The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings An aerial view of the excavations at Lyminge in southeastern ...

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CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...

At a mid-winter feast on January 31, the Thegns of Mercia and the Ashton family celebrated a milestone in English heritage at Soulton Hall. The evening highlighted transformative discoveries linking ...

The Bayeux Tapestry famously depicts the events leading up to the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the ...

Meat-heavy banquets have long been thought to be a common feature of early medieval life for England's kings and nobles, who are often depicted feasting on legs of animal flesh and knocking back ...

Archaeologists have provided important new evidence to answer the question 'who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?' New findings based on studying skeletal remains clearly indicates the Anglo-Saxons were ...

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the Conqueror's victory over the so-called Anglo-Saxons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons People in the United States and Great Britain ...

In Roman Britain many people had been Christians. But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians, they were pagans. Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms. They thought that rhymes, potions, stones and ...

Activity 1: Anglo-Saxon village Activity 2: Quiz - Who were the Anglo-Saxons? Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066 and they originally come from ...