Archaeological evidence suggests people in already living in England were keen to trade with Angles and Saxons. Alfred the Great is perhaps the most famous Anglo-Saxon king. He ruled from 871 – 899.

THE question, Are the Americans an Anglo-Saxon people? Is usually answered in the affirmative. Most of the world takes it for granted as a universally accepted fact that they are Anglo-Saxon.

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The lead archaeologist at the grave site told Newsweek that the sword was an "elite object that marked its owner out as special." ...

Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian before the Vikings settled, according to new studies. Cambridge University researchers analysed more than 2,000 skeletons and found elites ate no more meat ...

The burial mound of Sutton Hoo. Credit: Neil Theasby / Wikimedia Commons The most recent study, published in the English Historical Review, proposes a groundbreaking hypothesis: some Anglo-Saxons may ...

It is one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered in ... form of the great square-headed brooch, such as the famous Chessell Down Brooch on display at the British Museum.