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 ...

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.

Only 11 other brooches of this style have been found in ... the uncovering of a sixth century sword, found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent. The sword, which features a silver-and-gilt ...

The silver penny brooch dates to the end of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert. The items will form part of an exhibition that will be held at a museum in Scunthorpe.