archaeology

Bronze Age

Bronze Age Craftsmen Worked Metal That Fell From Space

Hidden in a small museum in southeastern Spain lies proof that our ancestors worked with materials from beyond Earth thousands of years before the space age. The Treasure of Villena contains 66 Bronze Age objects, including two iron pieces that have puzzled archaeologists for decades. Recent analysis reveals they were

archaeology

2,000-Year-Old Roman Head Found in Sealed Pre-Columbian Mexican Tomb Rewrites History

Deep in a sealed Mexican tomb, archaeologists found something that shouldn't exist: a 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta head buried centuries before Columbus "discovered" the Americas. The Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca Head, unearthed in 1933, displays unmistakably European facial features, Roman-style craftsmanship, and a distinctly Mediterranean beard style from around