Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

As the oldest daughter of Alfred the Great, it could be said that Aethelflaed was born into greatness. Contemporary chroniclers and English historians generally agree that she fulfilled this potential ...

A treasure hunter unearthed a silver coin minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander of eastern England.

A lost Viking army which was a "key part" of the creation of England may have been identified by archaeologists. More than 250 skeletons found at St Wystan's church, Repton, Derbyshire ...

When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

New analysis of the world-famous Jelling Stone in Denmark suggests that a Viking queen was much more powerful than previously thought. Queen Thyra is best known as the wife and mother of early ...