Archaeologists have unearthed a tremendously rare sight in the form of a largely untouched, 2,500-year-old burial mound.

The burial mound, known as Kurgan No. 1, had remained completely undisturbed since antiquity, a rarity among Saka monuments that have often fallen victim to grave robbers. The tomb's structure ...

Lead isotope analysis has emerged as a critical tool in the study of Bronze Age metallurgy, enabling researchers to decipher the provenance and circulation of metal resources used in ancient societies ...

AMMAN — Located in the central Jordan Valley, some eight kilometres from the Jordan River, Deir Alla was a sanctuary and a metal-working hub from the 16th century BC until the 5th century BC. The ...

Around 1200 BCE the Bronze Age collapsed and iron began to dominate—this metal revolution powered armies, reshaped societies ...

Reminiscences : working with Jim Muhly / R. Maddin -- Late bronze age copper production in Cyprus from a mining geologist's perspective / G. Constantinou -- Metallurgical production and trade on ...

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Metals found in lake mud in the central Peruvian Andes have revealed the first evidence for pre-Colonial metalsmithing there. These findings illustrate a way that archaeologists can recreate the past ...