Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers excavated the pieces and as they dug deeper into the pile, they found more than ...

The Viking Age hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in Balmaghie, near Kirkcudbright, in 2014. The Galloway Hoard was discovered in 2014 (National Museums Scotland/PA) A newly translated runic ...

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A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question "Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?" New ...

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the Conqueror's victory over the so-called Anglo-Saxons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons People in the United States and Great Britain ...

A wealthy pagan burial ground, dating from the first years of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain during the fifth century A.D., has been uncovered near London ahead of a high-speed rail project, ...

Artist Vesta (The Moon Divas Oracle) suggests in this colorful guide ways to build a “source wisdom partnership” with runes from the Elder Futhark and Anglo-Northumbrian alphabets. Vesta grounds ...

A newly translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have announced. The Viking Age hoard, which contains more than 5kg of gold, ...