Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

The carbon-14 analysis produced striking results that challenge conventional wisdom about Bronze Age chronology. When comparing uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from the Egyptian artifacts with robust ...

Homer’s Iliad can also shed some light on what Mycenae was like in this era long after the Bronze Age. While there are still ...

The rarity of this find becomes even more apparent when considering that the British Museum possesses only one other Bronze Age lead ingot, discovered during excavations at Runnymede Bridge near Egham ...

Initial conservation work has revealed "exceptionally rare" silver-coloured items in a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts ...

A new study reveals that the deadliest weapon of the Bronze Age originated in the Near East around 1600 BCE before spreading ...

When metal detectorist Mariusz Stępień’s detector pinged in the Scottish Borders in 2020, he could never have guessed he was about to uncover one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds in ...

A large Bronze Age debris deposit in Mycenae, Greece provides important data for understanding the history of animal resources at the site, according to a new study. A large Bronze Age debris deposit ...

Thieves have stolen "significant" gold Bronze Age artefacts from a popular Welsh museum in a targeted "four-minute" heist, ...

Bronze Age gold jewellery and other items have been stolen from one of Wales' national museums, police have said. Officers ...

A SPECTACULAR and nationally significant Bronze Age neck ornament, recently bought by Skipton's Craven Museum, has been described as a 'real coup' for the region.

Police are investigating after Bronze Age gold jewellery was stolen from a popular museum in Wales. South Wales Police received a report of a burglary at around 12.30am on Monday at St Fagans National ...