El Argar used regional pottery networks to enforce political and economic dominance over its neighbors, revealing early state ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...

Archaeologists have been left baffled after discovering a hoard of new data from a 4,800-year-old Mesopotamian grave site.

Plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis) were recently discovered in Bronze Age skeletons, pushing back the recorded origin of plague by about 3,000 years. The newfound ancient strains are genetically ...

These mummies date back to about 3,300 to 3,600 years ago, from the Bronze Age. At the time, scientists thought these ... we've gained a clearer picture of ancient human life and their ...

DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.

People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a study published April 2, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Boel ...