Tag Archive for 'Sea Peoples'

Hala Sultan Tekke developed in the 15th century BCE from a village to an important maritime trade hub with a minimum size of 25 hectares as indicated by the results of geophysical survey. Image credit: Peter M. Fischer, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103722.

Copper Production Turned Bronze Age Cypriot Village into Interregional Trade Hub

Mar 27, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Field works at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, shed light on the scope of interregional trade in which this Bronze Age harbor city participated from the 15th...

Left: captive Philistine warriors from a wall relief at Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1185-1152 BC. Right: an artist's conception of a Philistine warrior. Image credit: John Shumate.

Biblical Philistines Came from Europe, Ancient DNA Reveals

Jul 4, 2019 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Germany, the United States and Korea has sequenced and analyzed DNA of 10 Bronze and Iron Age individuals from the ancient Mediterranean...

The beer-producing yeast strain EBEgT12 isolated from a vessel from the site of En-Besor, Israel. Image credit: Aouizerat et al, doi: 10.1128/mBio.00388-19.

Researchers Brew Beer with 5,000-Year-Old Yeasts

May 24, 2019 by News Staff

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has successfully isolated several yeast strains from ancient vessels excavated at archaeological sites in Israel....