Was the Iberian Peninsula’s Bronze Age more advanced technologically than history has given it credit for? New study of the ...

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

Much like mines in the modern age, scholars have long assumed that ancient mining and metallurgy were highly toxic and dangerous, claiming the industry had a long-term, detrimental effect on the ...

At a depth of 23 meters, the team discovered an ancient river system associated with the Saraswati River, described in texts ...

Lead isotope analysis has emerged as a critical tool in the study of Bronze Age metallurgy, enabling researchers to decipher the provenance and circulation of metal resources used in ancient ...

Traditionally, copper metallurgy is not thought to have emerged until millennia later, during the Chalcolithic period. Thus far, the earliest evidence of smelting comes from the Anatolian site of ...

For decades, archaeologists have sought to reconstruct the history of metallurgy in human prehistory. A study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports by a team of researchers from ...

This Ancient Celtic Helmet Is the Oldest Ever Found in Poland Unearthed at the Łysa Góra archaeological site, the artifact, some 2,300 years old, is a prime example of Celtic metalworking ...

Ancient humans managed to live on the Tibetan plateau, the highest plateau on Earth, during the coldest period of the past 2.5 million years, demonstrating their resilience and adaptability.. The ...

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.