A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question "Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?" New ...

You hear the term everywhere these days in politics, pop music, business, even race relations. Anglo-Saxon. With the advent of the Human Genome Project, we now know a bit more about who the ...

A RACISM row has erupted over the phrase “Anglo-Saxon” after historians called for a ban on its use. Canadian academic Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm said the term was “bound up with white supremacy” and should ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bromeswell bucket is currently on display at Sutton Hoo's High Hall exhibition in Suffolk, England. - David Brunetti/National ...

A strong and successful leader became 'cyning', the Anglo-Saxon word for 'king'. Each king ruled a kingdom and led a small army. The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed their power ...

Archaeologists say a second oven has been unearthed, suggesting it was a busy hub producing cloth.

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, ...

The five centuries between the end of Roman rule and the Norman Conquest were, for a long time, seen as a culturally desolate era in British history. Whereas classical civilisation was associated with ...

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 ...