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Rare 2,800-Year-Old Assyrian Scarab Amulet Found In Lower Galilee (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by streetman to c/artifact

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I presume they carbon date it somehow? They make and sell modern reproductions for tourists that look just like this with various stones.

[–] streetman 10 points 10 months ago

Looks like no dating has been done yet, but stones, tools, and jewelry are usually dated from it's surroundings and additional artifacts found at the scene. Here's some more details on the find: https://arkeonews.net/rare-2800-year-old-assyrian-scarab-seal-amulet-found-in-tabor-nature-reserve/

[–] moistclump 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t carbon dating Amber be like “wow this is millions of years old”?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Good point, you'd have to do it from surrounding strata of earth like @streetman mentioned they did.