Archaeologists in Denmark uncovered dozens of 1,500-year-old weapons, a rare chainmail shirt and other artifacts buried by an ancient chief ... other items from the Iron Age.

Excavations near Hedensted, Denmark, during the expansion of a freeway revealed several "well-preserved" ancient artifacts from the Iron Age that ... The sheer number of weapons is astonishing ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient Roman helmet in an unusual ... In addition to the Roman artifacts, multiple Iron Age weapons and armor were found, including "an incredibly valuable ...

In the eighth century B.C., Assyrian King Sargon II ruled over ... As the first army to use iron weapons, the Assyrians developed advanced military techniques to overwhelm their enemies.

Instead of the small stumps of iron that are often all that is left of the blades in ancient swords when they are discovered in Iran, the forgers attached different blades made of bronze ...

The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons ... genuine but fragmented ancient artifacts—was evident in these swords. Modern antiquities hucksters had altered the weapons to enhance their commercial ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

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 ...

The results showed that violence in the ancient Middle ... Age saw an upgrade in weapons quality, from bronze to more durable iron, and a political realignment as the Assyrian empire rose to ...

A large necropolis discovered in an ancient oasis provides a missing piece to the archaeological puzzle of the Iron Age ... according to the release. The weapons have some preserved wood and ...

but the find of ancient iron weapons on a burial site in Tinnevelly proves that iron was undoubtedly known in India in very early times; while the piece of iron slag unearthed at Bodh-Gaya shows ...