Friday, January 23 2026

Day: January 23, 2026

A 4,000-Year-Old Silver Goblet Links Anatolia to the Earliest Visions of Cosmic Order

A 4,000-Year-Old Silver Goblet Links Anatolia to the Earliest Visions of Cosmic Order

A small silver cup, unearthed decades ago in the Judean Hills, has returned to the center of scholarly debate—this time with Anatolia firmly in the discussion. Known as the ʿAin Samiya Goblet, the vessel dates to the Intermediate Bronze Age (ca. 2650–1950 BCE) and bears one of the most elaborate mythological compositions known from the