Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a ...

Chinese magic mirrors are these mind-boggling artifacts that have been around for centuries. Basically, they're made of bronze with intricate designs carved on one side. But here's where it gets wild ...

A Swedish plano-convex ingot once thought to be from the Bronze Age was revealed through chemical and isotopic testing to ...

R esearchers have made a surprising Iron Age find in the form of an ingot in Sweden, as published in the Journal of ...

The goblet gives us this very detailed picture of what people in 2300 BC had in mind about what the cosmos looked like before ...

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.

High up in the icy mountains of Norway, archaeologists have discovered a unique 1,500-year-old reindeer trap, alongside ...

Traveling through Europe outside the peak season offers a completely different kind of magic, one that rewards patience, ...

A unique metal ingot discovered in the Swedish village of Sjardal turned out to be an object from the Iron Age, not the ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

A dagger made for King Tutankhamun defies all logic of how it could have been crafted in it's era. The dagger was buried with ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...