There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

Archaeologists working at Sizewell C have uncovered an Anglo-Saxon burial ground. Credit: Oxford Cotswold Archaeology A "princely" Anglo-Saxon burial containing two people and a fully-harnessed horse ...

The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Although we call the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons “Old English,” English speakers today won’t find much in common between it and the language we have now. More than 1000 years ago, English was ...

The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings An aerial view of the excavations at Lyminge in southeastern ...

Grave 109 at Oakington is a rare triple burial, holding the remains of a female infant, a young woman (left) and an older woman (center). Duncan Sayer The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with ...

"If anyone says they don't get excited about finding a sword, they're definitely lying," archaeologist Len Middleton says. He has been on the team that has discovered a "princely" grave of a horse ...

Archivist Alexandra Medcalf explains North Yorkshire's plethora of peculiar place names. "Fancy grave goods" were found with a princely burial, but other finds are also amazing experts. A detectorist ...

Archaeologists in the U.K. have discovered a 1,400-year-old burial ground that contains "sand burials" of two elite people and a horse dating to Anglo-Saxon times. The archaeological team from Oxford ...

“Valentino, live 100 years!” Jacqueline Kennedy declared in 1966. The couturier came close to doing just that: News of his death—at 93—was announced today. Valentino Garavani had the rare distinction ...

Illustrated specially from the Semi-Pagan Text “Lacnunga”. By J. H. G. Grattan and Charles Singer. (Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, New ...