A discovery by a metal detectorist in Denmark has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought ...

Archaeologists have recently revealed that a metal object discovered nearly two years ago on Denmark's Tasinge Island could potentially ...

The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted and fragmented nature. The Sutton Hoo helmet was displayed at the British Museum in London and was ...

In Roman Britain many people had been Christians. But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians, they were pagans. Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms. They thought that rhymes, potions, stones ...

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In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ... Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence The collection ...

The British Museum is both an architectural beauty and a trove of some of the world's most noted antiquities. In fact, many travelers say it's the best museum in all of London. What's more ...

In Silk Roads, the British Museum’s epic journey of a show ... Gold clasps from the Anglo-Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo in east England were newly analysed; the garnets in the Byzantine-style ...