3,500-year-old Mycenaean woman buried with swords finally gets a face and it’s rewriting ancient history

A woman who lived around 3,500 years ago in Bronze Age Greece has come back into public view in a very unusual way. Not through writing or statues, but through a digital facial reconstruction created by artist Juanjo Ortega G. The image is based on earlier archaeological reconstructions and gives a surprisingly human look at […]

4,000-year-old 36 swords seized at a US port in Philadelphia in a bizarre smuggling case | World News

US authorities have seized a cache of ancient weapons after intercepting a shipment of 36 Bronze Age short swords and 50 arrowheads at the Port of Philadelphia. The artifacts, dating back nearly 4,000 years, were confirmed by archaeologists to be genuine cultural heritage items originating from ancient Iran. The seizure was carried out by US […]