Tag Archives: Ancient Near East

Great Visual Walk Through of Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins From the Getty Villa and the Louvre

This is a well-done, scrollable tour of the exhibition Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins from April 21–August 16, 2021 at the Getty Villa. A more standard page for viewing elements of the exhibit can be found here.

Tin from 13th-12th century BCE locations on the Eastern Mediterranean may have originated in England

A team has reached some fascinating conclusions in their research into the sources of tin at sites 13th and 12th centalong the eastern Mediterranean coast:

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