Objects recovered from the tombs include gold and ivory imported from Egypt
bronze age
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a well-preserved Bronze Age sword in the town of Nördlingen, Bavaria
DNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans & Mycenaeans, the first major European civilizations
The discovery hints at small-scale steel production during the Final Bronze Age, a century before the practice became widespread in ancient Rome
The weapon is about 3,000 years old
The spheres found are made of different materials and range in age from 4,500 to 3,600 years old
Material recovered from the teeth of people buried in the Hagios Charalambos cave on the Greek island of Crete
The fortress would have been large enough to shelter hundreds of people at a time
New international scientific study of ancient DNA analysis in the region by Greek and foreign researchers
Scholars have long puzzled over the ancestry of the Minoans and Myceneans, two important Bronze Age cultures