More than 160 cremation graves were discovered at the ancient site of Olbia, which began as a fortified Greek settlement around 350 B.C. in what is now the south of France. The ge ...

With his father, Philip, he made idiosyncratic, often monumental bronze work influenced by ancient themes. But was it art or ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

Digital technology allows graduate students to bring antiquities to life. There are roughly 12 inches and 2,000 years between ...

Sculptor Kent Kidwell has a love of the ancient process of bronze casting and the durability of the material. He wants to share the process with others and to provide bronzing services to other ...

History has the annoying tendency to forget things. Whole civilizations produced works that continue to amaze us today, ...

A remarkable Bronze Age discovery near Dereham in Norfolk, UK has left archaeologists buzzing with excitement about three rare lead ingots found alongside broken bronze tools. The hoard, unearthed by ...

A rare discovery of Bronze Age ingots and tools in Norfolk offers new insights into ancient craftsmanship and metalworking ...

A team of researchers in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has decoded the casting technique used by Bronze Age artisans 3,000 years ago to create a complex buffalo-shaped vessel. Their work has helped solve ...

Keros: A sacred island with enigmatic rituals, an unusual funeral, a carnelian bead from the Indus Valley, weapons production, and a sudden abandonment that preserved it all ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

Thieves recently targeted a prominent cultural institution in Wales, stealing precious ancient jewelry from its gallery, officials said. St. Fagans National Museum, one of the most visited museums in ...