Research has identified the composite bow as the most lethal weapon of the Bronze Age, challenging long-held beliefs about its origins and transforming our understanding of ancient warfare. A new ...
"Most of the essays published in this volume were presented at "The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Symposium: Beyond Babylon: art, trade and diplomacy in the second millennium B.C." held on December 18 ...
Researchers say verifying the structure's monumentality could transform understanding of early Mesopotamian exchange, revealing how sites like Shaie linked distant regions.
Archaeologists excavating a pair of Bronze Age tombs on the island of Cyprus have discovered a trove of treasures from across the ancient world, including gold jewelry similar to specimens worn by ...
One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...
Is it possible that the global Iron Age started in India? Why did the Copper Age and the Bronze Age appear first in human history, and only later the Iron Age? Were the Aryans drawn to India by the ...
In the region that includes the Mediterranean, the Aegean, Mesopotamia and Egypt, the Bronze Age arrived about 3000 BC and lasted nearly 2000 years. What singled out this period and the new societies ...
A joint Kuwaiti-Danish archaeological team has uncovered a remarkable 4,000-year-old Bronze Age temple on Failaka Island, ...