In a cornfield in northern Germany, cultivated and worked for years, two ancient artifacts sat just below the surface, waiting to be unearthed. Metal detectorist Frank Hoferichter scanned the ...

a metal detectorist discovered fragments of metal blades when searching a field near Kutenholz in the German district of ...

Based on organic residues – imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level – bronze age wine consumption must be fundamentally reconsidered.

As Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm collected Germanic folktales in the 19th century ... Folktales are passed down orally, obscuring their age and origin. “There’s no fossil record [of them] before ...

This large 3,500 year old wooden boat traded across the channel in the Bronze Age.In 1992, the perfectly preserved remains of a large prehistoric boat were discovered six metres below the streets ...

The metal detectorist found shards of the daggers back in 2017, gaining the attention of archaeologists and researchers. Photo by Stade District / Christian Schmidt In a cornfield in northern ...