But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern ... but it seemed to have been modeled after chain mail worn by some soldiers in the Byzantine army at that time.

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

The Anglo-Saxons had armies, but their soldiers didn't fight all the time. After a battle, they went home as soon as they could and looked after their animals and crops. Anglo-Saxon children had ...

is the most valuable source for this era—gives the year of the fateful invitation as around 450 and characterizes the soldiers as coming from "three very powerful Germanic tribes, the Saxons ...

were likely acquired by recruited Anglo-Saxon soldiers. Those who returned brought back with them goods which were current, distinctive, and unlike the type of objects typically found in normal ...