Bronze Age

3,000-Year-Old Trove Includes Treasure Forged From a Meteorite

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 14:25

A bracelet and possible sword pommel found in a 3,000-year-old treasure hoard were forged from meteoritic iron, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the pieces. In other words, yes: some Bronze Age Iberian was rocking space jewelry and wielding a space weapon.

native element minerals, bronze age europe, Bronze Age, treasure of villena, meteoric iron, villena, amenhotep iii

Study Pushes Back Interactions Between Copper Age Europeans By a Millennium

Wed, 07/19/2023 - 11:22

Gizmodo

Researchers poring over genomes of people who lived during the Copper Age have found older cultural contacts between ancient groups than previously known.

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An elite Bronze Age man who underwent brain surgery 3,500 years ago may have suffered from leprosy, archaeologists believe

Sun, 02/26/2023 - 08:46

Tech Insider

Magnified edges of the trephination, each with a 2 mm scale bar. Images captured with a Leica EZ4D stereo microscope. c: All four edges of the trephination, scale bar is 1 cm. d: Reconstructed location of trephination on head. — Images showing magnified edges of the trephination and the reconstructed location of trephination on head.
Kalisher et al./PLOS ONE Journal

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