New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...

Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using charcoal ...

A recent study by scientists from Cranfield University uncovered modern modifications in a collection of Iron Age Iranian swords, raising concerns about the authenticity of similar artifacts in ...

It's not easy to imagine modern life without this versatile metal, is it? Although the production of metals has been around for an awfully long time (the Iron Age began around the eighth century B ...

had been heavily repaired The sophisticated finishing skills of the Iron Age metal workers, including the use of mercury gilding, was another surprise. Dr Farley said: "They're taking bronze torcs ...

Till now, it is believed that the Iron Age began in the Middle East and South-eastern Europe around 1,200 BCE – that is ...

You start with simple tools created ... to farm a specific metal each time, and Iron is one of them. It'll take you quite a few hours before you can even think of Iron Age, but it's not a hard ...