The Bronze Age in ancient Greece was a pivotal era that laid the foundation for the rich tapestry of Hellenic civilization.

Credit: Zde, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Ancient DNA is helping scientists understand the origins of Bronze Age populations in the Aegean and how they are connected to modern Greeks. A genetic ...

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 ...

Learn more about what Bronze Age burial sites reveal about how these ancient societies navigated everyday life.

An ancient Bronze Age settlement was recently uncovered by archaeologists in the United Kingdom while a highway was being built. The Suffolk City Council described the site as a "Late Bronze Age ...

A hoard of ancient Bronze Age treasures have been declared by a museum in Wales, U.K. The discoveries, detailed by the Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales in a new report, include fragments of Bronze Age ...

Ritually important musical practices resounded across Bronze Age cultures from Arabia to South Asia, a pair of unusual discoveries suggest. Excavations at a roughly 4,000-year-old settlement near the ...

Ancient warriors may have trusted layered linen armor because it offered protection without the crushing weight of metal, but rebuilding it reveals just how demanding and uncertain that technology ...

A large Bronze Age pyramid has been discovered in Kazakhstan, the country's Ministry of Science and Higher Education reports. The structure—which dates back to the 2 nd millennium BC—is unlike ...

A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a crucial clue. Scientists analyzing ancient DNA discovered the bacterium Yersinia ...