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The British Museum A sixth-century Anglo-Saxon brooch, unearthed at Oakington. Look closely and you’ll see engraved human and animal heads. Duncan Sayer But exactly how was the Roman Britain of ...
The archaeologist told the BBC that if the helmet is indeed proved to have come from Denmark, it could change our ...
An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as previously thought. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ...
In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ... Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence The collection ...
“The pectoral cross…. is an outstanding example of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’s art,” added Leslie Webster, who formerly ...
The Telegraph reported that Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust, a British nonprofit in Stratford ... even down to criticizing the use of the term "Anglo-Saxon" to describe the native peoples for ...
In Roman Britain many people had been Christians. But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians, they were pagans. Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms. They thought that rhymes, potions, stones ...