[BGHater]

ping.

[Rembrandt]

I don’t get the implications of surprise in this article. There have been trade routes within Asia, esp. thru the Himilayas for eons; innovation and re-adaptation of technologies would follow those routes as a matter of course.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It should be no surprise that what today we think of as industrial espionage, has been around since ancient times. To start with, in most cases, nobody thinks to control information, or does so effectively.

The first industrial secrets surrounded textiles and dyes, which were of very high value. The ancient Greeks even built a terribly expensive, expertly engineered, self-cleaning sea port specifically to raise one type of shellfish that provided a purple dye. Big money.

The big secret of silk was probably not so secret in the region, but when it was discovered that westerners didn’t know the secret, it became important to keep this knowledge from them.

Even Thomas Jefferson was involved in smuggling a particular straw seed used for straw brooms from Italy, where export was strictly forbidden.

[texmexis best]

Over the years I have come to the conclusion, based upon hard and fast evidence, that archaeologists and anthropologists do not own boats. If they did they would know that sailors sail. That is who they are and what they do.

Some of the big surprises to them, such as that the Vikings probably landed in North America are ridiculous. The distance between Greenland and NA is two hundred miles. That doesn;t even qualify as a fun sail.

People traveled alot in ancient times. Frequently by boat.

[Vaduz]

New findings suggest,first words used in rewriting history.

[swarthyguy]

BUMP. Interesting, nothwithstanding that the excavations regarding the ancient Indus have been conducted in a sporadic, haphazard and rather lackadaisical manner by the Pakistani authorities over the past 60 years.

Many reasons why, but the end result is a lack of knowledge since the pioneering English excavations of the early and mid 20th century.

[SunkenCiv]

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