The stamp was soon recognized as a tool used to emboss metal sheets—specifically, with a motif that uncannily matches the one engraved on the Sutton Hoo helmet, unearthed in Suffolk, England, in 1939.

The helmet was pieced together in 1939 from fragments found at the Sutton Hoo burial site in the east of England and is now an icon of Anglo-Saxon culture. | Credit: Trustees of the British Museum ...

Few stories are quite as dramatic as that of the rise and fall of King Harold II. Famously killed at the battle of Hastings in 1066, the death of the king also known as Harold Godwinson marked the end ...

The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, a new study finds.

The Anglo-Saxon kings were adept at framing laws that reflected their authority. But they had the sense to take local customs into account when doing so.

The Anglo-Saxon kings were adept at framing laws that reflected their authority. But they had the sense to take local customs into account when doing so. It's easy to forget, as we contemplate ...

British news outlet The Telegraph reported that the term "Anglo-Saxon" is under scrutiny at the University of Nottingham. "In a move to ‘decolonise the curriculum,’ professors have renamed a ...

A university has removed the term Anglo-Saxon from module titles in a bid to 'decolonise the curriculum.' The University of Nottingham is removing the expression from a number of courses ...

Anglo-Saxon warriors could have fought Sassanid forces in northeast Syria, in a remarkable understanding of history of the MENA region. The Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic-speaking people who invaded and ...

S ay the term “Anglo-Saxon” to most people, and they’re likely to picture the Smashing Saxons from Horrible Historiesor the protagonists of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In the ...