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Archaeologists Discover Bronze Age Burials in Iran Revealing Links to the BMAC Civilization
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable Bronze Age site in northeastern Iran that is shedding new light on the BMAC civilization of Central Asia. The discovery, made after a local villager accidentally exposed ancient burials at Kalat-e Yavar, is revealing previously unknown cultural connections between the Iranian Plateau and the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. But the story…
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Life and Death in Bronze Age Europe Revealed Through Rare Burials
For generations, the Late Bronze Age of Central Europe has been defined by fire. Between roughly 1300 and 800 BCE, communities associated with the Urnfield culture increasingly cremated their dead, placing ashes in urns and burying them in carefully organized cemeteries. The ritual transformed Europe’s mortuary landscape — but it also erased much of the…