Other finds include a 1,400-year-old painted box, which is described as the only surviving example of early Anglo-Saxon painted woodwork, and the remains of a long-lost lyre, an ancient musical ...

An Anglo-Saxon Lyre, found as part of the Sutton Hoo medieval ship burial, has a cousin more than 2,400 miles away in Kazakhstan, according to archaeologists. A re-analysis of finds from Soviet ...

New research questions famed burial of ‘first’ Christian Anglo-Saxon king It was long suspected that the spectacular Prittlewell burial belonged to the first Christian leader of the Kingdom of ...

Based on a few metal fittings and a chemical analysis of the soil stains left by rotting wood, archaeologists have reconstructed a lyre buried with the Anglo-Saxon aristocrat.

A lyre identified in Kazakhstan bears striking resemblance to the famed Sutton Hoo lyre of medieval Europe, sparking questions about the instrument's origins.

Object Details Manufactured by Unidentified Subject of Joseph Fox Description An heirloom Saxon violin (a) and bow (b), with black case (2020.28.2). The violin is constructed of light brown wood, ...