A huge Anglo-Saxon burial site in Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom was recently discovered and archaeologists unearthed over 3000 pieces of jewellery, weapons, and more.

What was life in the fens like in the period known as the dark ages? ... Casting light on the dark ages—Anglo-Saxon fenland is re-imagined. by University of Cambridge.

Anglo Saxon England was also home to one of the great intellectuals of the Middle Ages - the monk known as the Venerable Bede. Bede, born in 672, was a monk in Jarrow, in south Tyneside.

Secrets of Saxon blood and gold cast light on a Dark Age MORE than a thousand years ago, someone hastily buried sacks full of treasure. Now it’s revealing Dark Age secrets.

While some have argued that a single term like “Anglo-Saxon” is inaccurate as the Dark Ages were a period of population change, including the Viking invasions, others maintain that the term ...

The period between Roman rule and the established Anglo-Saxon kingdoms used to be called the "Dark Ages" in Britain, possibly because so little was written down at that time; and it's been ...

However, the skill of Anglo-Saxon art, metal-work and manuscripts does not suggest a ‘dark age’ at all. Archaeology is revealing new treasures, most famously with Sutton Hoo in 1939.

"It will make us rethink the Dark Ages. That's basically what it's going to do." ... "This was the very best that the Anglo-Saxon metalworkers could do, and they were very good." ...

This extraordinary helmet was buried with its Anglo-Saxon ... clasps, household goods, and weapons—many with links to far-flung ... image of the era once called the Dark Ages.

Destination: Washington, D.C. by Elaine Jean Special to the Times It’s a good day to die. At least that’s the feeling that sweeps over visitors to Anglo-Saxon Hoard, the exhibit ...