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21 March 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past

The remains of an Anglo-Saxon pony, about 1.4m (4ft 6in)-tall, was found buried alongside the shadow skeletons of two people. Credit: Oxford Cotswold Archaeology

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Anglo-Saxon Prince Buried With His Horse Discovered at Sizewell C Site

13 January 2026

An elite Anglo-Saxon prince buried with his horse discovered during Sizewell C excavation in Suffolk, revealing rare 7th-century burial rituals...

HAROLD SACRAMENTUM FECIT VVILLELMO DUCI ("Harold made an oath to Duke William"): the Bayeux Tapestry shows Harold touching two altars at Bayeux as the duke watches.

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Traces of England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King Emerge Beneath a Norman Castle

30 December 2025

Archaeologists working in northern England believe they may have uncovered one of the last monumental traces of the Anglo-Saxon elite:...

The 19.6mm (0.7in) diameter high quality gold coin pendant is the first evidence of "elite groups of people" in the Thaxted area in the 6th Century. Credit: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Services

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Fake Byzantine Coin Pendant Is First Evidence of 6th-Century Elite in Thaxted, Essex

1 August 2025

Discovery of a rare 6th-century pseudo-Byzantine gold coin pendant near Thaxted sheds new light on elite presence in early medieval...