One of the most sensational Biblical-era structures ever discovered in the Judean Desert has just been announced by a team of Israeli archaeologists. Aided by citizen scientist volunteers, the ...

Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have found a hoard of buried weapons and jewellery dating ... light on life in central Europe during the Bronze Age. Researchers surveying a site in the ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made ...

The Mycenaeans created the finest bronze weapons. They came from southern Russia ... who had already started to build the first blast furnaces. To sum up, the period of Bronze Age man lasted ...

By 209 BCE the Chinese army had 50,000 crossbowmen who fought with mass-produced bronze weapons. These crossbows, which were an important weapon in war until rifles were invented, were usually mounted ...