Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early medieval Anglo-Saxon history. But the reexamination isn’t due to anything new ...

A structure that housed a significant number of historical artifacts from early settlers of Perry County was destroyed by a fire Sunday, March 30. The two-story visitors center at the Saxon ...

A newly discovered metal stamp in Denmark may challenge the origins of the Sutton Hoo helmet, one of Britain’s most iconic ...

Suffolk's Sutton Hoo has fascinated archaeologists for decade - now Time Team is starting to show off more finds from last year's dig at the site.

A rare sixth-century sword has been uncovered in an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. This remarkable find ...

The face of Anglo-Saxon England may have Danish origins. Ever since the Sutton Hoo ship burial and its wealth of artifacts were discovered in the late 1930s, the archaeological consensus has ...

Saxon, Viking, Medieval, and modern history! But things took a spooky turn when we uncovered an artifact that might carry a genuine ROMAN CURSE. Could this relic be linked to ancient rituals meant ...

Raj Tawney, an essayist and journalist who writes about family, food and culture, is the author of “Colorful Palate: A ...

For 178 years, the Smithsonian Institution and its 21 museums, 21 libraries, 14 education and resource centers, National Zoo, and other affiliates have been responsible for chronicling and displaying ...

A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking ...

A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur ...