A bungled looting scheme has led archaeologists to an underground Iron Age complex in Turkey that ... "The finding bears witness to the exercise of Assyrian hegemony in the region in its early ...

What began as routine excavation turned into a remarkable find: an Iron Age weapons cache and a rare chainmail shirt. Also read Stone Age People Recycled Ancestors' Heads in Ceremonies ...

In war-torn Mosul, archaeologists unearth the largest-known image of the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. This is the first time an image of a major god has been discovered inside an Assyrian ...

A Oxford Journal of Archaeology publication by Reli Avisar examines how vassal kingdoms, elite consumption, and imported luxury goods shaped Iron Age Lachish and Jerusalem. Southern wall of the ...

Similar weapons with smelted iron blades suggest meteoritic metal could have informed early ironworking techniques. PHOTO: ZHAO ANG, GUO STATE MUSEUM, SANMENXIA, CHINA BACKGROUND: OWEN FREEMAN ...

The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons began after a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan in the late 1920s. This discovery triggered ...

“The sheer number of weapons is astonishing, but what fascinates me most is the glimpse they provide into the societal structure and daily life of the Iron Age,” he said. Additional analysis ...