The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

What it is: A decorated Anglo-Saxon metal helmet with a faceplate Where ... The most striking features of the helmet are in the face. The eyebrows, which are laced with silver wire and studded ...

The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted ... the armored head of a warrior and across the face was a bird with splayed wings, its body became ...

and a distinctive full-face helmet, of a kind never before recovered in Britain. Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon.