Many technological breakthroughs, from Bronze Age tools and Roman aqueducts to the electricity revolution, leveraged copper’s unique properties. Today, as the world faces the urgent need to ...

At the crux of the Bronze Age, it was the hardest and most versatile common metal known to humankind, producing better tools, weapons, armor, and other materials humans needed to survive.

The beginning of the Bronze Age in Britain can be put around 2,000 BC. Although not certain, it is generally thought that the new bronze tools and weapons identified with this age were brought ...