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

The Villena Treasury in Spain’s southeastern city of Alicante, as well as being home to a plethora of gold and silver ...

El Argar used regional pottery networks to enforce political and economic dominance over its neighbors, revealing early state ...

It's long been known that Sardinia's Nuragic culture had Bronze Age Europe's most impressive architecture as well as equally remarkable art - but research over recent years has begun to reveal ...

The Melsonby hoard is a remarkable collection of more than 800 Iron-Age metal artifacts, which was found in a field near ...

A metal detectorist recently discovered not one, but two bronze and wood daggers that experts dated to over 3,000 years ago. Only the bronze portions of the instruments survived for so long buried in ...

Below, in vague chronological order, are a few of my favorites.

Officials said the daggers — estimated to have been forearm length — are among the oldest Bronze Age artifacts ever recovered ... in eastern Central Europe, experts said.

This view is of Roman Londinium, but it captures the essence of prehistoric south London (left), which remained a ...

Throughout history, cultures have left behind a trail of breadcrumbs for archaeologists to follow. New sites and artifacts ...