Ancient Egyptian coins & figurines found in Britain--modern losses or ancient losses/trade? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/ptolemaic-coins-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/ftXP4cdSqk
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@MariusHollenga For really far-ranging contacts, how about these coins from the Indo-Greek kingdom!? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/01/indo-greek-indo-scythian-other-early.html …
@caitlinrgreen Beautiful coins, too.
@MariusHollenga Definitely! Eg Worn one of these from London, Apollodotus, perhaps ruled down to Gujarat in 2C BC :)pic.twitter.com/5gahQ4mS8V
@caitlinrgreen How...Greek were these kings? Was it similar to what happened in Egypt?
@MariusHollenga They seem to have tried consciously to retain their Greekness so far from home--this is good on them http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/indo-greek-dynasty …
@MariusHollenga And this might be of interest too :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Indo-Greeks …
@caitlinrgreen Thanks a bunch, that'll give me some edutainment until lunch. =].
@caitlinrgreen Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Does this mean the more learned people in Ptolemaic Egypt knew the British Isles excisted?
@MariusHollenga Oh, I'd have thought so :)
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