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Recent archaeological excavations in Hüllhorst, Germany, have revealed a rare and remarkably well-preserved Iron Age village. The discovery was made on a site originally designated for the ...

A discovery in Spain shows that ancient people in the Iberian Peninsula were making objects out of iron from meteorites. Two unusual pieces found in the Treasure of Villena were made from this ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University is shedding light on a long-overlooked social group in archaeology: the elderly. While research on women and children has flourished in recent decades, older ...

The Widmanstätten pattern also hints at how the meteorite was processed by the ancient Egyptians. The cross-hatched texture, ...

A shipment declared as “metal decorative articles” turned out to be something else entirely - dozens of ancient weapons, believed to be looted from Iran. US border officials in Philadelphia have now ...

While many people are fixated on the future, there’s still plenty that we don’t know about the past. After all, our planet ...

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Iron Age teeth from southern Italy have become time capsules, preserving intimate details of childhood and diet. Growth lines in the enamel reveal moments of early-life stress, while hardened plaque ...

New research has revealed that women and children were deliberately targeted in one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe. Archaeological investigations at the Gomolava burial ...

Women and children moving through Europe became victims of mass violence.