An analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two linguistically elusive ingredients.The Kao Gong Ji, the oldest known technical ...

A volunteer metal detectorist exploring the wooded slopes of northwestern Switzerland has made an astonishing discovery: a massive Bronze Age axe dating back 3,500 years. This remarkable find, ...

A new study by the University of Science and Technology of China's (USTC) Archaeo-metallurgy Laboratory reveals a compelling connection between ancient bronze mirror craftsmanship and the economic ...

ROME — Italian archaeologists are hailing a recent discovery as the "most exceptional" in the last half-century. They believe it could rewrite the history of the relationship between the Etruscan and ...

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