In 774 AD, a large red cross illuminated the night sky over England, causing quite a stir among the Anglo-Saxons. It was regarded ... discovered extraordinarily high levels of the carbon-14 ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship ... She served with the Red Cross in World War I.

From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. English owes much to ...