2,000-Year-Old Chariot Parts Discovered Beneath Welsh Airfield
An archaeological excavation in Wales has unearthed magnificent Iron Age artifacts. But it wasn’t archaeologists who found them.
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Archaeologists Discover a Stash of 1,500-Year-Old Weapons—Including the Only Known Roman Helmet Ever Found in Denmark
The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...
Rare weaving tools — forgotten in a hut 1,500 years ago — found in Denmark. See them
Archaeologists sifted through the soil of an abandoned ancient village and unearthed a glimpse into everyday life.
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Archaeologists Identify An Iron Age Comb Made From A Human Skull In England
Archaeologists in England are currently puzzling over a 2,000-year-old comb that was carved from the back of a human skull.
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A new study says Iron Age began hundreds of years earlier – in Tamil Nadu. Why this is important
Thus, the Copper Age of North India and the Iron Age of South India are ... These findings highlight the region’s technological sophistication in producing durable iron tools and weapons. Authors of ...
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‘Iron Age began on Tamil soil 5,300 yrs ago,’ Stalin declares citing artefacts tested in labs abroad
Releasing report by Tamil Nadu archeology dept at Anna Centenary Library, Stalin says samples excavated from archaeological sites in the state were sent to labs around the world.
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Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held the Keys To Power
Credit: Bournemouth University A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives’ ...
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Women were at the center of iron age Britain. New find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
The DNA comes from human remains taken from a late iron age cemetery (circa 100BC—AD100) of the Durtriges tribe in Dorset. The researchers discovered a continuous line of descent of mtDNA ...
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Who run the world? Celtic girls! New DNA study reveals overlooked power of women in British iron age
A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals an extraordinarily different social structure in Iron Age Britain, showing that Celtic communities were, in fact, matrilocal. Here, married women ...
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Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an incredibly rare Iron Age helmet. The discovery was made by the British ...
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Agonised face of prehistoric man shot in the head with arrow reconstructed after 5,600 years – but it DIDN’T kill him
An incredible reconstruction of the Bronze Age man led to the shocking discovery that his horrific injury was not the blow that killed him. The Bronze Age man was found with an arrow piercing his ...
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Possible Iron Age fort at planned mansion site
An American billionaire's plans to build a country house in an English village could be delayed by a possible Iron Age hillfort near the site. Ronald Burkle, a businessman and the executive ...