Rare Discovery Of 4,300-Year-Old Copper Ingots Left By Mistake In A Settlement In Oman

Rare Discovery Of 4,300-Year-Old Copper Ingots Left By Mistake In A Settlement In Oman

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A tip from the local population had led the archaeologists from Frankfurt to the area near the city of Ibra in Oman, where they found several settlements. Irini Biezeveld and her fellow doctoral researcher Jonas Kluge were staying in the country in the east of the Arabian Peninsula for six […]

Rochelongue's underwater site artifacts in-situ during the campaign of 1964 (Source: Cap d'Agde Museum Archive). Credit: Cap d'Agde Museum Archive

Ancient Copper Ingots Are Unlocking Iron Age Secrets

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots are unlocking secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned from about 2,600 years ago. For the first time, a scientific team led by Flinders University archaeologists, working with the Insтιтute of History (CSIC) in Spain, […]