The 1,400-year-old helmet and a reconstructed sword handle show how Anglo-Saxons combined Christian and pagan art, possibly as talismans on the battlefield. The £3.3million Staffordshire Hoard, with 4 ...

The face of Anglo-Saxon England may have Danish origins. Ever since the Sutton Hoo ship burial and its wealth of artifacts were discovered in the late 1930s, the archaeological consensus has pointed ...

Heavily damaged before it was buried, the treasure – believed to be more than 1,300 years old – contained more than 4,000 fragments. Reconstructions of a rare Anglo-Saxon helmet that formed part of ...

The Staffordshire Hoard is back on display as Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery completes another phase of its reopening.

An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as previously thought. The Anglo-Saxon helmet, dated to the 7th century, is one ...

A RELIC from the Dark Ages which was discovered on the outskirts of Sheffield was due to take centre stage today as part of an event hosted by a city historian. Dr Charles West from the Department of ...

Archaeologists in Rendlesham, Suffolk, have uncovered a seventh-century settlement that may have been home to the craftspeople who made the treasures of nearby Sutton Hoo, widely considered the ...

The recently reopened Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock Gallery in room 41 of the British Museum covers Europe A.D. 300-1100, and includes many artifacts excavated at an Anglo-Saxon burial mound in Sutton Hoo ...

Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon helmet found in Sutton Hoo. Credit: Chris Eccles / Flickr From there, they reached the Byzantine capital, breaking the siege it was under by pagans, and many were ...

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Reconstructions of a rare Anglo-Saxon helmet that formed part of the Staffordshire Hoard will go on public display for the first time. The collection – the largest ever find of Anglo-Saxon gold – was ...