A suspected medieval pit has been found beneath a car park in Staffordshire. It was discovered by archaeologists excavating the Corporation Street car park in Tamworth ahead of a project to redevelop ...

This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...

Over the past month, our understanding of England’s distant past has been upended—not by trained archaeologists, but by two hobbyists with simple metal detectors. While prospecting in village ...

In the 9th century the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms came under increasing attack from the Vikings, culminating in the invasion by the great heathen army in 865. By the year 878, the Vikings had conquered East ...

My thanks for one of your wonderful book reviews. On your pages, I find books that other, more “trendy” reviewers largely ignore. This one, “The Wordhord” by Hana Videen, reviewed by Henry Hitchings ...

Anchor Church cave could be one of the oldest intact domestic interiors in the UK. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A British cave ...

Clockwise from top left: Silver penny of Offa, Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia (front and back); silver coin of Cynethryth, Anglo-Saxon queen of Mercia (front and back); silver penny of Alfred the Great, ...

Edgar the Peaceful may have been coronated here more than 1,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Newly unearthed ...

Four men were sentenced in connection with the theft in the UK on Friday. LONDON -- Four men have been found guilty and sentenced in connection to the theft of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth more ...