Archaeologists in southern Germany have unearthed a rare, octagonal Bronze Age sword worthy of ...

For more than 200 years, Nordic Bronze Age rock art has sparked the interest of academics. Yet we still know surprisingly little about the individuals who carved these figures into the rock. A new ...

The sword was discovered during archaeological excavations in Nördlingen, a town in the Donau-Ries district of Swabia, Bavaria. The weapon, which dates to the middle Bronze Age, is so remarkably ...

When metal detectorist Mariusz Stępień’s detector pinged in the Scottish Borders in 2020, he could never have guessed he was about to uncover one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds in ...

Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...

Some Norwegian hobbyists are having a great time uncovering hundreds of Bronze Age carvings. Their discoveries have lent weight to theories about what the mysterious images mean. From left: Lars Ole ...

A research team led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Maner from Koç University's Department of Archaeology and History of Art has ...

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An immense Bronze Age settlement has emerged from the Kazakh Steppe, revealing a surprisingly urban and industrial society where archaeologists once expected nomadic camps. At Semiyarka, researchers ...