Tom Metcalfe

The sword, which has iron rivets in its handle, may be one of the earliest iron artifacts found in Denmark.

The research details the elaborate process used to manufacture the Nebra Sky Disc during the Bronze Age.

Radioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths.

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.

Researchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage.

Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an archaeologist says.

Researchers now think the boat was a local "føringsbåt" for passengers and cargo.

The Book of Kells is considered one of the finest surviving medieval manuscripts.

The discovery suggests the mysterious "King Arthur's Hall" in England is older than Stonehenge.

Archaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future.

Archaeologists say the finds will help them better understand the prehistoric people who lived or buried their dead in this Italian cave.

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias."

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress.

Archaeologists think the felt figurine was used as a symbol of life by the Iron Age people of the region.

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history.

The archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real.

The discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine's fate.

None of the many interpretations of the Phaistos Disk's inscriptions are universally accepted.

A homeowner doing a basement renovation project near Paris unexpectedly found a skeleton, which later led to the discovery of nearly 40 burials, some of them dating to Roman times.

Nabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way.

The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.

Archaeologists think the coin dates to the first years of the region's rule by the Ottoman Empire.

Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well.