Metal detectorists scanning a Baltic Sea beach in Poland have discovered a spectacular Hallstatt period dagger dating back approximately 2,800 years. The intricately decorated weapon, found embedded ...

In the northern climes of the UK and Ireland, autumn is often the best time to pull out the hiking boots and wind on up the ...

With Halloween on the horizon, we took a look back at the pervading costume trends of the last 25 years.

Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what might have been an ancient Celtic market.

Hundreds of priceless gold and silver coins were uncovered at a “secret” site in a picturesque region of the Czech Republic.

Copper smelters from 3,000 years ago may have experimented with materials just enough to launch the Iron Age. The Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age as the refining process of iron was discovered.

Excavations at Alalakh. Credit: Nicoleon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate change played a key role in shaping how ancient communities farmed and survived at the start of the Iron Age, ...

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 ...

The story of human progress is often told through the materials we have shaped and mastered. Stone gave way to bronze, bronze to iron, and iron to steel. Each shift brought not just stronger tools but ...

Around 1200 BCE, a remote furnace in the hills of southern Georgia may have unwittingly ignited one of humanity’s most significant technological revolutions, paving the way for the Iron Age. In a ...