An archaeologist has shared the excitement he felt after the biggest discovery of his career – only to have to keep it a secret for four years. Unsuspecting metal detectorist Peter Heads stumbled upon ...

Teeth can act as detailed biological records, preserving evidence of health, diet, and stress experienced throughout a person’s life. Teeth can reveal far more than age or appearance. In a recent ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu have uncovered an 8ft-long iron spear dating back to 3,345 BCE, the longest Iron Age weapon found in India, discovered alongside gold objects in an ancient burial site.

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu uncover India’s longest Iron Age iron spear, an 8-foot weapon revealing early metalworking skill ...

Iron Age teeth fossils reveal diversity of diet of ancient Italians - Findings offer strong evidence that ancient Italians regularly consumed fermented food and beverages ...

A vast hoard of over 800 important archaeological finds, one of the largest ever from the Iron Age, has been discovered in England. The excavation of chariots, decorated horse harnesses, ceremonial ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland revealed that they discovered a 2,500-year-old canoe in remarkable condition. The extremely well-preserved find was uncovered at 3.5 meters in Lake Neuchâtel in western ...

Tom Moore, head of the department of archaeology at Durham University said the size and scale of the hoard is "exceptional" Archaeologists have helped uncover one of the "largest and most important" ...

(CNN) — A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago, researchers have said. Now known as the Melsonby Hoard, this ...

Introduction / Erin D. Darby and Izaak J. de Hulster -- Iron Age terracotta figurines from the Levant : a comparative and iconographic perspective / Izaak J. de Hulster -- A technical perspective on ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers introduced Twigstats, a new time-stratified ancestry analysis, and applied it to ancient whole-genomes from Europe. Ancient genomic sequencing has ...