The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

New research by the University of Oxford has suggested Anglo-Saxons in early medieval society were more connected to other parts of the world than previously thought. The study argues early ...

An Anglo-Saxon expert from the University of Oxford may have solved the mystery of why valuable artefacts from across the world were discovered in a royal burial chamber in Essex. The excavation ...

Archaeologists have discovered 321 silver coins still wrapped in a cloth and lead pouch from a time in English history marked by upheaval due to the coronation of a new Anglo-Saxon king.

A storyteller played music on a small harp or a lyre to accompany their stories and poems. Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan ...

The Anglo-Saxons "made the whole thing from scratch" rather than reuse an old coin, says an expert. Archaeologists found the remains of a ditch, indicating where Oxford's defences originally stood.

Discoveries made during excavations in Oxford have confirmed the original defensive perimeter of the then Anglo-Saxon town. An area around Oriel College was investigated by Oxford Archaeology ...

Helen Gittos, 50, an associate professor of early medieval history at the University of Oxford, has released a new research paper into the Anglo Saxon wonder near Woodbridge in Suffolk.

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern ... a medieval historian at the University of Oxford, told Live Science. Gittos said the chain mail coat from Sutton ...