Syrian Archaeologists: Bronze Bracelets, Golden Earrings Unearthed in Sweida
By R. Raslan |
Friday, 27 August 2010 14:05 |
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New discoveries in Syria reveal ancient trade routes to Nile
An academic excavation team said Thursday it had uncovered artifacts which indicate that an ancient Bronze-Age kingdom in northern Syria had strong international trade relations with Nile river dynasties.
Peter Pfalzner, a professor at the University of Tuebingen and head of a joint German-Syrian archeology team, said that gifts originating from the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia were discovered in burial chambers at the ruins of a once royal city near what is now the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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