Dr Alixe Bovey journeys north beginning at York, stopping off at the medieval street, 'Shambles', which was used mainly by butchers and traders working with other parts of butchered animals. York ...

An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...

Two people buried in early medieval England had West African ancestry, experts have revealed, in a discovery that rewrites British history. The find provides the first direct evidence of a connection ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - The Shambles in York, a cobbled lane lined with 600-year-old buildings, has been named Britain's most picturesque street in a survey. The Royal Crescent in Bath and Grey Street in ...

The ninth century marks a pivotal moment in the history of medieval Britain. Viking invasions posed an existential threat to the network of established kingdoms and the hegemony of the Christian ...