DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.

The scholar Piotr Bienkowski studied archaeology at Liverpool University (BA and PhD) before he got involved in Jordanian ...

The beginning of the Bronze Age in Britain can be put around 2,000 BC. Although not certain, it is generally thought that the new bronze tools and weapons identified with this age were brought ...

Copper stands at the center of many of humanity’s greatest modern challenges as a critical mineral needed to power renewable energy and electric vehicles. This role is nothing new for copper ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. “To the King of Egypt, my brother. Thus says the King of Alashiya, your brother: ... Send your messenger ...

Wadi Faynan, in the southern Jordan, was the ancient centre of metallurgy during Bronze and Iron Ages (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — A Jagiellonian University (JU) team examined the area of Wadi ...