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A hoard of "very rare" Bronze Age jewelry unearthed in Switzerland is described by one expert as a "sensational" discovery. The hoard includes a necklace made of bronze spiked discs, two finger rings, ...

Archaeologists described the finds as "costume jewelry" that would've been worn by Bronze Age women around 3,500 years ago. Canton of Thurgau Metal detectorist Franz Zahn was sweeping a newly ...

The items will soon be put on public display. “Most items are characteristic of the Middle Bronze Age, with only one ax belonging to the earlier period,” archaeologist Martin Trefný, who also serves ...

A man with a metal detector searching a freshly plowed carrot field in Switzerland found a large ornate jewelry set dating to the Bronze Age — as well as other surprising items including a bear's ...

Archaeologists analyzed a bundle of Bronze Age jewelry from Rosemarkie and found plant cords wrapped around the artifacts, photos show. Photo from GUARD Archaeology An ancient person gathered up ...

The initial hint had not been a glitter of metal but a persistent mass of old vegetable fibrils. In an excavation of a ...

An excavation of a dried-out lake has unveiled 550 bronze artifacts and skeletal remains from over 3,000 years ago, shedding light on an ancient ritual. These artifacts, discovered in the Papowo ...

A metal detectorist in Switzerland has unearthed a bounty of Bronze Age jewelry alongside fossilized animal remains in a farmer's freshly plowed carrot field. Franz Zahn made the discovery in August ...