They even laid the foundation for the creation of England. There we go, the history of the Anglo-Saxons in a matter of minutes, from invaders to settlers, to makers. How enjoyable was that?

When the empire left Britain, the Germanic Anglo-Saxons conquered much of what is now England. The Anglo-Saxons' imitation "demonstrates a desire to plug into this vanished age," Marsden said.

As Catholics and many others across the world mourn and observe the death of Pope Francis, we look back at another pope who ...

Analyzing DNA from hundreds of Anglo-Saxon-era bones in England and in northwest Europe, a paper in the journal Nature has concluded that as much as 76 percent of ancestry in eastern medieval ...

Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early medieval Anglo-Saxon history. But the reexamination isn’t due to anything new ...

King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey, but this is not the only place where the ceremony has happened ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...

Artists and historians are hoping plans for a museum and art trail will help to mark a Viking clash that took place in ...

A Northumberland-based museum and whisky distillery has been named a finalist for VisitEngland’s New Tourism Business of the Year Award. Ad… | Tourism | North East | Food & Drink | Culture | Awards | ...