The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, will go on display in London for the first time, on ...

Stumbling across an article in Newcastle University’s School of Archaeology about a recently discovered Anglo-Saxon string instrument inspired Graeme’s dissertation project, and consequently his ...

Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries was a key event in the formation of England. Following the collapse of Roman control over Britain, the Anglo-Saxons, a group of tribes ...

The lyre was used as an accompaniment to the voice in the Viking and Anglo-Saxon eras, and in the writing of the ancient poet and musician Sappho. It was used for dramatic effect and also as a ...

This ninth-century object at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is a rare example of cloisonné enamel from the period, and connects us to the legendary figure who commissioned it: Alfred the Great.

A "very unusual" gold pendant made by an early Anglo-Saxon in imitation of a Roman coin has been discovered by a detectorist. The replica is a copy of a solidus coin showing the emperor Honorius ...

It includes fragments of a lyre -- a type of harp popularised in European folklore -- and what may be Britain's oldest example of painted Anglo-Saxon woodwork. "I think it's our equivalent of ...

It includes fragments of a lyre -- a type of harp popularised in European folklore -- and what may be Britain's oldest example of painted Anglo-Saxon woodwork.

There are a significant number of Anglo-Saxon burials where the estimated anatomical sex of the skeleton does not align with the gender implied by the items they were buried with.

We would need to follow in the footsteps of Anglo-Saxon policymakers to modify free trade policies that haven’t worked for us.