Ancient Origins

3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Wooden Well Found in England

A routine archaeological excavation ahead of a new housing development near Gloucester, England, has revealed a remarkably preserved 3,500-year-old Bronze Age well. What initially appeared to be ...
Ancient Origins

3,500-Year-Old Loom Preserved by Freak Conditions in Iberia

Archaeologists uncovered the loom on a raised platform connected to several houses on the western slope of the settlement.
Newsweek

Bronze Artifacts Dedicated to Warrior God Found in Ancient Castle

Ancient bronze artifacts dedicated to a warrior god have been uncovered in a fortress that dates back to around 2,700 years ago. The bronze items—three shields and a helmet—were found during ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move

ANCIENT OLYMPIA – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a ...