Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...

The Hjortspring boat was essentially a very large canoe used in an ancient raid. In the 4th century BC, several boats ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

An ancient war trumpet known as a carnyx was discovered in southeastern England — and it may have links to the Celtic Queen ...

Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

The Iron Age marked a major technological shift in human history. Iron tools were cheaper and stronger than bronze. This allowed wider access to weapons and farming equipment. Societies expanded ...

The newly discovered Iron Age instrument may have been played in the Celtic resistance against the Roman Empire ...

Archaeologists found traces of well-known plant poisons on Stone Age quartz arrowheads in a prehistoric South African rock ...

One of only three Celtic battle horns ever found in the U.K., the carnyx unearthed in West Norfolk could yield new insights into Iron Age warfare, ritual and sound.

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' ...

An almost complete battle trumpet dating back around 2,000 years to the Iron Age has been unearthed by in England.

Dr Tim Pestell, a senior curator of archaeology for Norfolk Museums Service, said: "This find is a powerful reminder of ...