When Rome abandoned Britain, waves of Angle, Saxon, and Jutish warriors carved new kingdoms from the ruins of a lost province. This is the story of Kent, the oldest Anglo-Saxon realm, and the ...

The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings An aerial view of the excavations at Lyminge in southeastern ...

Clockwise from top left: Silver penny of Offa, Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia (front and back); silver coin of Cynethryth, Anglo-Saxon queen of Mercia (front and back); silver penny of Alfred the Great, ...

What was the most important battle in English history? If you answered the Battle of Hastings, the 1066 A.D. conflict in which the Normans successfully took over the English crown, you’re not alone.

It was hailed as one of the most exciting archaeological finds in Britain in decades: an undisturbed Anglo-Saxon burial chamber chanced upon during a road widening project near Prittlewell, in Essex.