took control of Mercia in the late ninth century—a victory recently dramatized in the Netflix series “The Last Kingdom.” He thereafter commissioned the writing of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ...

Were these incredible historical figures actually people that don't exist? The jury's still out. Who are these historical ...

The findings shed light on the ancient people who lived in western Hungary, whose identity continues to confound scholars.

For centuries the coins and jewellery lay undisturbed, buried in the Herefordshire countryside by a Viking warrior in the Ninth Century ... taken from the Anglo-Saxons by Vikings and buried ...

SWITZERLAND - The Moutier-Grandval Bible, an illustrated ninth-century masterpiece considered one of the finest manuscripts in the world, is back in Switzerland, where it miraculously survived the ...

The priceless Bible was produced in Tours in France in around 830-840, before making its way to Moutier-Grandval Abbey, in the mountainous Jura region in northwestern Switzerland. Now in the care ...

According to The Smithsonian, the ninth ... old Anglo-Saxon cross that was restored to its former glory, read up on these 32 Viking facts that reveal one of history’s most misunderstood civilizations.

During this time, Oisc would have established himself as a notable warrior. The final mention we have for ... Although there is no mention of Octa in the 9th century Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, he is ...

Archaeologists found a sixth-century Saxon sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent. The discovery, which will be featured in BBC Two's forthcoming series Digging for Britain, was described ...

An inscription from the 9th century, written in Kannada, was identified by archaeology enthusiast Reddy Rathnakar Reddy in Pedaramcharla village, Jangaon Mandal, on Monday (October 14, 2024).

A rare coin dating back to the ninth century will be up for auction this ... "In the past I had discovered Saxon pottery fragments in that area and after systematically searching the area with ...

During the dark and violent times of the fifth century, pagan warrior kings ... in the eighth and ninth centuries. The transition from the Roman Age to the Anglo-Saxon Age in this part of Britain ...