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He thought the gold band, inlaid with triangular garnets and studded with tiny beads of gold, was an Anglo-Saxon ring. But as fellow detectorist Chris Phillips searched nearby, he hit on something ...

Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400 years ago. They have also unearthed a gold band or ...

A former antiques dealer who helped steal £12million worth of 'cursed' Anglo-Saxon treasure has told his accomplice to 'hand yourself in' after spending five years in prison. Simon Wicks helped ...

All Anglo-Saxon homes were made from natural materials. So they tended to rot over time. Unfortunately, there are no original Anglo-Saxon settlements left in Britain today. Most Saxons lived on ...

In this short clip, the character of Sid the Saxon shows us the typical jobs that would be done in an Anglo-Saxon village, such as this one in West Stowe. He explains all the roles the members of ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2. ...

Pew Research Center’s fact sheets on Asians in the U.S. and the accompanying blog post examine the Asian population in the United States overall and by 22 origin groups – Bangladeshis, Bhutanese, ...