Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan, but after the ...

The artefacts have been dated to the Anglo-Saxon era of 7th century AD, Paul Gould, one of the two detectorists who found them in January said. It’s not clear what the raven head represented but ...

Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms ... Look at all the intricate chaotic decoration around it. Most important of all, the people who buried the king made sure that he’d look good in the ...

Archaeologists identified a British cave dwelling as the refuge for an exiled Anglo-Saxon king in 2021 ... building that had been made simply for decoration or as a joke. However, researchers ...

Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400 years ago. They have also unearthed a gold band or ...