An untouched Bronze Age burial site is to be excavated thanks to a chance discovery by a pair of metal detector enthusiasts. Matthew Hepworth and David Kierzek unearthed several rare artefacts in a ...

A 3,000-year-old pressed flower is among finds within an 'absolutely jaw-dropping' Late Bronze Age hoard unearthed In Lancashire. The thistle appears to have been deliberately placed into the hollow ...

A 3,000-year-old Bronze Age chisel and knife blade found by two amateur metal detectorists have been formally declared as treasure. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, ...

Archaeologists have analyzed 2,900-year-old stone carvings and a long-ignored chisel from the Iberian Peninsula, revealing that local craftspeople produced steel long before previously thought. When ...

Researchers have discovered what they believe is the earliest use of steel in Europe -- on Iberian stone pillars from the Final Bronze Age. A study by an international and interdisciplinary team ...

A new archeological discovery has confirmed that tempered steel was used by artisans in the Iberian Peninsula to carve intricate motifs into hard rock stelae during the Final Bronze Age, earlier than ...

Swords and spears dating back 3,000 years are to go on display together for the first time. The items are believed to have been "offerings" to the gods, thrown into the River Trent in the East ...

An international team of researchers has proven that steel tools were already used in Europe around 2,900 years ago. Using geochemical analyses, the scientists were able to prove that stone stelae on ...

A study by an international and interdisciplinary team headed by Freiburg archaeologist Dr. Ralph Araque Gonzalez from the Faculty of Humanities has proven that steel tools were already in use in ...

The collection includes 55 bronze objects, including swords and spears Swords and spears dating back 3,000 years are to go on display together for the first time. The items are believed to have been ...