The Independent

Cerne Abbas Giant: Why the Anglo-Saxons created England’s most macho hillside chalk figure

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
ReligionForBreakfast on MSN

How Christianity draws its Easter holiday from another religion

Each spring, claims resurface that Easter is directly derived from an ancient pagan goddess named Eostre. This video examines the historical evidence behind that assertion, beginning with the writings ...
Artnet

Two Amateur Metal-Detector Enthusiasts Have Discovered the Remains of an Ancient Pagan Warlord

Members of an amateur metal-detector club have discovered the 1,400-year-old remains of an Anglo-Saxon warlord—and the burial site is challenging what archaeologists think they know about post-Roman ...
insider.si.edu

Anglo-Saxon magic and medicine; illustrated specially from the semi-pagan text Lacnunga, by J. H. G. Grattan and Charles Singer

Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. New ser., 3. siris_sil_814754 ...
Ars Technica

Behold the likely face of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon teenage girl

Earlier this week, archaeologists unveiled the facial reconstruction of the remains of a seventh-century CE Anglo-Saxon teenage girl found in a rare “bed burial” in 2012. It’s part of a new exhibit at ...