A Swedish plano-convex ingot once thought to be from the Bronze Age was revealed through chemical and isotopic testing to ...

When a cache of Iron Age metalwork emerged from Swedish soil, it did more than add a few glittering artifacts to museum ...

Archaeologists have found evidence that a vast temple complex existed in a famous prehistoric site in County Armagh. The researchers have found evidence of a temple complex that dates back to the Iron ...

Learn about three ship cargoes that were found off the coast of Israel, unveiling the history of an ancient port where trade flourished. Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who ...

Five years after emerging from the grounds of Chelmsford, the U.K.’s largest recorded hoard of ancient gold coins has found a new home. Unearthed by a metal detectorist, the Great Baddow Hoard (named ...

Roman connections with Britain stretch back to (at least) the mid 1st century BC, but what has archaeology revealed about the ...

The painting "Boadicea Haranguing the Britons" by John Opie (1761–1807), depicting the warrior queen Boudica of the Iron Age. (Public domain/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — ...

It's one of the biggest Iron Age weapons hoards in western Germany. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A metal detectorist scouring ...

This finding suggests that the discovery of iron may have happened accidentally. Archaeologists may have uncovered crucial insights into the origins of the Iron Age through the study of a ...

Chemical traces of 3,500-year-old beeswax on central Nigerian potsherds shed light on an often invisible aspect of ancient diets—and a bit about what fueled the culture that launched Africa’s Iron Age ...