Ingots made of Faynan copper at the Neve Yam shipwreck off the Carmel coast, dated to the Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age, indicates that they had probably embarked from Gaza," Bienkowski underlined.

Stone and bronze can be used together, subject to the availability of both materials. True bronze is a combination of 10% tin and 90% copper ... weapon-making. The Iron Age that followed it ...