A charity aiming to open a museum celebrating the incredible archaeological discoveries at Pocklington has launched an appeal ...

The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where they locked together side-by-side, shields in front, and pushed their enemy back ...

Archaeologists pinpoint the site of King Harold’s elite residence, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, using a surprising clue: ...

Clive has written and co-authored a dozen books and nearly 100 published academic papers. Based in Newcastle, he also founded ...

In recent years, periodic updates of the Oxford English Dictionary have added many Korean-language words, albeit romanized, ...

The poor Anglo-Saxons have only got things like axes and ... It says the first of them did the job of shattering his breast through his shield. The second, by his sword, severed the head.

Artifacts discovered at the site include fine jewelry, silver plates, and weapons such as swords and shields. Gittos describes these ... continues to shed light on Sutton Hoo’s role in Anglo-Saxon ...