In an announcement, the university described the findings as being "one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the UK." The Iron Age began at around 1200 B.C. and ended in 550 B.C ...

Without the invention of this process, called smelting, Bronze Age peoples couldn’t use the iron they found ... to confirm their suspicions. These ancient treasures came from a fallen meteorite.

a tribe that controlled much of northern England during the Iron Age. Researchers found at least 14 horse harnesses, which were likely used to pull ancient chariots or wagons. The harnesses were ...

A small village in rural North Yorkshire has become the site of one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the UK. Experts have discovered more than 800 items buried in Melsonby ...

While terrestrial iron required smelting, ancient civilizations sometimes used naturally occurring iron from meteorites, which already contained metal in a workable form. One of the most famous ex ...

Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using charcoal ...

Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel roughly 25 tons of iron-bearing river sand ... On the third night of smelting, when the tatara masters break open the ...

The area was brimming with iron smelting activities, and the team of researchers has found physical evidence of this. One day, while sifting through some soil, the team unearthed an ancient ...

In 2023, a team of archaeologists from the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, led by historian Bérangère Redon, found iron shackles ... found in Laurion, an ancient silver mine in ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

An Iron Age settlement at the bottom of an Italy ... An aerial photo shows Rusovce Mansion during excavations. The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible and looks like a drinking straw-shaped line.