Tom Metcalfe

1. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Tom Metcalfe

   Ancient Greek rings may have been forged with iron from meteorites (opens the original)

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   This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey . (See our AI policy here .) Bronze Age Greek nobles may have sported space bling in their rings. Chemical analysis of 91 ancient iron weapons and jewelry turned up traces of nickel in about a dozen signet rings — a sign the iron probably came from meteorites, researchers report in the August 2026 Journal of Archaeological Science. The rings were excavated from the ruins of elite tombs, houses and a temple in southern Gree

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Tom Metcalfe

   Ancient Egyptian princesses knew their way around weapons of war (opens the original)

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   Read another version of this article at Science News Explores This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey . (See our AI policy here .) It seems some Egyptian royal women really were warrior princesses. Examinations of almost 4,000-year-old mummified princesses suggest that they were skilled users of the daggers, bows and other weapons buried with them, researchers report July 17 in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology. “These princesses were active practitioners o

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