These martial artifacts, in turn, suggested that the man interred in the ship burial at Sutton Hoo — possibly the early Anglo-Saxon king Raedwald — had brought back Byzantine armor after ...

or chest armor, while the reverse depicts a draped standing figure holding a military ceremonial flag, known as a standard, and symbols of war. On both the real and Anglo-Saxon imitation solidi ...

Great! Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally came from Germany and Scandinavia. Some historians say they were driven from ...

The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered contained ... In the 1990s, a warrior noble in full armor was found buried alongside his horse. Since one-third of the Sutton Hoo site has ...