These Anglo-Saxon accessories were recovered from the side of a hill in England and may be from a hoard, a ritual deposit or ...

Unlike most Anglo-Saxon gold hoards, which are typically recovered from burial contexts alongside human remains and other grave goods, these objects were found scattered across a slope with no ...

The online anti-immigration movement has discovered a buried form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism By George Monaghan Hereward the Wake, it is said, was the last of the English. By 1071 his small army on ...

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 ...

Credit: Rob Coleman/James Beck and National Trust Images/Cover Images The National Trust has launched an appeal to help preserve one of the British countryside’s greatest icons - the Cerne Abbas Giant ...

The first English king emerged from an age of Viking raids, shattered kingdoms, and desperate alliances. As Norse armies swept across the island, the fractured realms of Anglo-Saxon England were ...

America has gotten itself into a horrible bind. Our people, our so-called citizens, know little about history. All we know is ...

She hated me, she hated Julie Andrews,” was Dick Van Dyke’s blunt assessment of PL Travers in the wake of Walt Disney’s ...

Many Christians worry that writing “Xmas” crosses Christ out of Christmas, but the story of the X is an ancient, deeply ...

Twenty-two pieces of silver bullion, including both raw ingots and flattened Viking arm rings, were discovered in the Galloway Hoard. Arm rings such as these, which are usually found in Ireland and ...

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his ...

The Cantor Arts Center's "Cunning Folk" exhibition explores how modern images associated with witches, from flying ...