While much remains unknown about Queen Emma as an individual, her story offers a fascinating entrance into the tumultuous world of late Anglo-Saxon England. Daughter of the duke of Normandy, descended ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister.

From Viking raider to patron saint, a journey through history, mystery, and a 500-year-old cold case. The Youth, the Wild Raids in Europe, and the Spiritual Transformation. Histor ...

That’s the question posed by historian Katherine Weikert, while reflecting on the important role of toilets in the society of the Middle Ages. Beyond their practical purpose, toilets also played a ...

A 900-year-old Anglo-Saxon place of worship has been discovered underneath a church during excavation work. St Cuthbert's in Darlington has been undergoing a £2.5m restoration project to make it more ...

A fragile glass drinking beaker and a warrior's sword are among items on display at an exhibition revealing what life and death was like in early Saxon England. The objects come from three burial ...

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Scholars say Aethelstan was likely the first king of England. But the story of his rise to power is complex. A portrait of Aethelstan, who was King of England from 924 until 939 A.D, in a book ...

In an idyllic corner of an English field, beneath the lush green grass and yellow buttercups sprouting in the sunshine, archaeologists made a grim discovery. Sifting through the soil, they found a pit ...