Bronze Age

Charred Bronze Age teeth unlock age at death despite cremation

June 4, 2026 feature Charred Bronze Age teeth unlock age at death despite cremation Sandee Oster Author Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Over 3,000 years ago, the people of Bronze Age Poland burned their dead and placed their ashes in urns, often destroying the intimate records of their lives preserved in their bones. Now, researchers have shown that some of these records can still be read, hidden in the charred roots of their teeth. The new study, published in...

Bronze Age 5-year-old's skull found in Uzbekistan is the oldest known evidence of surgery in Central Asia

Bronze Age 5-year-old's skull found in Uzbekistan is the oldest known evidence of surgery in Central Asia A child's 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in Central Asia on record. The 4,000-year-old skull of a Bronze Age child buried in what's now Uzbekistan bears scars from a cranial surgery known as trepanation. It is the oldest documented evidence of surgery in Central Asia and one of the oldest examples of surgery in...

Gessel gold hoard: A 3,300-year-old stash of gleaming treasures that's one of the largest Bronze Age hoards from Europe

Gessel gold hoard: A 3,300-year-old stash of gleaming treasures that's one of the largest Bronze Age hoards from Europe The Gessel gold hoard is among the largest treasures ever discovered in prehistoric Europe but has only three pieces of jewelry in it. Name: Gessel gold hoard What it is: 117 gold objects Where it is from: Syke, northern Germany When it was made: Circa 1300 B.C. In April 2011, excavators working on a natural gas pipeline in northern Germany unearthed one of the largest gold...

'Spectacular' Bronze Age arm rings found

Campaigners say the finds should mean the end to plans for a National Grid substation at the site.

'Spectacular' Bronze Age arm rings found

Campaigners say the finds should mean the end to plans for a National Grid substation at the site.

Bronze Age burial mound artefacts to go on display

Cremated remains and parts of an urn are among items discovered at Pitty Close Farm in Drighlington.

'Spectacular' Bronze Age arm rings found

Campaigners say the finds should mean the end to plans for a National Grid substation at the site.

Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds

Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropology has analyzed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking the genetic history of their culture since it developed in the Early Iron Age until the start of the Roman period, some 2,700 to 2,100 years ago. Despite being in contact with other Mediterranean cultures, the genetic...

Ancient burial reveals rare jewelry find that archaeologists call 'highly unusual'

Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry