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AI Uncovers 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Civilizations Hidden Beneath the World’s Largest Deserts
Exploring vast desert landscapes has long been a formidable challenge for archaeologists. Shifting sands and immense scales ...
3 Common Startup Ideas Being Used By Ancient Silk Road Traders
Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...
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Iron Age beads found in Syria were created from Baltic amber from over 3000 kilometers away
A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has revealed that some were crafted from Baltic ...
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Archaeologists Uncover a Roman Harbor, Shed Light on Maritime Infrastructure and Regional Trade Networks
Archaeologists Uncover a Roman Harbor, Shed Light on Maritime Infrastructure and Regional Trade Networks A year ago ...
From European emperors to Rajput kings, why Indian textiles are a global treasure
The global prominence of Indian textiles can be traced to ancient trade routes. From Banarasi silk to Ajrakh prints, India’s ...
Asia Society16y
Trade Along the Silk Roads
Moving trade goods along the ancient Silk Roads was made difficult by the fierce climatic and geographical conditions of desert and mountain regions along vast distances. With transportation limited ...
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Who built the ‘lost city’ of Petra—and why did they leave?
The ancient trade center once housed tens of thousands of people. But the city’s population had long dwindled by 1812 when the Swiss adventurer Johann Burckhardt pretended to be a Muslim pilgrim ...
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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
The Registan is the square in the heart of the ancient Silk Road hub of Samarqand ... roaming the East from Morocco along branches of the trade route. Hindu warriors attacked him in India.