It is true that town life was abandoned. However, the skill of Anglo-Saxon art, metal-work and manuscripts does not suggest a ‘dark age’ at all. Archaeology is revealing new treasures ...

The Anglo-Saxons loved to meet and tell thrilling stories. Often these were accompanied by music played on a kind of harp called a lyre. Pieces of this helmet were found at Sutton Hoo. They have ...

Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

The woven art tells the story of the conquest of England ... Harold Godwinson was the “last Anglo-Saxon King of England,” the university said, and the exact location of the royal home depicted ...

In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund has ... In many cultures the very art of metallurgy is magical, and Nordic sagas have vivid details of the smith's magic arts, from Odin's ...

The piece of art, valued at almost £4,000 ... The silver penny brooch dates to the end of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert. The items will form part of an exhibition ...

Free play sessions will be held at one of the country's most famous Anglo-Saxon archaeological sites. From March, the National Trust is opening up its Sutton Hoo site, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk ...