Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby church and toilet were vital clues.

In 927, Athelstan became the first king to rule over all of England — and it hadn't been an easy journey. Though he was the ...

They even laid the foundation for the creation of England. There we go, the history of the Anglo-Saxons in a matter of minutes, from invaders to settlers, to makers. How enjoyable was that?

Professor Oliver Creighton from the University of Exeter said: "The Norman Conquest replaced England’s Anglo-Saxon elite with a new ruling class, leaving few physical traces of their predecessors.

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...

The Last Kingdom, which is available to stream on Netflix, has been compared to Game of Thrones as viewers dub the series ...

This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...

Ever since Game of Thrones finished, there has been somewhat of a hole in many people’s viewing habits.Although the ...