Archaeologists pinpoint the site of King Harold’s elite residence, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, using a surprising clue: ...
Anglo-Saxons! We’re strong and brave and true ... Hrothgar, your highness, Take my sword and shield Hand to hand is how I’ll fight My strength will make him yield! So tonight we’ll have ...
A charity aiming to open a museum celebrating the incredible archaeological discoveries at Pocklington has launched an appeal ...
The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where they locked together side-by-side, shields in front, and pushed their enemy back ...
In recent years, periodic updates of the Oxford English Dictionary have added many Korean-language words, albeit romanized, ...
How is the president’s pardon power not a total shield? What part of “full and ... likened to the sword found at Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxon burial in Suffolk. It has a silver-and-gilt hilt ...
Artifacts discovered at the site include fine jewelry, silver plates, and weapons such as swords and shields. Gittos describes these ... continues to shed light on Sutton Hoo’s role in Anglo-Saxon ...