Cotswold Archaeology’s Peter Busby said the discovery of two Roman-era swords led to a much bigger find in England. James Haris Historic England From the first coin discovered in an ancient hoard to ...

What began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England. Archaeological ...

Is ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌ ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌ it possible that two old swords, buried only an inch below a field in Gloucestershire, contain the secret of a long-gone chapter of Britain’s history? The response of archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what could be a significant Iron Age Roman settlement, potentially including a Roman villa, following the discovery of rare cavalry swords in the Cotswolds. The ...

In the Judean Desert, not far from the shimmering salt flats of the Dead Sea, archaeologists made a discovery that sent ripples through the world of ancient history. The site looked unremarkable — a ...

Metal detectorists searching a snowy forest in Poland for World War II artifacts uncovered an older and rarer weapon, photos show. Photo from the Inventum Association A pair of metal detectorists ...

It began with an extraordinary piece of fortune: a metal detectorist on only his second expedition coming upon two very rare cavalry swords on the brink of being lost for ever. A dig by professional ...

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was ...