The pendant, described as "very unusual," was crafted by an early Anglo-Saxon artisan in imitation of a Roman solidus coin from the reign ... be at least 300 years old to be declared treasure.
Archaeologists unearthed the 1,800-year-old multicolored goblet upon ... to have shifted again," he said. Related: Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typos To better ...
The dates of the later coins show that the hoard was buried after the Anglo Saxon king, Athelstan ... I thought “oh dear I’ve found an old ballcock – I’ve got a lead cistern with an ...
This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...
As prosecuting counsel Matthew Donkin outlined to newly sworn-in members of a jury in Court One at the Old Elvet court complex, they were to hear a story of human greed, both in the Anglo-Saxon era ...