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Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king
A decorated Anglo-Saxon metal helmet with a faceplate Where it is from: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England When it was made: Circa A.D. 600 to 625 Related: Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old shield dropped ...
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Metal detectorists unearth dazzling Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet raven head and ring: 'It's unbelievable — I'm a bit emotional'
He thought the gold band, inlaid with triangular garnets and studded with tiny beads of gold, was an Anglo-Saxon ring. But as fellow detectorist Chris Phillips searched nearby, he hit on something ...
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Archaeologists Pulled a 1,500-Year-Old Sword From a Hidden Grave
Archaeologists discovered a sixth-century sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in the British ... share of artifacts—male graves had weapons and shields (though none as impressive as the sword ...
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How did the Vikings fight?
The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where they locked together side-by-side, shields in front, and pushed their enemy back ...