The blades were found in just 11 inches of dirt and are believed to have served a cult-like purpose, experts said.

The hoards, filled with metal objects, beads, fabrics, and animal tusks, span the Late Bronze Age into the Early Iron Age.

Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman show music's role in connecting ancient civilizations, shifting focus from trade to ...

ASTANA — Archaeologists in the Kostanai Region have intensified research into the Bronze Age settlement of Kamysty discovered in 1986. The latest excavations have uncovered artifacts and metallurgical ...

Credit: Photograph by permission of the Başur Höyük Research Project; Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2025 Five millennia ...

People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a ...

In a cornfield in northern Germany, cultivated and worked for years, two ancient artifacts sat just below the surface, waiting to be unearthed. Metal detectorist Frank Hoferichter scanned the ...

Researchers have identified more than 300 ancient artifacts buried on Hungary’s Somló Hill. Photo by László György via Soós, et al (2025) In the middle of Hungary’s vast western plains ...

The metal detectorist found shards of the daggers back in 2017, gaining the attention of archaeologists and researchers. Photo by Stade District / Christian Schmidt In a cornfield in northern ...