1 What did people do B.C.E. B.C.L. before the common lube?

2 Among the earliest of these prophets is Hosea, who is thought to have written in the 8th century B.C.E.

3 Though no other such mechanisms have ever been found, experts believe that many more made around the same time in 100 B.C.E. once existed.

4 Although researchers aren't sure when people first added medicinal herbs to their wine, the earliest written evidence of such wines in ancient Egypt comes from papyri dating to about 1850 B.C.E.

5 So in the early part of the 7th century B.C.E., decades after Hosea issued his sermons, Israel was still awash in religious pluralism.

6 It's made of clay – check. It dates back to the second millenium B.C.E. – maybe.