He gave the male and female dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and all living things that move on the ...

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

The famous, rambunctious feast scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, two years before King Harold was brutally killed at the Battle of Hastings, has been located by archaeologists.

The South Tyneside town of Jarrow has a long and proud history. In a new book, past meets present in a striking collection of ...

However it soon became tolerated. The earliest Christian object found in Wales is a vessel with the ancient Christian symbol ...

When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

A HUGE Hollywood blockbuster was filmed on a UK beach that some might not have heard of. Located on the north Norfolk Coast, ...

The Dafhni Monastery in Athens, Greece, a Byzantine masterpiece, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit: Sp!ros, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The Daphni Monastery on the outskirts of Athens ...

She joins archaeologists digging an astonishing Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent. Every grave is filled with exceptionally well-preserved and rare objects, including a complete Anglo-Saxon sword.

It was to serve this church — or a successor building — that, in about 793, Offa, King of Mercia, founded a monastery here. A settlement grew up beside it and this was formally enlarged in about 950 ...