Posted on 09/15/2006 12:58:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The marine branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered Roman artefacts dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries from the inter-tidal zone (the area between the high-tide and low-tide lines) of Elephanta Island. The find, made last winter, includes artefacts like wine amphorae (vases), pot sheds, storage devices, and stone anchors. The discovery shows that trade between Rome and India continued much later than previously thought... Alok Tripathi, ASI's head of underwater archaeology, said, "The entire Maharashtra coast has evidence of Roman contact on a large scale. We are particularly interested in Elephanta, Sindhudurg, Malvan, and Vijaydurg. The Roman artefacts that we have found in Elephanta include some that have survived in excellent condition. The find points to robust trading contact in the late Roman period. This is a first-of-its-kind find on the West Coast."
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Hmmm. Without the Suez canal, the Romans would have to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, probably in December or January. (Mid summer in the southern hemisphere)
Tamil Trade
INTAMM | 1997 | Xavier S. Thani Nayagam
Posted on 09/11/2004 11:07:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea
Silk Road | 2004 | William H. Schoff
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Quality of Life in the Desert? High Living in Rome's Distant Quarries
Univ of Leicester | September 9, 2002 | Dr Marijke van der Veen
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They used the Ptolemaic-era ports on the Red Sea. I don't think the New Kingdom-era Nile-to-Suez canal was usable by Roman times.
They could. Or they could take a caravan across Persia or a boat from Elat.
I believe the wisdom here is that the Romans had outposts on both the Red Sea and on the Persian Gulf, and ships aplenty both places. Their activities in and around India, though, remain far more obscure than those in the Mediterranean.
Migraine: I believe the wisdom here is that the Romans had outposts on both the Red Sea and on the Persian Gulf, and ships aplenty both places. Their activities in and around India, though, remain far more obscure than those in the Mediterranean.That sums it up nicely. :') Roman trade with India might have been substantiated earlier, except for two world wars and the disintegration of the British empire.
JimSEA: Recently, shipwrecks near Nakhon Si Thammarat have yielded Roman coins of about this era along with Chinese porcelain. Earlier Roman coins have been found near Nakhon Prathom. It seems there was strong trade predating Islam's dominance in the areas of modern Malaysia and Indonesia.Definitely, and the Romans weren't the first, either, by thousands of years.
Canals for Shipping in ancient Egypt (author not obvious)
Egypt from Space Mark T. RigbyThe old course of the pharaonic-era canal may be visible in this photo taken from orbit. And just in case you didn't know, Mark T. Rigby didn't take the photo. :')
Archipelago-Subcontinent Ties Ancient
Jakarta Post | 9-26-2005 | Rita A. Widiadana
Posted on 09/26/2005 2:16:39 PM EDT by blam
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