Previously, researchers had translated the runes in several armbands and found they contained shortened parts of what may be ...

Of the four arm bands found with the hoard, three of them are inscribed with Anglo-Saxon runes with Old English name elements, officials said. These runes likely correspond with the names of the ...

Anglo-Saxons also used runes (marked stones) but little has survived. Much of our evidence comes from archaeology: burials, grave goods, treasure hoards and building remains. These combs are made ...

The ancient runes of an inscribed silver armband found in a buried Viking treasure hoard in Scotland are helping to reveal more about a place and time nearly lost to history. “The hoard has a ripple ...

Who were the Anglo-Saxons? The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. Find out who they were and where they came from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain? Find out what ...