The excavation didn't just uncover the battle trumpet but also other ancient artifacts like a sheet-bronze boar's head. Five ...

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' ...

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Ancient Tamil civilisation's origins are being pushed further into antiquity thanks to groundbreaking evidence uncovered by ...

Five years after emerging from the grounds of Chelmsford, the U.K.’s largest recorded hoard of ancient gold coins has found a new home. Unearthed by a metal detectorist, the Great Baddow Hoard (named ...

The discovery of the lost cargo from three different shipwrecks off Israel’s Carmel Coast is rewriting the history of Iron Age trade. Experts deduced the ebb and flow of trade patterns via the ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin holds up a state archeology department report that traces the earliest use of iron in Tamil Nadu to 3345 BCE, Chennai, India, January 23, 2025. Credit: X/M.K.

Rachel Pope does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

I began history hunting when I was four years old, and it all started from watching Indiana Jones. I used to go fossil hunting, searching my family's farm for relics. Of course, the relics I found ...

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 ...