MINOANS trade | Trade and the Bronze Age Collapse | Dr. Louise Hitchcock | (2024 update) Minoan Ingots Are Evidence
Lead ingots with what archaeologists say are Cypro-Minoan markings were just discovered off the coast of Cesarea in Israel. They show that there was trade between Sardinia and Cyprus in Minoan times . Credit: Ehud Galili/University of Haifa Institute of Maritime Studies SPECTACULAR UPDATE Scans of the Sardinian lead ingots showing Cypro-Minoan markings. Credit: Avshalom Karasik/Israel Antiquities Authority Bronze Age Minoan Ingots Are Evidence of Ancient Trade Links greekreporter.com /2024/12/28/bronze-age-minoan-ingots-cyprus/ By Patricia Claus | December 28, 2024 Bronze Age Minoan ingots with unique markings that were recently discovered off the Israeli coast show vast trading links between Cyprus and Sardinia, archaeologists say. Dating back to the late Bronze age, approximately the 13th to the early 12th century BC, the ingots, with lead that had been mined in Sardinia , 2,500 km (1,550 miles) away from Cyprus, show ...