[bert]

My friend in California sent me these videos of Alexander’s conquest into Asia. The interesting part is that he could actually sail to points on the Asian mainland that are now actually ground. The route covered includes modern Uzbekistan, Turkministan and Afghanistan.

He visits a Lapas Lazuli mine still being worked after thousands of years. He visits many very very large ruins of cities that were militaty garrisons years ago. He visits somewhere far far off the beaten path where the kids are very very greek, the descendents of Alexander

Alexander’s soldiers likely had such helmets and there were many thiusands of them

It is a truly great series, blew my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWoMV4ffwg

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[TigersEye]

He visits a Lapas Lazuli mine still being worked after thousands of years.

The oldest continuously operated mine in the world, and still being mined, is a lapis lazuli mine in Afghanistan. Lapis from that mine made its way to ancient India and ancient Egypt. Many other places too I am sure.