Iron Age

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. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Dog skull found during an archaeological excavation.
The Civil Administration seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from the Burj Lasana site north of Ramallah in the West Bank, December 4, 2025.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Researchers uncover modern glue, drill bits in alleged Iranian Iron Age swords

The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons began after a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan in the late 1920s.

JANUARY 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Vintage Iranian damascus steel sabre handle with precious stones from Hermitage Museum collection. Illustration.

Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground?

Archaeologists in Pryssgården, southern Sweden, uncovered an Iron Age burial site with around 50 graves.

DECEMBER 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground? Pryssgården.