The bronze-gilt square-headed brooch was originally discovered in Market Overton in Rutland A brooch dating from Anglo-Saxon times has been returned to a museum 26 years after it was stolen.
Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan, but after the conversion to Christianity in the AD600s astonishing artwork was made for churches.
When a roughly 1,500-year-old sword is described as still being in the “top echelons of swords,” you know that’s a pretty ...
The discovery of a well-preserved sixth century sword by University of Central Lancashire archaeologists will feature on the ...
during the Anglo-Saxon period. The fully intact vessel was placed at the head of an adolescent female, whose grave also included two plain brooches. The Scremby Cup is 2.2 inches (5.7 centimeters ...
Copper-gilded brooches, iron shield bosses and Anglo-Saxon spear heads were among the finds made by the metal detectorist. University of Sheffield One of the burials contained a skeleton of a ...
brooches, and buckles. In all, the cemetery is thought to contain about 200 burials. To read about an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall unearthed in southeastern England, go to "The Kings of Kent." ...
County finds liaison officer Lori Rogerson said these coin brooches or badges were the "most popular pieces of jewellery" during the last Anglo-Saxon king's reign and, with its cross design ...
Well-Preserved Runic-Inscribed Sword Unearthed from a Cemetery, Sheds New Light on Funerary Practices An astonishing find of ...
The sword is just one of many finds at the site near Canterbury, currently undisclosed to protect against potential looting ...