In ancient times, saying goodbye to the dead was anything but simple. Many cultures practiced elaborate rituals to honor lost ...

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age ...

The Hallstatt culture was the first culture of peoples that can truly be considered “Celtic.” This period was preceded by the ...

Scientists suspect people from the Lusatian Culture dated to about 750BC and ... Bracelet and ankle ring unearthed from Polish early Iron Age archaeological site (Jambon et al.

The artifacts, discovered during excavations at two early Iron Age cemeteries—Częstochowa ... Mirów cemeteries belonged to the Lusatian Culture, and the Częstochowa Museum has a permanent ...

She is believed to have been killed as part of an Iron Age ritual or sacrifice. When the 2,000 year old remains were initially discovered close to Bellaghy it was thought they could be those of a ...

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who used isotope analysis to determine whether the Iron Age skulls were of locals (and therefore being venerated in death ...

Some of the earliest Iron Age ornaments found in Poland are made from metal that fell from the sky, a new study has found. The cosmic ingredient, known as meteoric iron, was discovered in a range ...

The site is important for local culture, as well as for archaeological ... carving out deep grooves into the Iron Age earthworks. Old Oswestry is a scheduled monument, a site protected by law ...

To do this, two Early Iron Age cemeteries and their iron artifacts ... The two cemeteries, each roughly 6 km apart, belonged to the Lusatian Culture and were dated to the Hallstatt C to C/D ...

A groundbreaking archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu is challenging existing global timelines for the Iron Age. Researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that iron-making in the region began ...

New evidence reveals that Tamil Nadu may have skipped the Copper Age, directly advancing to iron smelting. Archaeological findings challenge traditional history, suggesting an early Iron Age ...