Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in each tell a story about how weapons were viewed at the time. There was also a striking discovery of a ...

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...

On the upper floor of the British Museum, in a gallery containing early medieval artifacts, most visitors will congregate around the swords, helmets, drinking horns and lyres. To a few, however, ...

In July 2009, unemployed Terry Herbert discovered the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever found in Staffordshire, England. His cheap metal detector unearthed approximately 4,600 gold and silver pieces, ...