{"id":25129,"date":"2025-07-02T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleinteract.com\/?p=25129"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:11:27","slug":"%e2%96%b6%ef%b8%8f-forging-the-ancient-world-how-did-philistine-iron-shape-ancient-civilizations-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleinteract.com\/?p=25129","title":{"rendered":"\u25b6\ufe0f Forging the Ancient World: How Did Philistine Iron Shape Ancient Civilizations? Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to a new episode of Biblical Archaeology from the Ground Down, hosted by Dr. George Sparks and Dr. David E. Graves! In this exciting second part of our two-part series, \u201cForging the Ancient World: How did Philistine Iron Shape Ancient Civilizations? Part 2,\u201d we dive deeper into the fascinating story of iron\u2019s impact on ancient cultures. 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See the list here: <a href=\"https:\/\/smyrnaean.blogspot.com\/p\/new-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/smyrnaean.blogspot.com\/p\/new-books.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">44:47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:75% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1103201958?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Philistines Iron Technology Part 2\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bibleinteract.com\/?p=25077\">Click here to watch Forging the Ancient World: How Did Philistine Iron Shape Ancient Civilizations? 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