Mysterious Bronze Age figures produced by Sardinia’s Nuraghe culture have finally had their material origins revealed.

The items will soon be put on public display. “Most items are characteristic of the Middle Bronze Age, with only one ax belonging to the earlier period,” archaeologist Martin Trefný, who also serves ...

The pottery piece that experts believe dates to the Early Bronze Age was likely both part of daily usage and held spiritual ...

(CNN) — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that weaves though the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, ...

More than 2,200 artifacts dating from "prehistory to the present day"—including a Roman gold ring and a Bronze Age ax—have been collected in an archaeological prospecting project in Portugal. The ...

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As the Bronze Age faded, a stronger metal changed everything. The Iron Age brought new tools, new weapons, and the rise of civilizations that would shape the ancient world.

A retired geologist has claimed he's found a lost Bronze Age settlement in his backyard — after learning to identify artifacts by watching "Time Team," a popular TV series in the U.K. that features ...

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of revellers descend on the West Country for five days of mud, music and dumplings priced ...

A team of people from 2012 tried to re-create and build a boat from 1550 BC, the Bronze Age, but failed spectacularly. When the ship was lowered into the ocean, it immediately filled with water and ...

Volunteers who helped make two Bronze Age-style log boats by hand will discover whether they float during a celebration event. The team at Stanwick Lakes, Northamptonshire, spent 700 hours over two ...