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People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds • Feb. 10, 2025, 11:55 PM ET (Live Science)
Archaeologists uncover vast Bronze Age fortress Dmanisi Gora in Georgia • Jan. 26, 2025, 9:34 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Date 3000 BCE - 1000

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Minoan civilization: Harvester Vase
Corinthian-style helmet
Lur, Late Bronze Age; in the National Museum, Copenhagen
Early Bronze Age (Unetician B) gold ornaments from a grave at Leubingen, central Germany. In the Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle, Ger.
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