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  1. Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

    A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibe

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #neareast #zagrosmountains #AncientIran #ancientrituals #ibex

  2. **‘Keseph’: The Use of Silver Money in the Southern Levant from the Middle Bronze Age to the End of the Iron Age (~ 2000–600 BC)**

    "_The Southern Levant saw significant use of silver during the final stages of the Middle Bronze Age, with the first silver-currency hoards appearing at Shiloh and Gezer (~ 1650/1600–1600/1550 BC), predating other regions. Although silver was temporarily replaced by gold in the Late Bronze Age, it re-emerged as the dominant form of money by the Late Bronze Age IIB, ~ 1300 BC, a status it retained until the end of the Iron Age (~ 600 BC), despite occasional shortages._"

    Eshel, T. ‘Keseph’: The Use of Silver Money in the Southern Levant from the Middle Bronze Age to the End of the Iron Age (~ 2000–600 BC). J World Prehist 38, 5 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s10963-025-091.

    #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #BronzeAge #IronAge #Sliver #Money #Levant #NearEast #Academia @archaeodons

  3. Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines

    Our analysis suggests that this genetic distinction is due to a European-related gene flow introduced in Ashkelon during either the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age. This timing is in accord with estimates of the Philistines arrival to the coast of the Levant, based on archeological and textual records (2–4).

    Michal Feldman et al., Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Sci. Adv.5, eaax0061 (2019). DOI: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061

    #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Science #Archaeogenetics #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #IronAge #BronzeAge #Philistines #Ashkelon #NearEast #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia @science @anthropology @archaeodons

  4. At Cambridge University, Dr. Martin Worthington, an expert in #Babylonian and #Assyrian grammar, has started recording readings of poems, myths and other texts in #Akkadian (lingua franca in ancient #NearEast), including The Epic of Gilgamesh. flip.it/2jk_Ex #History #Drama #Literature