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British law dictates that people must report finding "treasure," which includes metal items more than 300 years old. This ...
A rare sixth-century sword has been uncovered in an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. This remarkable find ...
I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...
Here are some of the Old English names for places around Oxfordshire: The name “Oxford” comes from the Old English Oxenaforda, meaning “ford of the oxen”. This refers to a shallow crossing in the ...
(Image: Pexels) Banbury It is suggested that the name Banbury could derive from "Banna", who was a Saxon chieftain said to ...
Fifth-century Chinese traveller Faxian (also known as Fa Hien) wrote that there were three Buddhist monasteries around the temple in Gaya. But the current pyramidal structure can be dated to the reign ...
Ukrainian soldiers uncover sixth-century BCE Greek artifacts during fortification work. (photo credit: 23rd Territorial Defense Brigade) According to Archaeology Magazine, Ukrainian soldiers found ...
Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early medieval Anglo-Saxon history. But the reexamination isn’t due to anything new ...