the Bronze Age
noun
: a period of time that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C. in which people used bronze to make weapons and tools
The artifact dates to the Bronze Age.
a Bronze Age weapon/tool
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Preliminary scientific dating of the tool dated it to the Bronze Age, roughly between 1500 and 1400 B.C., according to Wessex Archaeology's Ed Treasure, who spoke about the find in the video posted by the archaeological company.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024
Traveling eastward from Ankara on Friday afternoon, riders disembark for three hours early Saturday morning in Malatya, home to the Bronze Age site of Arslantepe, where there are wall paintings that date to 3,000 B.C.
—Jennifer Hattam, TIME, 25 July 2024
Historians say that the ancient bog butter could date back to the Bronze Age, according to the Irish Examiner, but more research is being done at the National Museum of Ireland.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
While previous research has suggested kefir spread from the northern Caucasus in modern Russia to Europe and beyond, the study shows the spread also took another route toward inland Asia: from present-day Xinjiang via Tibet, giving crucial evidence of how the Bronze Age populations interacted.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024
Traveling eastward from Ankara on Friday afternoon, riders disembark for three hours early Saturday morning in Malatya, home to the Bronze Age site of Arslantepe, where there are wall paintings that date to 3,000 B.C.
—Jennifer Hattam, TIME, 25 July 2024
Historians say that the ancient bog butter could date back to the Bronze Age, according to the Irish Examiner, but more research is being done at the National Museum of Ireland.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
While previous research has suggested kefir spread from the northern Caucasus in modern Russia to Europe and beyond, the study shows the spread also took another route toward inland Asia: from present-day Xinjiang via Tibet, giving crucial evidence of how the Bronze Age populations interacted.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
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