Remnants of the lost ‘Dark Age’ kingdom of Rheged possibly discovered in Britain
Early medieval poetic sources mentioned Rheged as one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd (Old North), which pertained to a Brittonic-speaking region comprising parts…
Dark Age
Impressive ruins of a Dark Age royal palace discovered near the birthplace of King Arthur
Archaeologists from the Cornwall Archaeological Unit (funded by English Heritage) have unearthed the structural remnants of what was probably quite an imposing Dark Age royal…
Aachen Cathedral: An enigmatic masterpiece signifying the end of ‘Dark Age’ in Europe
Often referred to as the ‘Imperial Cathedral’, the Aachen Cathedral (in Aachen, west of Bonn, Germany) is a Roman Catholic church that is the oldest…
