The metals of antiquity are the seven metals which humans had identified and found use for in prehistoric times: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury. 1 Although the circumstances ...

A new study has revealed that 3,300 years ago, tin mined in south-west Britain was a key resource for major Bronze Age civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean thousands of kilometers away. The ...

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s tin, a chemical that has little ...

Tin was the critical mineral of the ancient world. It was essential to alloy with copper to make bronze, which for many centuries was the preferred metal for tools and weapons. Yet sources of tin are ...