-
Anglo-Saxon Girl Was Buried with Garnets from India and Sri Lanka 1,400 Years Ago
A teenage girl buried in eastern England around 1,400 years ago wore a necklace containing garnets that had travelled thousands of miles from India and Sri Lanka. Her grave, the richest in a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Lincolnshire, reveals how even a small rural community was connected to trade networks extending far beyond Britain.…
-
The Port That Connected Mesopotamia to India: Archaeologists Rediscover Alexandria on the Tigris
A city that once stood at the crossroads of continents has quietly returned to the map of ancient history. Long forgotten beneath shifting rivers, modern borders, and decades of conflict, Alexandria on the Tigris was a major port founded in the age of Alexander the Great, controlling the flow of trade between Mesopotamia, India, and…
-
Rare 2,000-Year-Old Roman Enamelled Fibula Discovered in Poland
A rare Roman-period enamelled fibula discovered in Poland is offering new insight into cultural exchange and daily life nearly 2,000 years ago. Identified during a routine metal-detector survey near Grudziądz, the object represents only the second known example of its kind ever documented in the country. Archaeologists say the discovery reinforces growing evidence that this…
-
Bronze Age Mycenaean Road Network Reconstructed Using Advanced Digital Mapping
The Bronze Age Mycenaean road network across the Peloponnese reveals a sophisticated system of travel and trade in ancient Greece. Researchers have harnessed cutting‑edge digital tools to trace how travellers moved across ancient Greece, offering the clearest reconstruction yet of the road network built by the Mycenaeans in the Late Bronze Age. The new study, led…