Bacon has a long-involved history. This cured and smoked pork product dates back to ancient times when processed meat was ...

“The players ducked down and kept their heads low, at any moment a heavy paving stone could have shattered the windows. On ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

These Anglo-Saxon accessories were recovered from the side of a hill in England and may be from a hoard, a ritual deposit or ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

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In this episode, we explore the Kingdom of Saxony and the other Saxe monarchies, which, despite being small states, played significant roles in European history. The Saxe families, known as "the ...

The fourteenth-century Icelandic Edwardsaga chronicles the life of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England (reigned 1042–1066). It also describes how, in the years after the Norman ...

Archaeologists reveal that an ordinary house in Bosham was the private headquarters of King Harold II, which changes local ...

Charlemagne’s long war against the Saxons was one of the most relentless conflicts of the early Middle Ages. The clash at ...

Tragically destroyed during the Nazi offensive in World War II, the 17th century Saxon Palace in Warsaw is a prominent historical site. Archaeological work being carried out at the site and its ...

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