Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

The Iron Age was one of the most significant epochs in human history, and researchers may have uncovered the secrets of how we left the Bronze Age behind – via a 3,000-year-old smelting workshop ...

Troy excelled in the production of cast iron stoves, bells, ironware, valves, iron & steel products, wire, nails, spikes, horseshoes, bloom & bar, and railroad iron. Troy’s location as the southern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...