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Cuneiform Tablet with Envelope from Alalakh
This clay tablet still has its clay envelope. The tablet mentions a legal case before Niqmepuh, King of Iamhad (Aleppo) concerning the legacy of two houses. The seal impressions of ten witnesses (including...
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Cargo, Uluburun Shipwreck
A reconstruction of part of the interior of the Bronze Age Uluburun shipwreck, 1330-1300 BCE. The ship sank off the coast of Lycia and contained, amongst other cargo, ten tons of copper ingots, tin ingots and jars of resin...
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Cargo Reconstruction, Uluburun Shipwreck
A reconstruction of the interior of the Bronze Age Uluburun shipwreck, 1330-1300 BCE. The ship sank off the coast of Lycia and contained, amongst other cargo, ten tons of copper ingots, tin ingots and jars...
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Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck
A copper "oxhide" ingot from the Bronze Age Uluburun shipwreck, 1330-1300 BCE. The ship sank off the coast of Lycia and contained, amongst other cargo, ten tons of copper ingots. (Bodrum Museum of Underwater...
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Clear Glass Dish from Pompeii
A clear glass dish from Pompeii. 1st century CE. (Photo taken at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) According to Pliny, high value was placed on colourless, transparent glass - basically that which...
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Stone Tools at Shengavit Settlement
Stone tools and other archaeological remains from Shengavit, dating from c. 3500-2200 BCE. This settlement is an archaeological site located in Yerevan and is one of Armenia's most important Bronze Age sites.
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Shengavit Archaeological Site
Shengavit is an archaeological site located in a suburb of present-day Yerevan, near Lake Yerevan, and it is one of Armenia's most important prehistoric and Bronze Age sites. It flourished from c. 3500-2500 BCE.
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Shengavit Settlement
Flourishing between 3500-2200 BCE, the Shengavit settlement in present-day Yerevan, Armenia was an important site of prehistoric and Bronze Age habitation in the Near East. Here one can see that dwellings were constructed...
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Shengavit Ruins
Shengavit was a prehistoric and ancient settlement (c. 3500-2200 BCE) in what is present-day Yerevan, Armenia. It was an enclosed settlement within a cyclopian wall made of stones. Foundations for houses were made from river stones...
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Prehistoric Mortar from Shengavit
Prehistoric mortars and pisteles made from stone which were found at Shengavit Settlement (c. 3500-2200 BCE) in Armenia. (Shengavit Museum, Yerevan).
