Harold Godwinson was the “last Anglo-Saxon King of England,” the university said, and the exact location of the royal home ...

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

Compelling new research from the University of Oxford argues that early medieval soldiers were recruited from Britain into ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern ... but it seemed to have been modeled after chain mail worn by some soldiers in the Byzantine army at that time.

Prior research has shown that soldiers in Britain were recruited by ... More information: Helen Gittos, Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?, ...

The Anglo-Saxons had armies, but their soldiers didn't fight all the time. After a battle, they went home as soon as they could and looked after their animals and crops. Anglo-Saxon children had ...

is the most valuable source for this era—gives the year of the fateful invitation as around 450 and characterizes the soldiers as coming from "three very powerful Germanic tribes, the Saxons ...

New research by Oxford University has suggested Anglo-Saxons were more connected to other parts of the world than previously thought.