The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman looks beyond the empty tomb to find perhaps ...

On the grounds of a sprawling Suffolk park, an unusual blend of book, bow and and the feeling of time travel awaits visitors. The Anglo-Saxon village in West Stow Country Park provides a hands-on ...

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 ...

Researchers conducting excavations near Bath Abbey have uncovered the remains of an apse dated to between the late eighth and late tenth centuries. Wessex Archaeology Don’t let the tranquility of his ...

Two medieval scholars tackle the misuse of a phrase that was rarely used by its supposed namesakes Mary Rambaran-Olm and Erik Wade Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the ...

In 2022, archaeologists worked on the ancient DNA from a number of early medieval cemeteries, and found two individuals that ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

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 ...

In 1939 archaeologists uncovered a seventh century ship burial in Suffolk containing gold, weapons, and royal regalia. Known ...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene was readying her assault, like that legendary Anglo-Saxon warrior Canute the Great at Assandun. The QAnon-friendly first-term Georgia congresswoman, who was banned from any ...