Map showing the locations of the Early Iron Age axes analyzed in the study. Found nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) apart in ...

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, researchers discovered that metalworkers were using iron oxide not to smelt iron ...

A recent study by Dr. Albert Jambon and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, revealed the presence of meteoric iron in Early Iron Age ornaments in Poland.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin holds up a state archeology department report that traces the earliest use of iron in Tamil Nadu to 3345 BCE, Chennai, India, January 23, 2025. Credit: X/M.K.

Imaging technology has revealed that ancient swords smuggled into the UK recently have been altered by modern-day forgers, who replaced many of the original iron blades with bronze ones. What’s more, ...

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A team of archaeologists and students from the University of Birmingham has begun the first excavation work at the site known ...