[decimon]

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[April Lexington]

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[bolobaby]

“Our ongoing excavations have not only begun to uncover extensive remains from this Dark Age, but the emerging archaeological picture suggests that during this period Tayinat was the capital of a powerful kingdom, the ‘Land of Palastin’,” says Timothy Harrison, professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Toronto and the director of the project.”

Cool - does this mean we can set up a Palestinian state in Turkey and leave the Israelis alone?

[ancientart]

The Science Digest writer got things pretty confused here. The Late Bronze Age ends around 1200 BC. A temple constructed at the time of Solomon (250 years later!) isn’t of much value for that period.

It’s also annoying how the writer throws in gratuitous slurs on the Biblical and Classical traditions. Homer writes about the great events of the Bronze age: he has nothing to say about sea peoples or disruption. Likewise, nothing in the Biblical narrative associates the Philistines with a decline in material culture: they were just bad news for the Israelites!

What the new evidence challenges is late 19th and early 20th century theories on the Levant: not ancient sources!

[Tanniker Smith]

I ignore anything with the elitist tag BCE.

If they want something "non-offensive" or "more inclusive", let them invent their own calender and sell everyone on it.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Mr Rogers]

Bookmarked for later review. Thanks for posting!