Near the end of Roman rule, Britain was being attacked by the Picts and Scots from the north, and the Anglo-Saxons from the sea. The Romans built forts to defend the coast and Hadrian's wall ...

The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed their power on to their children. From time to time, the strongest king would claim to be 'bretwalda', which meant ruler of all Britain.

During early Dark Age Britain, a major transition ... those sources are referring to areas in which the Anglo-Saxons ...

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 that will be held at a museum in Scunthorpe.

Although Harold is famous for being England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, he only reigned for just over nine months. His defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings was arguably the single most ...

of a kind never before recovered in Britain. Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon. The significance of Sutton Hoo was ...

A team of archeologists in the United Kingdom believe that they have found the lost residence of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. The home is shown in the 1,000 year-old ...

External view looking east. Credit: D. Gould et al. Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing mystery about Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. A ...

(Credit:© The Society of Antiquaries of London) Researchers in the U.K. have announced the discovery of a lost residential site belonging to Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. This site can ...

The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence ... from early English graves and settlements suggest some Anglo-Saxon warriors fought for the Byzantine Empire ...