Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian man named Nanni was so disappointed with the copper he bought from a trader named ...

"Cyprus kept its old Bronze Age system [of writing] for well over a thousand years ... which may have influenced Mesopotamian ...

BCE, an ancient accountant recorded an order for more than 200 wooden tables, chairs, and stools. How do we know this? From a tiny tablet with cuneiform writing discovered in southern Turkey. Although ...

Historically, it's been thought that the Phoenicians were the first major civilization in Africa's Maghreb region. New research shows they weren't.

His curiosity paid off. Archaeologists have discovered that the stone is part of a larger Bronze Age ceremonial complex that dates back to around 1700 B.C.E. The site, which is located near the ...

Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a clue. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years. The evacuation was a joint mission between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ...

A granite megalith auctioned in London as a Bronze Age Corsican statue has been called a “fake” by French heritage cultural authorities. On 13 March, the 63cm-high statue was sold by a Spanish ...

"The stone platform predates the standing stone itself, suggesting continuous ritual use of this site over hundreds of years, strongly linked to the water and the importance it held for Bronze Age ...

Archaeologists have discovered that what was thought to be a single standing stone in a forest is part of a larger ceremonial site dating back 3,700 years to the Bronze Age. The discovery in ...

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