Somewhere in England, buried in soil for more than a millennium, two silver pennies lay hidden with an image no other ...

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 ...

DNA analysis confirms siblings in a rare Anglo‑Saxon double burial are siblings, revealing a poignant family tragedy from ...

Archaeologists say that the 63 coins, most of which bear the name of King Burgred of Mercia, might have been hidden in the ...

Archaeologists in England have identified a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house, which, they say, may once have been the home of a king who became a saint. Thought to date from the early 9th century, ...

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 ...

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, ...

SAN DIEGO — Britons might not be Anglo-Saxons, a genetic analysis of five ancient skeletons hints. When archaeological digs revealed ancient graves on the grounds of the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...

GOOD DAY FOR: Gold diggers, after an amateur treasure hunter in England with a metal detector unearted the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure trove ever discovered. The treasure—which includes 11 pounds of ...

A discovery by a metal detectorist on club outing proved to be a significant burial with the remains of an imposing warlord, along with well-preserved weapons and items. Archaeologists have uncovered ...