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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on January 31, 2017, 06:09:50 PM

Title: Jewellery workshops found on Falaika home to the Dilmun Empire circa 1700BC
Post by: Imperial Dave on January 31, 2017, 06:09:50 PM
http://digventures.com/2017/01/found-archaeologists-discover-3500-year-old-jewellery-workshop/

Not an empire or civilisation I had heard of (as suggested by the article)......
Title: Re: Jewellery workshops found on Falaika home to the Dilmun Empire circa 1700BC
Post by: Patrick Waterson on January 31, 2017, 07:32:40 PM
Seems a bit recent for Dilmun proper, as mentioned in the Gilgamesh epic.  The article does place it at the tail end of Dilmun's existence (2100-1700 BC) and the thrust of the discovery seems to be that the subsequent 'dark age' assumed by historians never actually happened.
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