Posted on 08/25/2010 10:46:42 AM PDT by decimon
CAIRO Egypt's antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean down into Sudan from the early days of the Egyptian civilization.
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The ancient routes stretched from the Darfur region in Sudan through the oases and the Nile Valley up to the ancient Palestine and Syria, with long caravans of donkeys bringing wines, luxury goods and wealth along with them. It would at least be 1,000 years before the camel made its appearance.
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Desert humps ping.
FMCDH(BITS)
Were the Twinkies still fresh?
And socialists have been trying to kill capitalism and the wealth it brings ever since.
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Thanks decimon and nothingnew. So they traded oases, who knew? |
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“Everyone knows you can’t hurt a twinkie.” (Courtesy of Abu on the Simpsons.) He didn’t say anything about shelf life.
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