What was life in the fens like in the period known as the dark ages? ... Casting light on the dark ages—Anglo-Saxon fenland is re-imagined. by University of Cambridge.

Anglo Saxon England was also home to one of the great intellectuals of the Middle Ages - the monk known as the Venerable Bede. Bede, born in 672, was a monk in Jarrow, in south Tyneside.

Our Dark Age Anglo-Saxon ancestors ended up in coffins made of decidedly substandard timber – according to new archaeological research. In the first ever group of Dark Age wooden coffins ever ...

Voices After Cheddar Man: How the mongrel English found their home during the Dark Ages. An early Anglo-Saxon Christian burial site in Trumpington and another burial site in Derbyshire with Great ...

In Anglo Saxon lore, they were believed to be shapeshifting creatures which demanded respect. ... Dark Ages gold was usually an alloy, containing some 25 per cent to 50 per cent silver.

Archeologists discover Dark Age treasure: ‘Most important Anglo-Saxon find in history’ ARCHEOLOGISTS have stumbled upon Britain’s most spectacular Anglo-Saxon treasures.

If intervention TV was around in England’s Dark Ages, they might have focused on episode of “Hoarders” on the Anglo-Saxons. Unlike denizens of the popular show, however, what the ancient ...

Among those queuing to see the artefacts was Allison Buckley, 47, from Stafford. "It's almost as exciting as queuing to see the treasures of Tutankhamun," she said, recalling the rush to see the ...

An illustration from a 14th-century illuminated manuscript known as the Rochefoucauld Grail depicts King Arthur leading his army against the Saxons.

London - Discovery of an almost intact Anglo Saxon royal burial chamber in southeast England may shed new light on the Dark Ages, archaeologists said on Thursday. More than 60 objects from gold ...

During the Middle Ages, there were thousands of ethnic tribes across the world. A lot of these larger groups are well known to us, like the Vikings, the Franks, the Anglo-Saxons and the Mongols.

Dark age burial site could be remains of legendary Saxon kings Historians think treasure found in burial site points to an important East Anglian dynasty and could include an Anglo Saxon king. News.