The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...

Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5 ...

The Villanovan culture, the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the first Iron Age society in Italy.

Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived over 2,000 years ago and who died violently, likely as part of a ritual sacrifice. Further research ...

She lived sometime from 343 to 1 B.C., during the prehistoric Iron Age period in Ireland, and cut marks on her neck vertebrae suggest she died from decapitation. Fragments of fabric were also ...

This may have been part of a ritual or sacrifice during the Iron Age period. Although her head has not been recovered, it's estimated the woman stood at 5ft 6in. Part of a woven item made of plant ...

She was about 5ft 6in tall (1.7m). Dating to approximately 343 to 1 BC they are more than 2000 years old, and from the prehistoric period known as the Iron Age. The remains will now be called the ...

While the remains span almost 6,000 years—4000 BCE to 1800 CE—most originated from the Bronze Age and Iron Age ... area between the end of the Roman period in the early fifth century [CE ...

"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered ... bog-preserved individuals that have been found from this period are male," noted Murphy, according to The Irish ...

A museum has been built around the ancient Bronze and Iron Age cemetery where iron from space ... is located nearby and dates to the same time period, researchers said. Between the two sites ...