutes, from invaders to settlers, to makers. How enjoyable was that?

Analyzing DNA from hundreds of Anglo-Saxon-era bones in England and in northwest Europe, a paper in the journal Nature has concluded that as much as 76 percent of ancestry in eastern medieval ...

After the Normans took control of England, the Anglo-Saxons experienced a significant shift. Join us as we uncover what ...

Gold and garnet raven head from Anglo-Saxon period unearthed in England - It remains unclear what rare artefact represented ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

The use of the Old English, rather than Latin, shows how important the culture of the Anglo-Saxons was in laying down the foundations of our modern language. For some reason the comb was burnt in ...

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