facts About Anglo-saxons

• Anglo-saxons are from netherlands germany and denmark.
• The anglo-saxons came to britain between 410 AD and 1066 AD
• the anglo-saxons took england when the romans left britain

Anglo -saxons gods

Tiw

• Tiw is the god of war
• Tiw’s animal was a wolf
• Tiw is also the god of the sky and swords manship

Anglo- Saxon warriors came from three different countries Germany,Netherlands and Denmark.

Weapons and armorhttps://youtu.be/q8OjgE9U55w

• Blacksmith made the weapons and armor
• They had to be good at crating

• They were sharp
• It was made out of iron

They fearlessly fought the scotts in an epic war.

• They traveled on battleships

Slave girl

• Slave girls grind corn.
• They also serve lots of people.
• Anglo-Saxon slaves live in small houses or a grub hut.
• They also have owners who the have to listen to them and do everything they say.

The Thane

• A Thane is the person who is in charge of the village.
• A Thane is the person who tells people what to do.

She is the goddess of spring and dawn.

She saved a bird from the cold.

Easter got made from Eostre.

Eostre is also the god of fertility and rebirth.

All the weapons

• The most common weapon was a spear.
• The most feared weapon was a battle axe.
• The most precious weapon was a sword.
• They carried spears, axes, swords, bows and arrows.
• Spears was used for piecing and throwing.
• The bows and arrows were not frequently used by the Anglo-Saxons usually.
• They also used a knife.

All about Anglo-Saxons

The sword was called seax it was a model archaeology it was also a small sword

All Anglo-Saxon Weapons

• Anglo-Saxons had lots of different weapons.
• They had spears, daggers,some swords and shields.

How we found the treasure.

First we flew in our helicopter around until we saw deep lines they were in a shape of a boat! Next we came down and we started to excavate a little bit in the middle, but we had to lightly dig then we saw runes. It read “Do not touch a curse is coming!” the archaeologists were thinking it was a trick to not find secrets. However, our team had to talk to the lawyer of the land owner and convince him to excavate lots more. It took a long time but he said… “Yes”.

What we found

We found

• shields
• helmet
• spear
• golden chest
• coffin

why this is important

Firstly it teaches us about Anglo Saxons life because it has fingerprints on which tells us what their job was.

Secondly some artefacts are incredibly valuable such as shields, helmets, spears, golden chest and a coffin.

Thirdly one body was in the coffin was rotten. The group opened then they were very surprised that a letter read I’m the treasure. The archaeologists showed the man what they found and he was delighted because they had found the god’s body. He was happy and they had a reward of supplies for their travels!

Weapons

• sword
• axe
• spear
• bows and arrows

Homes

How we found it.

First we were in a plane flying around the hillside. Next we saw a big lump: Keiran skydived to the lump. Luke, me, Calvin, Kale and Ashton went down Luke dug it up we went back. There was a strange man that was angry! at us? because we dug his place up. So we had to negotiate to his lawyer. I offered him £100m but he refused and said he was going to call the police. He said I will want a ticket to a football match at Old trafford so then we agreed. The man said he will come back in later on. The client accepted. So then we got away with it.

What we found.

• We found a shield

• We found brooches

• We found bow an arrows

Why is this important?

It’s important because it’s an Anglo Saxon who is buried in it and he was a famous man, so the museum are going to want to investigate to see if it really old.