The discovery of a well-preserved sixth century sword by University of Central Lancashire archaeologists will feature on the ...

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in ... pattern on the hilt, and runic script on the blade.

A sixth-century sword has been unearthed by archaeologists from a Lancashire university. The well-preserved weapon was ...

Seven dramas exploring the time of the Anglo-Saxons in England, including the story of Beowulf. 1. The Anglo-Saxons arrive. video1. The Anglo-Saxons arrive The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in ...

Narrator: Excuse me. Yes, you! Would you like to learn about the Anglo-Saxons? Great! Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally ...

the sword has drawn several comparisons to the famous Anglo-Saxon sword found in 1939 at Sutton Hoo, a burial ground in Suffolk. The newly discovered sword has a silver-and-gilt hilt featuring an ...

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Archaeologists found a sixth-century Saxon sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent ... The blade bears an inscription in runic script, and remnants of its leather-and-wood scabbard lined ...

Archaeologists in rural Kent, UK, have unearthed a "really incredible" 6th-century sword from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near ... and the blade is embossed with runic script. Parts of the weapon's ...

It has a silver-and-gilt hilt with an intricate decorative pattern, and a runic script is embossed on its blade. Parts of the Anglo-Saxon sword‘s leather-and-wood scabbard, lined with beaver fur ...