New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

The Iron Age was one of the most significant epochs in human history, and researchers may have uncovered the secrets of how ...

Research in Antiquity identifies the three wrecks as Israel’s earliest submerged cargoes, proving coastal trade survived long ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

Early Iron Age ornaments unearthed in Poland have been found to contain iron from meteorites, suggesting the ancient inhabitants of the region were adept at working the metal much earlier than thought ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A metal detectorist named Peter Heads discovered an “exceptional” Iron Age hoard ...

Ancient England had more "bling" than historians have given it credit for. That's the conclusion archaeologists drew from a cache of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts from northeast England dating back ...