Who was the legendary Viking warrior Thorkell the Tall, and precisely how tall was he? From his links with the Jomsvikings to ...

Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient against brutal Viking raids than previously thought. This is the conclusion of a new archaeological study from the University of Reading, which found ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...

Pillaging Vikings did not wipe out England's Anglo-Saxon monks after all as archaeologists found that the Kent monastery survived repeated attacks from Norse invaders for nearly a century. Lyminge was ...

David "Mac" MacDonald used to serve on U.S. nuclear subs. Now he's working on a precise replica of a ship that set sail ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ...

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Stonham Barns will host an homage to the Dark Ages next month, as it brings the Saxon & Viking Festival to Suffolk. The park's events manager, Fraser Carson, is so interested in these historical ...

LONDON (AP) — Two amateur British treasure-hunters were sentenced Friday to long prison terms for stealing a hoard of 1,100-year-old Anglo-Saxon coins and jewelry valued at millions of pounds (dollars ...

Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history David Keys British archaeologists looking for evidence of prehistoric activity in ...