Fingerprints are very rare for this time period and area,” said archaeologist Mikael Fauvelle of Lund University, noting the amazing find on Scandinavia’s oldest plank-built boat. Resentenced on a bit ...

A new £2.5m visitor centre at what is thought to be the biggest Iron Age hillfort in the country has opened its doors. Based ...

An Iron Age grave found in Austria has been found to contain a number of treasures, including bronze jewelry, as well as, surprisingly, the remnants of textiles. It was also discovered that the body ...

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 ...

Iron implements found in Tamil Nadu indicate that the Iron Age began here 5,300 years ago. Politicizing this fact does a disservice to archeology and the quest for truth. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Archeologists can tell quite a bit about ancient human life from ...

The discovery of the lost cargo from three different shipwrecks off Israel’s Carmel Coast is rewriting the history of Iron Age trade. Experts deduced the ebb and flow of trade patterns via the ...

I began history hunting when I was four years old, and it all started from watching Indiana Jones. I used to go fossil hunting, searching my family's farm for relics. Of course, the relics I found ...

After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 1200 BCE, mankind began its shift away from bronze when a new ...

The intact gold torc discovered last month in northwest Spain Archaeological Museum of Asturias Before the Roman Empire came to rule over the Iberian peninsula, Celtic peoples lived in modern-day ...