The cemetery found in Suffolk consists of at least 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds (barrows) dating to the 6th–7th centuries AD. While acidic sandy soils have dissolved the bones, the excavators have ...

This village became the focus of international attention with the discovery of the UK's largest Anglo-Saxon gold hoard, the ...

Archaeologists excavating ahead of the Sizewell C development on the Suffolk coast have uncovered an exceptionally rare medieval glass jewel depicting the Crucifixion - an object so small it could fit ...

Research into an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Cookham has received a major funding boost through a grant from The National ...

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Viking symbols and a Norwegian jacket have now become synonymous with Australia's Neo-Nazi groups, but what do they mean?

Archaeologists in Britain uncovered a rare Anglo-Saxon “princely” grave with a horse, linking the burial to elite traditions.

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and ...

A medieval green glass jewel has been found by archaeologists working at a site to be built upon, with the coming of the ...

Archaeologists found hundreds of burials in the Copper Age cemetery in Varna, Bulgaria, some of which were littered with gold ...

Hundreds of people headed to a cider farm near Taunton to celebrate an ancient cider tradition.

Archaeologists have uncovered a large ancient burial site during construction on a nuclear reactor.