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Ancient Egyptian tombs contained amber sourced from which distant body of water, despite no known direct trade route existing at the time?
Answer
The Baltic Sea
Chemical analysis of amber found in ancient Egyptian tombs traces its origin to the Baltic coast, roughly 2,000 miles away, indicating goods moved along indirect trade networks long before direct contact was established.
💡 Did you know?
Amber from the Baltic was traded so extensively that archaeologists found it in Egyptian tombs 2,000 miles away predating known direct contact.
Other options people guess
- The Red Sea
- The Caspian Sea
- The Adriatic Sea
Topics
- ancient-trade
- egypt
- baltic
- archaeology
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