Bronze Age humans have been credited with a number of civilizational advancements: the invention of irrigation, the wheel, writing systems and the ability to forge weapons and tools from the ...

Bronze Age Europeans earned and spent money in much the same way as we do today, indicating that the origins of the “market economy” are far more ancient than expected.

NARRATOR:An incredible new invention has been introduced to Britain. NARRATOR:Making metal. BRONZE AGE FATHER:Now, this how we turn rocks into bronze. BRONZE AGE BOY:That’s magic dad. BRONZE AGE ...

Bronze Age humans have been credited with a number of civilizational advancements: the invention of irrigation, the wheel, writing systems and the ability to forge weapons and tools from the ...

Amid highway construction, archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery, as announced by the Suffolk City Council in the United Kingdom.

Did Bronze Age Europe have a market economy? New research suggests “hoard piles” could be linked to the exchange of small pieces of metal – much like money changes hands today.

Using a supply list from an ancient clay tablet, experts have reconstructed a large Bronze Age ship from 4,000 years ago and sailed it around the Persian Gulf.

The Suffolk City Council described the site as a “Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery” that dates back 3,000 years; they shared the information in a press release dated mid-April.

The Bronze Age in Britain lasted from about 2500–2000 BC until 800BC, and was a time when bronze replaced stone for making tools and weapons. People developed new agricultural methods, creating ...

We have no written evidence about how people lived in Europe during the Bronze Age (2300–800 BCE), so archaeologists piece together their world from the artifacts and materials they left behind.