I smelted iron in brick furnaces using ancient metal methods. Controlled heat and airflow produced workable iron.

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

Under Labor’s watch, federal spending has reached 27 per cent of GDP, the highest since the 1980s (outside COVID). The ...

The steel and scientific community lost a beautiful soul, renowned engineer and major innovator, on 24 November 2025. At the ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where ...

New analyses of the Hjortspring boat, a well-preserved prehistoric vessel, date its construction to 381-161 BCE. Material ...

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton.

In 1855 all that was in the village of Montague was Nathan Sargent’s house, his blacksmith shop and barn, which were built at ...