Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...
Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains.
On Menorca, sealed wooden and antler tubes preserved human hair dating to 1100–800 BCE. Chemical analysis revealed atropine, scopolamine, and ephedrine, showing Bronze Age Europeans used hallucinogens ...
The story begins at Kvemo Bolnisi, a smelting workshop perched on a hillside in the Caucasus. Soviet archaeologists first dug ...
It may not yet be too late to save a large part of modern civilisation. But in another few years it probably will be. “Died ...
In a recent study, Dr. Harel Shochat from the University of Haifa and his colleagues analyzed the biological and geographical ...
A 4,200-year-old climate shift triggered drought and famine, revealing how ancient societies adapted at the start of the Iron Age.
Ancient copper smelters in Georgia may have accidentally paved the way for the Iron Age, providing new insights into human ...
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Around 4,200 and 3,200 years ago, the planet experienced two major climatic events characterized by increased aridity. For ...
Six 3,400-year-old metal hoards found on Somló Hill reveal the existence of powerful elites and workshops in the Bronze Age.
An archaeological dig in northern England shows iron and lead processing continued and even increased after the departure of the Romans ...