While Easter is now fondly known for egg hunts, the Easter bunny and yummy hot cross buns, the celebration has taken many forms over time.

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 ...

Banbury was called Banesburh in Anglo-Saxon, while the name appears as Banesberie in the ... The town has been inhabited ...

Rupert Parker sets out on foot and discovers culture and history on the beautiful Dorset coast I always believe the best way ...

The images on the stamp are similar to those found on the Sutton Hoo helmet, which was unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ...

An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as ...

A metalworking die found in Denmark features a depiction of a horse and warrior that is remarkably similar to motifs on the Sutton Hoo helmet in England.

In 1939, the iron- and copper-clad helmet was discovered in Suffolk, England, within the elaborate ship burial of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon ruler. For decades it has been considered one of the ...

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 ...

Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the helmet's origins - and could re-write the story of early European history.

The archaeologist told the BBC that if the helmet is indeed proved to have come from Denmark, it could change our ...