Anglo-Saxons buried a mysterious vessel over a millennium ago. ... Alongside the burnt bones, researchers found an unexpectedly intact comb that may contain DNA evidence of the person, ...

Archaeologists in England have discovered the remains of a teenager and child buried in a spooning position in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the sixth or seventh century A.D.

The Anglo-Saxon kings were adept at framing laws that reflected their authority. ... Like many traditional societies, the Anglo-Saxons placed a high value on a person's word, ...

It is one of only 18 so-called "bed burials"—a rare Anglo-Saxon practice, usually reserved for high-status women, in which the deceased was buried on an ornamental bed—discovered thus far in ...

British news outlet The Telegraph reported that the term "Anglo-Saxon" is under scrutiny at the University of Nottingham. "In a move to ‘decolonise the curriculum,’ professors have renamed a ...

Anglo-Saxons buried a mysterious vessel over a millennium ago. ... “Now we know it was used to contain the remains of an important person in the Sutton Hoo community.

Archaeologists determined that the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, which predates the royal burial ground, contained 13 cremations and nine burials in 2000 ahead of construction of the Sutton Hoo visitor ...

Anglo-Saxons buried a mysterious vessel over a millennium ago. ... “Now we know it was used to contain the remains of an important person in the Sutton Hoo community.

“We knew that this bucket would have been a rare and prized possession back in Anglo-Saxon times, but it’s always been a mystery why it was buried,” said Angus Wainwright, a National Trust ...