The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, a new study finds. The ...

Rotimi Segun scored twice to edge Saracens to a 20-14 victory at home to Toulouse in the Champions Cup ...

A groundbreaking bioarchaeological study from the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge has shattered long-held assumptions about medieval migration patterns into England. Rather than arriving in ...

Hereward is only coming off a maiden victory at his fifth start at Canterbury Park midway through December but has shown promise since his first visit to the races as a two-year-old back in March. The ...

22:10, Thu, Dec 25, 2025 Updated: 22:17, Thu, Dec 25, 2025 "Wonderful things," Howard Carter famously replied when he was asked what he saw upon entering Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Tens of thousands of Vikings flowed into northern England beginning in the late 9th century, first as an invading army and then as a wave of migrants. A 10th-century illustration depicts a Viking ...

The cemetery found in Suffolk consists of at least 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds (barrows) dating to the 6th–7th centuries AD. While acidic sandy soils have dissolved the bones, the excavators have ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

The 1,100-year-old burials of three elite warriors — two of whom were possibly father and son — have been discovered in ...