According to Mike Godwin’s celebrated law, if an internet discussion goes on long enough, someone will inevitably compare ...

Sutton Hoo, one of England’s most iconic archaeological sites, has once again captured the attention of historians and ...

While the west subsidizes carnage in Gaza and Ukraine, the east does the opposite. For instance, one potential far east ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the ...

Councillors representing Fenland are facing serving an extra year in office amid planned changes to local government.

For many people, the mental picture of a Viking is of a blond giant in a horned helmet leaping out of a sharp-prowed longboat ...

I never knew my grandfather, but family tales of him coming to America from Birmingham, England, with his parents in 1872 at the age of ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

Editorial: The former Conservative leadership contender has been busy spreading ill-judged ideas about grooming gangs being the fault of ‘people from alien cultures’ with ‘medieval attitudes’. Even if ...

An exceptionally well-preserved sword dating back to the sixth century C.E. was recently unearthed in Kent, England. Found at ...

When a roughly 1,500-year-old sword is described as still being in the “top echelons of swords,” you know that’s a pretty ...

Described as 'one of the most extraordinary objects' ever seen on BBC show Digging for Britain, the weapon was found in a ...