Previous excavations have revealed Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age artefacts, said archaeologist, Dr Andy Jones.

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In another area not far from modern Sibari, near Spezzano Albanese, the archaeologists have unearthed dwellings from the Middle Bronze Age alongside objects of Aegean origin.

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Items also declared treasure by Norfolk's assistant deputy coroner David Osborne included an Anglo-Saxon silver pin found in Scoulton, a Middle Bronze Age Gold Bead discovered in Salthouse and a hoard of 59 silver Roman coins that date from the Roman Republic to Tiberius, the second emperor of Rome.

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After all, the Iron Age led to gigantic empires in the Middle East the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian as it dramatically undercut the previous Bronze Age cost of tools, armor, and weaponry.

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