Iron Age

2,600-year-old shipwreck yields oldest known raw iron cargo

Researchers at the University of Haifa announced Wednesday that an underwater excavation off Israel's northern Mediterranean coast has uncovered what they describe as the earliest known seaborne shipment of raw iron, dating back roughly 2,600 years. The nine chunks of…

Ireland’s largest prehistoric settlement uncovered in Wicklow

Researchers have identified Brusselstown Ring in County Wicklow as the largest prehistoric hillfort settlement ever discovered in Britain and Ireland, with evidence of more than 600 houses dating to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.