Color dyes were an important trade commodity in the present day Mediterranean region during the Late Bronze Age. Now, a team of archeologists believe that the Greek island of Aegina was the home ...

A study uncovered why Iberians resisted adopting Greek bronze techniques, showing how social conditions guided their ...

Tyrian purple was a highly prized pigment developed in the Bronze Age, and it retained its status into the late medieval period. The ancient Greeks and then the Romans revered the royal color ...

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II — the most powerful pharaoh of the era — was set down in a mud hut somewhere in the Nile Delta.