Zooarchaeologist Stella Nikolova examined dog remains from across Bulgaria’s Iron Age (roughly 5th–1st centuries BC). At Pistiros, she reported that nearly 20% of the examined dog bones had cut marks ...

Researchers have made a surprising Iron Age find in the form of an ingot in Sweden, as published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Initially, they thought it belonged to the Bronze ...

It began, as many great discoveries do, with a metal detectorist and a lucky beep. In December 2021, Peter Heads stumbled upon what would turn out to be one of the largest and most significant Iron ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

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 ...

Learn how growth patterns in tooth enamel and residues trapped in dental plaque were used to reconstruct childhood development and adult diets in an Iron Age Italian community. More than 2,500 years ...

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The longest iron spear, along with iron implements, pottery and other objects found at Thirumalapuram near Tenkasi; and (R) burial urns found at the site CHENNAI: An ancient warrior could have used ...