Discussing the dawn of the age of metals, this work takes readers from the copper mines of the Aravah in Jordan and Israel where the ore was acquired, to the villages of the northern Negev such as Shiqmim, where copper was produced in household workshops.
Démons et merveilles d'Orient
by Gyselen, Rika, Callieri, Pierfrancesco
fromRes Orientales
Démons et merveilles d'Orient
by Gyselen, Rika, Callieri, Pierfrancesco
fromRes Orientales
A constant re-evaluation of the new archaeological and textual material unearthed and edited in recent decades is a recurrent duty of ancient and modern scholars. Since the overwhelming amount of available data and the complexity of new methodologies can be competently handled o…
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