A recent study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed the discovery of two individuals with ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa who were buried in 7th-century cemeteries in southern England. The ...

Humans were migrating to early medieval England from much further afield than scientists once thought. Genetic analysis at a cemetery in Dorset and another in Kent has now revealed the skeletons of ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

History documentary dealing with the origins of the British monarchy amid the Anglo-Saxon / Viking wars of early medieval ...

Very few people in England ate large amounts of meat before the Vikings settled, and there is no evidence that elites ate more meat than other people, a major new bioarchaeological study suggests. Its ...

Archaeologists have discovered a monumental early medieval cemetery that could be linked to a Christian saint. The burial ground was uncovered during excavations conducted as part of an improvement ...

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 ...

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the Conqueror's victory over the so-called Anglo-Saxons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons People in the United States and Great Britain ...

It's long been assumed that England's Medieval rulers ate copious amounts of meat. The scientific analysis of thousands of skeletons shows the diets of the pre-Viking rulers were "flexitarian." Feasts ...