Bronze age

By recreating prehistoric one-on-one sword fighting and analyzing the ensuing damage inflicted onto replica weapons,…

A knife, chisel, arrowheads, and other gear belonging to a Bronze Age warrior have been uncovered on a…

A fascinating new study chronicles the family histories of European Bronze Age households, revealing the presence of…

A chemical analysis of pottery feeding vessels from the Bronze and Iron Ages suggests prehistoric European babies…

A remarkably well-preserved Bronze Age settlement dubbed the ‘British Pompeii’ was destroyed by fire around a year…

In October 2017, a pair of treasure-hunting metal detectorists made an extraordinary discovery near a Swiss lake: a…

It’s no secret that modern humans, with our fuel-burning cars, massive ranching and agriculture practices, and…

In what archaeologists are calling the “find of a lifetime,” a horde of Late Bronze Age weapons has been discovered…

The largest and best-preserved Bronze Age wheel ever to be found in Britain has been unearthed by researchers from…

Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered the charred remains of a 3,000-year-old stilted wooden structure that…

The Black Death wiped out nearly half the population of Europe during the 14th Century, a blight that swept through…

Europe has surprisingly little genetic variety. Learning how and when the modern gene-pool came together has been a…

Go on, say it with us: "It belongs in a museum!" That's exactly what a farmer realized 12 years after he discovered…

An analysis of artifacts retrieved from Bronze Age burial sites reveals that Denmark and ancient Egypt traded with…

Archaeologists working near Omsk in Siberia have discovered a complete suit of bone armor that likely belonged to an…

If you've ever wanted to be an archaeologist or a museum curator, now is your chance. A new open source…

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A team of people from 2012 tried to re-create and build a boat from 1550 BC, the Bronze Age, but failed…

Archaeologists have discovered a bronze artifact in ancient Eskimo settlement...which is pretty surprising,…

The sword is the perennial symbol of empires, knighthood, chivalry and fantasy. But it's also one of the world's…