Los Angeles ? Spices, gems and other exotic cargo excavated from an ancient port on Egypt's Red Sea show that the sea trade 2,000 years ago between the Roman Empire and India was more extensive ...

These items indicate the settlement's connection to the vast Roman trade network and hint at Roman ... consolidating a settlement that thrived thanks to its role in the vast Roman trade network.

LOS ANGELES — Excavation of an ancient seaport on Egypt’s Red Sea found spices, gems and other exotic cargo showing that sea trade linking the Roman Empire and India 2,000 years ago rivaled the ...

A cache of Roman-era lead ingots has been unearthed by workers laying a gas pipeline in northern Cordoba, Spain, shedding new light on the empire’s trade in the toxic metal that some say may be ...

Only rarely has this pottery been found beyond the Egyptian ports, further supporting that they reflect a resident community rather than trade items," she said. Roman amphorae, according to Tomber ...

Spices were not the only commodity traded over the ancient “Incense Route” that linked the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and ran through the Land of Israel.

This research not only sheds light on ancient Roman trade practices but also shows that Hf could be useful for analyzing other human artifacts. Chemical & Engineering News ISSN 0009-2347 ...