The decorations may suggest connections to a solar cult and that the dagger had a ritual significance, a statement from the museum read ...

We planned to spend a day in Hallstatt, a picturesque town in Austria, but left after a few hours. In the last few decades, overtourism has become a rampant problem in the area and we felt it.

“It is a true work of art,” he said ... citing the site’s vulnerability to looters. The Hallstatt culture, which thrived in central Europe from roughly 800 to 450 BC, is celebrated ...