The length and design of the spear suggest it may have been a customised ceremonial piece, possibly reflecting the social ...

Yale art history prof and students weren't impressed, revealing how cutting edge tech can't quite replace human curators.

CHENNAI – A groundbreaking archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu is challenging existing global timelines for the Iron Age. Researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that iron-making in the ...

How does iron appear in an Iberian treasure made centuries before local ironworking took hold? In the Treasure of Villena, a ...

The Museum of the City of New York is embarking on a new study of timber remains believed to belong to the 17th-century Dutch ship Tyger.

Hi-tech batteries and devises are dependent on rare earth minerals. That is a bit of a misnomer; they are found many places, ...

The global demand for clean technologies has created a powerful convergence of global need and African potential.

On 8 January, Down To Earth reported that residents of Patna’s Kankarbagh Housing Colony were bracing for a similar outbreak ...

FPX Nickel Corp. (TSXV: FPX) (OTCQB: FPOCF) ("FPX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Initial Project ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu have uncovered an 8ft-long iron spear dating back to 3,345 BCE, the longest Iron Age weapon found in India, discovered alongside gold objects in an ancient burial site.

Zooarchaeologist Stella Nikolova examined dog remains from across Bulgaria’s Iron Age (roughly 5th–1st centuries BC). At Pistiros, she reported that nearly 20% of the examined dog bones had cut marks ...

Many historians assume that these ancient “bone skates” were utilitarian devices, used for fast transit along frozen rivers ...