Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...

Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal with "great big flappy ears," as Hinman described them, this bronze trumpet would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece and held high above warriors' ...

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 ...

An analysis of the origins of seven severed skulls with nails through them shows that some people treated this way in Iron Age Spain were local while others came from afar. When you purchase through ...

An Iron Age settlement at the bottom of an Italy lake revealed more secrets. Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the province of Viterbo and Southern Etruria Nearly three ...

An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, ...

At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her burial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 1200 BCE, mankind began its shift away from bronze when a new ...