This is also fascinating: 'Bitumen from Middle East discovered in 7th century buried ship in UK' (=Sutton Hoo) http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0166276 …pic.twitter.com/vGrj3GyOCD
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Similarly of interest are ivory rings from bags found in 5th-7thC England, which seem to be made from elephant ivoryhttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/729321640694255616 …
The 6thC Bromeswell Bucket, made E. Med (possibly Antioch) w/ hunting scene+Greek inscription, found nr Sutton Hoo: http://www.wessexcam.com/publicgallery.php?id=146 …pic.twitter.com/K9yV6QDxPq
Sea and land trading routes from Mediterranean to Baltic (Amber routes) were in use thousands of years earler
Agreed! Mesopotamian blue glass beads in Bronze Age Danish graves and amber in Syrian tombs of similar antiquity!
They continued to be used for trading in metals. They weren't just abandoned when Rome collapsed. Don't understand surprise?
Cowry shells were a thing 1 finds in women graves all over Europe but what was exact significance #justafashion or more to it
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