He was somewhere between the age of 17 and 25 when he died, apparently of natural causes. But for reasons that are…
Archaeologists working at the Pocklington burial site in Yorkshire have discovered the 2,500-year-old skeletal remains…
Some 3,000 "hill forts" or "defended enclosures" are scattered across Britain. The elevated land provided a defensive…
Archaeologists working at the UCL Petrie Museum have shown that ancient Egyptians made jewelry from chunks of…
About 3,000 years ago during the Iron Age, the Assyrians were a major power in the Middle East and North Africa. Their…
Great news for all you hopeful amateur metal detectorists: Two men, who'd been searching the same field for nearly 30…
It turns out Europe 2,600 years ago was pretty much exactly like one big college frat, with social elites vying for…
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,000-year-old Viking in Scotland, along with his boat, ax, sword and…
The sword is the perennial symbol of empires, knighthood, chivalry and fantasy. But it's also one of the world's most…
In its simplest terms, European prehistory can be divided into three parts: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the…
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