Anglo-Saxon Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered evidence suggesting that a house in England may be the site of a lost residence belonging to Harold, the last
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most renowned examples of richly adorned graves from southeast England in the late sixth
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a significant discovery at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Canterbury in Kent, UK, unearthing a remarkably rare sword from the sixth century.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - There is no lack of beautiful Anglo-Saxon artifacts found in the UK, and this particular object is of great interest to scientists who
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists participating in the National Grid’s Viking Link project report new fascinating discoveries! The Viking Link’s construction will enable the countries to share
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Last year, archaeologists excavating near Northampton, UK, made an extraordinary discovery. The research team unearthed a magnificent 1,300-year-old necklace made up of at
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large Anglo-Saxon burial has been unearthed at Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire, UK. The discovery was part of Viking Link’s construction. A project team
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at a small site near Buckingham report an intriguing find. According to researchers, this is the former site of a watermill
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mystery surrounding the remains of two Anglo Saxons – identified as a man and a woman buried 1,400 years ago in south
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - At the end of 2022, MOLA archaeologists in Norfolk, UK, announced the amazing discovery shedding new light on the life of Anglo-Saxons. Scientists
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AncientPages.com - A village with the Old English name "Filthy Pool" wasn't an auspicious location to discover one of the most spectacular burials of the Anglo Saxon period.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Almost 300 years after the Romans left, scholars like Bede wrote about the Angles and the Saxons and their migrations to the British
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Beowulf's name has a power because it belongs to one of the most revered heroes among English-speaking cultures, with his tale enduring through
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have begun a new project to reveal the secrets of one of Britain’s most powerful Anglo-Saxon queens and the monastery which she
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is often said the conquerors write history, which may be true in the case of King Penda. The early history of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detectorist has discovered a magnificent, 1,400-year-old 'sword-pyramid' in Breckland, Norfolk, United Kingdom. An artifact like this one usually comes in pairs,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aethelflaed, (870 - 918 AD) is among the brave female warriors of old times who are usually left outside the official historical records.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 1,300 years ago, a teenage girl was buried on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK. She received a highly unusual 'bed burial,' and
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The royal burial site at Sutton Hoo, a few miles from the Suffolk coast, East England, is the most famous of all Anglo-Saxon
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Sometimes just one artifact is enough to change our understanding of history. This is exactly what has taken place when a student metal detectorist in UK literally struck
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - In 865 a Great Viking Army left Scandinavia to conquer England. The Great Viking Army (sometimes referred to as the Great Danish Army), known by the Anglo-Saxons
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to very ancient poems, Odin's sons, Weldegg, Beldegg, Sigi, Skiold, Sæming, and Yngvi, became kings of Franconia, East Saxony, West Saxony, Sweden, Denmark,
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against
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