Beyond the buildings, archaeologists also recovered fragments from handled cups called terrines and other pottery with recognizable rim decorations. Combined with additional radiocarbon dating, ...

A hoard of 18 Iron Age gold coins discovered in a field by a metal detecting history professor has sold for £33,200 at auction. The coins are the largest known find from the reign of Iron Age king ...

Ancient England had more "bling" than historians have given it credit for. That's the conclusion archaeologists drew from a cache of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts from northeast England dating back ...

A rusty-looking implement handed into Builth Wells Heritage Centre has turned out to be a rare Iron Age sword.

A rusty-looking implement handed into Builth Wells Heritage Centre – has turned out to be a rare Iron Age Sword ...

This global shift may have come as a result of smelters looking for ways to increase copper yields.

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Early Iron Age ornaments unearthed in Poland have been found to contain iron from meteorites, suggesting the ancient inhabitants of the region were adept at working the metal much earlier than thought ...

The teeth of people who lived in modern-day Italy during the Iron Age helped scientists reconstruct details of their childhood, diet, and general health. The study showed that microscopic traces in ...

Iron Age teeth from southern Italy have become time capsules, preserving intimate details of childhood and diet. Growth lines in the enamel reveal moments of early-life stress, while hardened plaque ...

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 ...