Episode 13
Solomon: Portrait of an Iron Age Onassis, or How to Have a State without Really Making a Statement
This Week in the Ancient Near East
May 5, 202156m 25s
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Show Notes
A recent study proposes that the Biblical King Solomon orchestrated maritime trade across the Iron Age Mediterranean. Is there really evidence for this? And why didn’t the kingdoms of Israel and Judah create monumental art and architecture like their neighbors? Or, for that matter, write much stuff down? Our panelists are intrigued but not confident.
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