Iron Age

Wooden platform older than Stonehenge found hidden beneath man-made island in Scotland

The analysis found that the crannog started out as a circular wooden platform, measuring at around 23 meters across, and topped with brushwood.

The crannog at Loch Bhorgastail, Scotland, May 8, 2026.
Aerial photo of Tel Hebron's Second Temple period mikvah, April 30, 2026.

Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says

Dolmen of Menga in Antequera, Spain, April 15, 2026.

DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study

Excavations of Raknehaugen, Norway, in 1939.

Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound is not a tomb, but a memorial to a natural disaster - study


Iron Age hoard rewrites history of wagons in Britain, may have been part of royal memorial - study

The collection's careful arrangement is indicative of a “noisy, symbolic acts of deliberate destruction," showing that the Melsonby Hoard was not just a collection of abandoned valuables.

Excavation of the Melsonby Hoard in Yorkshire, England, April 1, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth at least five Gaul skeletons buried sitting upright during Paris excavations

Burials such as these are unique, as only about 50 “seated skeletons” have been found across a dozen archaeological sites in Europe.

Gallic skeletons found by archaeologists during excavations of the former garden of the Cordeliers Convent in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

Ancient Polish 'princess' burial date revealed after decades of archaeological mystery - study

In 1899, the young woman’s coffin, made of a hollowed-out oak log, had tumbled from an eroding cliff above the Baltic coast village. She was nicknamed by locals as the “Princess of Bagicz.”

The Princess of Bagicz’s wooden coffin, accessed on February 27, 2026.

Canine remains discovered in Bulgaria show dog meat may have been Iron Age delicacy - study

The Greeks, as well as the Thracians, who lived in what is now modern-day Bulgaria, are believed by researchers to have consumed dog meat. 

Dog skull found during an archaeological excavation.

Civil Administration recovers dozens of looted artifacts from West Bank site

A targeted operation at "Burj Lasana," in Area B, near Wadi Haramiya, recovered Crusader- and Byzantine-era items from a villa built inside the site.

The Civil Administration seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from the Burj Lasana site north of Ramallah in the West Bank, December 4, 2025.

Celtic teenager buried face down in Dorset pit may reveal Iron Age human sacrifice

"This has the sense of a body thrown into a pit, with hands potentially tied," archaeologist Miles Russell said.

Celtic teenager buried face down in Dorset pit may reveal Iron Age human sacrifice.

Sunken secrets: earliest iron-age cargoes in Israel’s Tantura lagoon

Research in Antiquity identifies the three wrecks as Israel’s earliest submerged cargoes, proving coastal trade survived long after the late bronze age collapse.

A three-camera stereoscopic imaging kit is used to create accurate 3D models of underwater artifacts.

Microscopic Clues Rewrite History of Bronze Production in the Biblical Highlands

Analysis of 3,000-year-old smelting droplets shows copper from Timna and Feinan was alloyed with tin at a mountain site in Samaria, revealing a budding regional trade and technology network.

The El Ahwat archeological site in northern Samaria.

Oldest known use of harmal as incense discovered at Iron Age site in Saudi Arabia

Advanced metabolic profiling techniques revealed organic residues of harmal in Iron Age fumigation devices.

 Dried harmal seeds.

Banana traces in 3,000-years-olf Philistine teeth rewrite Iron Age trade map

Banana remnants in 3,000-year-old graves at Tel ‘Erani show the fruit reached the Judean coast by 1000 BCE, reshaping views on Iron Age trade and Philistine burial customs.

 Banana traces in 3,000-years-olf Philistine teeth rewrite Iron Age trade map. Illustration.