The prosperous civilization of the Minoans represented one of the oldest cultures of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean area and the first major Aegean civilization comparable in its achievements to the older ones, such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia.
Archaeologists can still decode the secrets of the past with burned prehistoric remains, but only with the help of other fields.
“The culmination of almost a decade of research and excavation, this large-scale steppe pyramid in Kazakhstan—which dates back to the 2nd millennium BC—languished in relative obscurity for countless centuries. Nothing like it has ever been discovered in the Central Asian steppes, making it an especially exciting find.“
The use of meteorite derived metals fascinates me— very interesting to see how this one may have moved through trade networks
The site is one of the largest ever discovered dating from China's early Shang Dynasty.
The Tartessos were a Bronze Age society that flourished in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Spain some 3,000 years ago. They were a near-mythic civilisation, rich in resources and technologies. But the advanced society vanished mysteriously some 2,500 years ago. Researchers are now looking into how and why the Tartessos...
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a sword in a three-person burial dating to the late 14th century B.C.
