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2,400-Year-Old Metalworking Workshop Discovered In Africa

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a 2,400-year-old metalworking workshop in Senegal offers important new information about the history of iron production in Africa...

Bronze Age mines discovered in Spain may explain Scandinavian metal mystery

Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain, offering a striking new clue about where the metal in ancient Scandinavian artifacts ma...

Iron masses found on Israeli seabed change understanding of early metalworking

Lumps of iron coated in slag sank with a ship at Dor in northern Israel, showing that cities didn't smelt iron ore themselves after all

Iron Workshop in Senegal Operated for 800 Years

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—Archaeologists led by Anne Mayor Anne Mayor of the University of Geneva uncovered an […] The post Iron Workshop in Senegal Operated for 800 Years appeared first...

Ancient African Workshop Reveals Ironworking Tradition That Was Used for Nearly Eight Centuries

Learn about the discovery of a 2,400-year-old iron-smelting workshop in Senegal, shedding light on the Iron Age in West Africa. 

Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones

An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practice of making tools out of bone persisted even after the advent of metal-working

Archaeologists Discover Prehistoric Mountain Cave Packed With Mysterious Green Mineral

A prehistoric Pyrenees cave may have been an early copper-processing camp repeatedly used for thousands of years, with archaeologists also uncovering child remains and symbolic jew...

Early Iron Production Dated in Central Africa

PARIS, FRANCE—Evidence of iron production dated to the fifth century a.d. has been discovered at […] The post Early Iron Production Dated in Central Africa appeared first on Archae...

Celestial craftsmanship: discoveries from China Sanxingdui uveil secrets of meteorite axe

The archaeological site of Sanxingdui in southwest China’s Sichuan province has yielded remarkable discoveries, including insights recently revealed by Chinese researchers about ho...

Why Temple Bronzes Shine Like Gold: The Art of Ritual and Metallurgy

The Sacred Science Behind the Golden Glow of Hindu Temple Bronzes The Mysterious Radiance Visitors to ancient Hindu temples are often mesmerized by the lustrous golden sheen of bro...

Метеоритное железо в древнем оружии: что нашли археологи в Китае спустя 3000 лет

Археологи нашли в Китае древний железный топор, выкованный из метеорита. И это за столетия до того, как люди научились выплавлять железо из руды. Разбираемся, как древние цивилизац...

Ancient Weapons Workshop Linked to Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Greece’s Andros

Archaeologists have uncovered a large ancient weapons production site on the Greek island of Andros, linked to the era of Alexander the Great’s successors, who dominated the island...

How Did People In Late Bronze Age Central Europe Live During The Urnfield Period, A Time Of Significant Change?

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new interdisciplinary study offers the first detailed biomolecular and archaeological insights into the lives of people in Central Europe during...

Christchurch company opens metal-refining facility

Advancing the use of metal in the Wild West

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Earliest Evidence of Cereal Processing in the Canary Islands Uncovered

BENTAYGA, CANARY ISLANDS—Archaeologists uncovered the earliest known evidence of cereal harvesting in the Canary Islands, […] The post Earliest Evidence of Cereal Processing in the...

Reanalysis of Northern Australian Stone Tools Pushes Back Heat Treatments by 20,000 Years

ARNHEM LAND, AUSTRALIA—According to a Phys.org report, Patrick Schmidt of the University of Tübingen and […] The post Reanalysis of Northern Australian Stone Tools Pushes Back Heat...

Ancient Roman Gold Mines Discovered in Spain’s Pyrenees

Luminescence dating has confirmed Roman exploitation of alluvial gold in the Eastern Pyrenees for the first time. For centuries, stories of gold hidden in the rivers of the Pyrenee...

Traces of Cremation Pyre Uncovered in the East of England

SUFFOLK, ENGLAND—The East Anglian Daily Times reports that archaeologists from Cotswold ARCHAEOLOGY uncovered traces of […] The post Traces of Cremation Pyre Uncovered in the East...

Rare graves reveal a lost world of Bronze Age Europe hidden for 3,000 years

Scientists have uncovered remarkable new details about Bronze Age life in Central Europe by studying rare burials untouched by cremation. The research reveals communities experimen...

Where Did Bronze Age Mongolians Prepare Their Feasts?

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY—According to a Phys.org report, a team of researchers led by Jean-Luc Houle […] The post Where Did Bronze Age Mongolians Prepare Their Feasts? appeared firs...

Lost Roman Mining City in Spain Revealed Through Thousands of Pottery Fragments

Lost Roman Mining City in Spain Revealed Through Thousands of Pottery Fragments

Bronze Age Jewelry Unearthed in Northern Germany

LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY—According to a Greek Reporter article, a collection of Bronze Age jewelry was […] The post Bronze Age Jewelry Unearthed in Northern Germany appeared first on...

Whydah Gally Shipwreck Corrects a Myth About African Gold

Centuries-old European tales about Gold Coast traders adulterating precious metals hundreds of years ago are challenged by the famous Whydah Gally shipwreck.