Excavations near Hedensted, Denmark, during the expansion of a freeway revealed several "well-preserved" ancient artifacts from the Iron Age that seemed to have been buried intentionally thousands ...

A number of Iron Age finds have been discovered in recent memory. In February 2019, researchers found more than 100 fragmented human skulls buried in an open area of Le Cailar, France — a 2,500 ...

So Jambon tracked down the early pieces of iron that popped up during the Bronze Age, when iron was more valuable than gold. Those included a Syrian ax made around 1400 B.C. and bracelets found in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what could be a significant Iron Age Roman settlement, potentially including a Roman villa, following the discovery of rare cavalry swords in the Cotswolds. The ...

A weapon as legendary as the dagger of King Tutankhamun needs an epic backstory, and last year X-ray analysis showed that the iron in the blade came from meteorites. Now a study has found that the ...

In the late 1920s, a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan, near the border with Iraq. They dated from the Iron Age and demonstrated how ...

An Iron Age tomb discovered in Italy was filled to the brim with weapons and a chariot. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...