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Here’s a summary of the article with key talking points of the article “Understanding Iron in the Iron Age” — Biblical Archaeology Review, April 6, 2026 by Lauren K. McCormick. A PDF is in the BAS directory in Dropbox. Overview A new study of iron blooms discovered in the Dor Lagoon along Israel’s Carmel Coast […]
Continue ReadingFrom BAR Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context In a paper published in the journal Nature Scientific Data, an international team from the Luwian Studies Foundation provided the most up-to-date map of Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE) Luwian settlements ever catalogued, which includes ancient Troy. The study, comprising 483 settlements, illuminates the cultural landscape around […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What caused Iron Age I to be identified separately from Iron age II? Iron Age I and Iron Age II are distinguished based on cultural, technological, and political developments rather than a strict time period. Scholars separate these phases to reflect the significant changes in […]
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