Sunday, 28 February 2021
Bronze figure of god Baal dated to 14th-12th c. BC, found in Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit), located in today’s Syria.
In simple terms, bronze is the mixture of two metals: copper
and tin
When the Bronze Age arrived to the Eastern Mediterranean, the copper-rich region was able to quickly source copper at mines like Timna…
But where tin came from has been a lingering mystery for scholars. A new paper from an international team of researchers proposes a surprisingly faraway source, Cornwall and Devon…
In a paper „Isotope systematics and chemical composition of tin ingots from Mochlos (Crete) and other Late Bronze Age sites in the eastern Mediterranean Sea: An ultimate key to tin provenance?“ published in June , the authors analyze 27 tin ingots, or blocks, from five sites bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
read more. http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/02/baal-from-cornwall.html
