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the Black Pyramid of Abusir
The Black Pyramid is at Dahshur, not Abusir. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities identifies Amenemhat III’s Black Pyramid as part of the Dahshur pyramid field.
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This phrase misidentifies the location of the monument. The Black Pyramid of King Amenemhat III is in Dahshur, not Abusir. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities page for Dahshur explicitly lists “the Black Pyramid of King Amenemhat III” among the pyramids at Dahshur. So calling it the “Black Pyramid of Abusir” is geographically incorrect.
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- Dahshur - Discover Egypt's Monuments - Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
As for the Black Pyramid of King Amenemhat III, it is also in poor condition of conservation... [on the Dahshur archaeological site page].
served as a Celtiberian stronghold against Roman invasions.
Citânia de Briteiros was a Castro-culture hillfort in northwest Portugal, not a Celtiberian stronghold. “Celtiberia” refers to a different region in inland east-central Spain.
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This sentence assigns Citânia de Briteiros to the wrong cultural/geographic group. The Sociedade Martins Sarmento page on the site describes it as one of the major protohistoric settlements of the Iberian Peninsula and places it among the castros of the Northwest Peninsula, with material displayed in the Museum of Castro Culture. Separately, the Celtiberia Histórica site defines Celtiberia as the territory in the mountainous zone of the Iberian and Central ranges in Spain. That is not northwest Portugal. So Briteiros should not be described as a Celtiberian stronghold.
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- Citânia de Briteiros · Sociedade Martins Sarmento
A Citânia de Briteiros is one of the most expressive proto-historic settlements of the Iberian Peninsula... Like many other castros of the Northwest Peninsula... Different materials... can be observed in the Museum of Castro Culture.
- Celtiberia histórica | Museums and exhibitions | Teruel Museum
The name of Celtiberia is given to the territory located in the mountainous ridge where the Iberian and Central cordilleras and their surrounding areas fit.
are postulated to have entered Japan during the late Yayoi period (c. 300 BC – c. 300 AD) or the succeeding Kofun period (c. 250 – 538 AD),
This is too late. Credible references place iron in Japan from the Yayoi period much earlier, including early Yayoi sites—not only the late Yayoi or Kofun periods.
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The article dates the arrival of iron in Japan too late. A Japan Tourism Agency explanation of the Yayoi period states that “Iron and bronze working in Japan began with the Yayoi people” and describes metal tools as characteristic of the period. Japan Society likewise says the Yayoi period was marked by “the mining, smelting and casting of bronze and iron” and that iron tools from Korea have been found in the oldest Yayoi sites. Those sources contradict the claim that iron items only entered Japan in the late Yayoi or Kofun period.
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- Fujioka Historical Museum: Yayoi Period (300 BCE-300 CE) | Japan Tourism Agency
Iron and bronze working in Japan began with the Yayoi people, who produced iron and bronze weapons ... and farm tools tipped with iron or other metals.
- Early Japan (50,000 BC - 710 AD) - Japan Society
The Yayoi period ... was based not only on new pottery forms, but also the mining, smelting and casting of bronze and iron... Practical iron tools from Korea ... have been found in the oldest Yayoi sites.
the thirteenth largest in the world
This ranking is outdated/incorrect. The American Museum of Natural History describes the Willamette Meteorite as the sixth-largest in the world, not the thirteenth.
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The caption gives the wrong size ranking for the Willamette Meteorite. The American Museum of Natural History, which displays the meteorite, describes it as “the sixth-largest in the world.” That directly contradicts the article’s statement that it is the thirteenth largest.
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- The Willamette Meteorite | American Museum of Natural History
This iron meteorite, which was found in Oregon, is the largest ever found in the United States and the sixth-largest in the world.
- Planetary Impacts | American Museum of Natural History
The Willamette Meteorite - t’əmanəwas ... is the largest ever recovered in the US and the sixth-largest in the world.