For many people, the mental picture of a Viking is of a blond giant in a horned helmet leaping out of a sharp-prowed longboat ...

Ever since the Sutton Hoo burial ship was discovered by Basil Brown in 1939 many historians have been convinced that the body found in it was Raedwald - who reigned from 599 until his death 25 years ...

I never knew my grandfather, but family tales of him coming to America from Birmingham, England, with his parents in 1872 at the age of ...

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 ...

Described as 'one of the most extraordinary objects' ever seen on BBC show Digging for Britain, the weapon was found in a ...

In the shadows of York’s storied walls, an ancient Roman skeleton has revealed an astonishing secret: Scandinavian heritage ...

The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity is fighting to make sure the rainforests across the country are preserved for ...

According to a new study published in Nature, Scandinavian genes were present on the British Isles several centuries earlier ...

Professor Peter Heather, historian at King's College London, told BBC the research was "revolutionary," highlighting its potential to clarify the nature of relations between new arrivals and native ...

It was found in a cemetery for high-social-status individuals that's being kept secret from the public due to the value.

I EXPLAINED last week how modern-day Dumbarton was once Alt Clut, the rock or height of the Clyde, and had a kingdom named after ...