The tale of King Harold, who lost England to William the Conqueror, still looms large in British popular culture. But the ...

New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have ...

Discover how a reexamination of the history of the Battle of Hastings revealed that King Harold likely didn't walk there.

A fresh re-reading of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle suggests that King Harold Godwinson didn’t race south by land after Stamford ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gold foil cross uncovered at an Anglo-Saxon burial site in the village of Prittlewell in 2003 on display at Southend Central ...

The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings An aerial view of the excavations at Lyminge in southeastern ...

Archaeologists in England have identified a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house, which, they say, may once have been the home of a king who became a saint. Thought to date from the early 9th century, ...

Meat-heavy banquets have long been thought to be a common feature of early medieval life for England's kings and nobles, who are often depicted feasting on legs of animal flesh and knocking back ...

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, EnglandSOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England — An underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers appears to be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial ever found in Britain, ...

An underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers appears to be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial ever found in Britain, archaeologists say, calling it the Anglo-Saxon ...