In the late 1920s, a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan, near the border with Iraq. They dated from the Iron Age and demonstrated how the ...

Imaging technology has revealed that ancient swords smuggled into the UK recently have been altered by modern-day forgers, who replaced many of the original iron blades with bronze ones. What’s more, ...

The rare artifacts date back to around 500 BCE—and the detectorist's second go was somehow just as fortuitous. Reading time 3 minutes It’s unusual to achieve something on your first try. But Claus ...