A stunning hoard of destroyed – yet still insightful – two-millennia-old artifacts were recently brought to light by archaeologists in the United Kingdom. The discovery was announced by Durham ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rare evidence of an Iron Age blacksmith's workshop that was in use around 2,700 years ago. The remains were unearthed by a team from DigVentures, a social enterprise ...

Gold coins dating back more than 2,000 years have been found by metal detectorists in Wales, making them the first hoard of Iron Age gold coins to have been discovered in the country. The 15 coins, ...

Development of a new golf course in the Scottish Highlands led to the discovery of an ancient cremation pit. Inside the circular pit, archaeologists discovered an Iron Age chariot wheel—believed to be ...

Copper smelters from 3,000 years ago may have experimented with materials just enough to launch the Iron Age. The Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age as the refining process of iron was discovered.