Silver in ancient Egyptian bracelets provides earliest evidence for long-distance trade between Egypt and Greece

ABC News Australia ^ | Posted Mon 29 May 2023, updated Tue 30 May 2023 | Bridget Judd

[SunkenCiv]

Key points:

• The study provides the first scientific evidence that silver used in her jewellery was sourced from the Aegean Islands in Greece.
• The findings offer an insight into the trade networks that existed and the emergence of Egyptian state.
• An analysis of bracelets owned by Queen Hetepheres — the mother of King Khufu, who would go on to build the Great Pyramid — has found that Egypt and Greece were involved in long-distance trade earlier than previously known.

[SunkenCiv]

Queen Hetepheres owned a number of items of jewellery, which help offer an insight into her life.

Supplied: Macquarie University via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[SunkenCiv]

Contrary to the speculation in the article, Byblos probably was not involved.

[SunkenCiv]

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https://apnews.com/article/greece-archaeology-oldest-site-stone-tools-3e84007cde4d77a2725b7877b9b38335

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[minnesota_bound]

People have always moved around and traded back to where they came from and to other places that people moved to.
Why are writers surprised about trade?
Maybe they think everything was created on the spot.

[Grimmy]

Didn’t Egypt also trade for tin to make bronze as far away as the area we now call Afghanistan?

[Bon of Babble]

Saw a special on the Sutton Hoo hoard last night - the gems and materials used in the hoard, such the garnets on the two toggles used to hold a sword, were sourced from places as far away as Pakistan.

The prevailing wisdom before this hoard was found was that the Anglo-Saxons didn't have the technology or artisanship to craft such pieces - or the trade networks to source the materials used.

[Republican in occupied CA]

I recall a lecture about Greek science and medicine where they quoted a Greek doctor lamenting that he weren’t able to to Egypt for really advanced study. To their credit, the Greeks were generally willing to acknowledge the profound influence of Egypt on their culture.

[Lee N. Field]

There was long distance trade far back into the stone age.

[teeman8r]

why would a black egyptian princess trade with greece... hmmm.

[SunkenCiv]

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