Out of the Dust: Ancient Steel Sword Unearthed

Title

Out of the Dust: Ancient Steel Sword Unearthed

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2005

Editors

Brown, S. Kent (Secondary)

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

64-65

Volume

14

Issue

2

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Abstract

A short sword was unearthed in the ancient Philistine city Ekron, which was destroyed in 604 bc and lay twenty-two miles south of Jerusalem. Israel seems to have been initially dependent on the Philistines for metallurgy. In 2003, a seventh-century bc Etruscan gold book was discovered in Bulgaria. Recently, another gold book was found in Iran dating from around the sixth century bc.
Plates
Ancient Near East
Gold
Metallurgy
Sword
Weaponry

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