Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is no lack of beautiful Anglo-Saxon artifacts found in the UK, and this particular object is of great interest to scientists who admit they do not know what it is. What was this Anglo-Saxon object used for? Credit: Andrew Williams / Norfolk County Council The tiny object, which is […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists participating in the National Grid’s Viking Link project report new fascinating discoveries! The Viking Link’s construction will enable the countries to share enough green energy to power up to 1.4 million UK homes. National Grid also has five other interconnectors linking the UK with France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Last year, archaeologists excavating near Northampton, UK, made an extraordinary discovery. The research team unearthed a magnificent 1,300-year-old necklace made up of at least 30 pendants and beads made of Roman coins, gold, garnets, glᴀss, and semi-precious stones. The discovery caused great excitement; scientists said it was a “once-in-a-lifetime” gold […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at a small site near Buckingham report an intriguing find. According to researchers, this is the former site of a watermill with potential late Anglo-Saxon origins, which continued to operate until the early 19th century. Brick floor surface. Credit: Cotswold Archaeology A review of historical records by the […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The mystery surrounding the remains of two Anglo Saxons – identified as a man and a woman buried 1,400 years ago in south Oxfordshire – may finally be solved thanks to modern scientific techniques. A team from the University of Reading, Cranfield University and Oxfordshire Museum Service is learning more […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – At the end of 2022, MOLA archaeologists in Norfolk, UK, announced the amazing discovery shedding new light on the life of Anglo-Saxons. Scientists said they had unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” Medieval gold necklace that was “internationally important.”  According to experts, the exceptional necklace is the “richest of its type ever uncovered […]

AncientPages.com – A village with the Old English name “Filthy Pool” wasn’t an auspicious location to discover one of the most spectacular burials of the Anglo Saxon period. Nevertheless, excavations by the Museum of London Archaeology at Harpole, Northamptonshire, in England’s Midlands, have uncovered an astonishing Christian burial of the seventh century, a period when the religion […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Almost 300 years after the Romans left, scholars like Bede wrote about the Angles and the Saxons and their migrations to the British Isles. Scholars of many disciplines, including archaeology, history, linguists and genetics, have debated what his words might have described, and what the scale, the nature and the […]

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – His name Beowulf is among the greatest heroes of the English-speaking people, and his story has been known for generations. It is commonly cited as one of the most significant works of Old English literature. J. R. Skelton – Illustration in the children’s book Stories of Beowulf (H. E. Marshall). – Public Domain The […]