Tag Archive for: late bronze age
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The History of the Temple Mount in 12 Objects: #1 The Late Bronze Age
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Mycenaean Imports Early in Jerusalem’s History
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Is this Egyptian statue fragment the last artifact to be shared with you?
3500 year old Egyptian statue fragment found in Temple Mount soil?
Tag Archive for: late bronze age
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Before the Iron Age II (4500 – 1000 BCE)
Only a small percentage of pottery (about 0.5%) predating the Iron Age, the First Temple Period was identified. Most of this pottery dates to the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1950-1550 BCE).
An imported piece of Mycenaean pottery, which came by way of the Aegean Sea in the 14th century BCE (on the left). A Late Bronze pot shard with painted decoration.