Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, the largest ever exhibition on the history, literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England spanning all six centuries from the eclipse of Roman Britain in the 5th ...

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War is now open, and its 180 exhibits froth and bubble with the whirlpool of fresh ideas and vibrant images that animated England for 700 years.

Britons are still living in the same 'tribes' that they did in the 7th Century, Oxford University has found after an astonishing study into our genetic make-up.

Learn who Aethelflaed was and what the different kingdoms were in Anglo-Saxon Britain. Read how the country was ruled by different tribes in this BBC history guide.

THE Department of Coins of the British Museum was considerably enriched some time ago by the valuable collection of Early English coins, bequeathed by the late Mr. T. G. Barnett, of Birmingham ...

An excavation has revealed an elaborate hall in the east of England of early Anglo-Saxon kings, which was used for feasting by monarchs and their warriors roughly 1,400 years ago.

An Anglo-Saxon gold artifact known as the Pocela Panel, discovered near Pocklington, will soon be showcased in a historic case once famous for housing the Ashes urn.

Divided into three parts—Scop, Wreccan and Bretwalda—a strikingly illustrated collection of 30 Anglo-Saxon folktales exploring stories of cosmology, monsters, conflicts and courtship from the ...

A wealthy pagan burial ground, dating from the first years of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain in the fifth century, has been uncovered near London ahead of a high-speed rail project.

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 ...