Population genomics has exposed a history far more complex, dynamic and intertwined than we might wish to imagine. Even in a ...

Two people buried in early medieval England had West African ancestry, experts have revealed, in a discovery that rewrites British history. The find provides the first direct evidence of a connection ...

Staffordshire farm field revealed an astonishing Anglo-Saxon hoard. This remarkable unearthing reshaped historical narratives about early medieval Britain, highlighting its opulence and intricate ...

At the panel, which was co-hosted by Harvard’s Committee on Medieval Studies and the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past, a group of Harvard faculty agreed with the researchers that the ...

Overlooking the Strait of Dover in England, Dover Castle in Kent has got a fascinating history, and it is massive.

Scientific research shows that rather than a victim of invasion, early medieval Britain was a cultural melting pot ...

Archaeologists have analyzed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in 7th-century-AD cemeteries on the south coast of England, revealing that they both had recent ancestors, likely grandparents, ...

Horses owned by the elite in medieval England were probably imported from continental Europe, possibly travelling hundreds of kilometres, according to tooth analysis of horses unearthed at a cemetery ...

While England boasts world-renowned castles like Windsor and Warwick, which draw visitors from across the globe, the country also plays host to lesser-known castles equally grand and rich in history.

For a thousand years, from Emperor Claudius to William the Conqueror, the British Isles were defined by invasion, each successive wave bringing something new to the mix. The Romans brought figurative ...

A University of Cambridge research team has mapped murders that took place around the 14 th century to create interactive murder maps of three English cities. Using preserved coroner and inquest ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...