CHENNAI – A groundbreaking archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu is challenging existing global timelines for the Iron Age. Researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that iron-making in the ...

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When a cache of Iron Age metalwork emerged from Swedish soil, it did more than add a few glittering artifacts to museum ...

The discovery of the lost cargo from three different shipwrecks off Israel’s Carmel Coast is rewriting the history of Iron Age trade. Experts deduced the ebb and flow of trade patterns via the ...

A reanalysis of a 3,000-year-old metallurgical workshop in Georgia has revealed how ancient copper smelters may have accidentally discovered the secret to iron production, fundamentally changing our ...

A paper in the journal Antiquity has announced the discovery of three shipwrecks from biblical times (11th to 7th centuries BCE) off the coast of northern Israel. New technologies, like the ...

Copper smelters at the site used copper ores that lacked iron. Adding the iron oxide hematite to the furnace helped the copper metal to separate more easily from the impurities in the ore. Credit: Dr.

AI-generated illustration. Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Three thousand years ago, a group of metalworkers in what is now southern Georgia were trying to solve a problem. Their copper ores were ...

A heavy, round lump of metal turned up during routine yard work in Särdal, a coastal village in southwestern Sweden. The object looked ancient and purposeful – a finished piece, not raw ore. It was an ...

Archaeologists in England’s Cotswolds region have unearthed a large Iron Age settlement—and the ruins of what could be a Roman villa built on top of it. The excavation took place near the village of ...

DUBLIN — Scientists have made a remarkable discovery about women’s roles in ancient British society by analyzing DNA from ...

Recent excavations at El Cerrón in Toledo reveal surprising insights into the Carpetani elites, challenging long-held views of this ancient Iberian region. These findings suggest a deeper connection ...