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These 4,500-year-old rattles may be among the world’s oldest toys. A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

The bioarchaeological investigation of the Bronze Age cemetery of Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom has shed new light on an important period in Central European history.

Six months after liberation from a dictator, Syrians not only are aiming for democracy, but also must find solutions for a severe drought. That crisis may be a unifying moment.

Archaeologists in Turkey recently unveiled a 5,000-year-old loaf of bread from the Bronze Age, found in the province of Eskisehir. The find has inspired bakers to recreate it.

Baby rattle fragments. HAMA, SYRIA—Bronze Age potters working in the city of Hama in current-day Syria appear to have sold more than just cups, bowels, and dishes 4,500 years ago—they ...

One clue is a Bronze Age sword found in the 1920s in the Loukkos river. It was likely made in Britain or Ireland and may have arrived in Africa through Atlantic exchange networks.

The fate of Syria has deeper implications for the region. Russia, long a pillar of Assad’s survival, is eyeing a new naval presence in Sudan as a hedge against the uncertain future of its Tartus ...

Amid highway construction, archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery, as announced by the Suffolk City Council in the United Kingdom.

A new study has revealed that 3,300 years ago, tin mined in south-west Britain was a key resource for major Bronze Age civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean thousands of kilometers away.

Excavations on Somló Hill have produced one of the largest collections of late Bronze age and early Iron Age metal ever found in the region. Price Database. 24 June 2025. Artworks.

Where Bronze Age civilizations got large amounts of tin, a scarce metal, to mix with copper into the era’s namesake gold-colored metal has long puzzled archaeologists. A big part of the answer ...