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The pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a gold Roman coin with Christian imagery, but they didn't do a very good job. ... a type of gold coin introduced by the emperor Constantine in the fourth century A.D.
New scientific research adds to growing evidence that the Anglo-Saxons did not replace the native population in England as history ... Researchers from the University of Durham and the British ...
Lewis Baker Warren entered Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1906, studied electrical engineering, got mediocre grades. Those who knew the tall, handsome lad with the blue eyes and dark hair ...
Well, there are two: that “Anglo-Saxon” was “hardly used” by the Anglo-Saxons to refer to themselves; and that because racists have used the term, it has been in some way “contaminated”.
A tiny gold coin that is believed to be the oldest from the Anglo-Saxons in East Anglia has been found in a field. Coin expert Adrian Marsden described the coin as a "massively significant" find ...
A type of Anglo-Saxon pottery, as the name suggests, Ipswich ware was produced in the town of the same name and is considered to be the first mass-produced wheel-turned pottery in Britain.
The Anglo-Saxons had consolidated their kingdoms over time, and by 927 A.D. King Æthelstan of Wessex had taken over most of the island. His incursions into Scotland and Wales gave him an ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...
An Anglo-Saxon complex which contains the remains of a 1,400-year-old royal hall is twice as big as originally thought, say archaeologists. The compound, near Sutton Hoo at Rendlesham in Suffolk ...
A tiny gold coin that is believed to be the oldest from the Anglo-Saxons in East Anglia has been found in a field. Coin expert Adrian Marsden described the coin as a "massively significant" find ...