the Iron Age
noun
: a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools
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Beyond restoring the physical landscape, the Iron Age mound might have symbolized a reestablishment of the sacred and social order.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
But the new research found evidence this technique was being used in many areas as far back as the Iron Age, around 625-500 BC.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Working with researchers from Museum Horsens and Moesgaard Museum, archaeologists found evidence of a vast fortified settlement that once served as a regional power center during the Iron Age.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
But the new research found evidence this technique was being used in many areas as far back as the Iron Age, around 625-500 BC.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Working with researchers from Museum Horsens and Moesgaard Museum, archaeologists found evidence of a vast fortified settlement that once served as a regional power center during the Iron Age.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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