A remarkably preserved 2,700-year-old bronze sword was recently found standing upright in the ground by a metal detectorist in Poland's Gdańsk Forest District.

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We have no written evidence about how people lived in Europe during the Bronze Age (2300–800 BCE), so archaeologists piece together their world from the artifacts and materials they left behind.

The Bronze Age began some 5,300 years ago with the first transition from copper to bronze taking place in the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent from where it spread outward. While bronze can be ...

Bronze has been around almost as long as horology. First used in weaponry and decorations around 4,000 BC — roughly when the first water clocks appeared — it’s mankind’s oldest alloy. Concocted of ...

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