[SunkenCiv]

The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:

• Alkalescent Fluid Keeps 2,000-year-old Corpse Intact: Expert [07/20/2002]
  • 2,000-year-old corpse found intact in mystery fluid [07/18/2002]
  • Watch: This Monk Lived for Three Centuries On You Tube [10/05/2025]
• Ancient Inhabitants of Teotihuacan May Have Left Clues Explaining Their Mysterious Disappearance [10/07/2025]
• Archbishop, community surprised by Junipero Serra statue removal along Hwy 280 in San Mateo Co. [10/08/2025]
• Celebrate The United States Marine Corps' Birthday This Saturday On RAV (Live Oct 11, 2025 5pm-8pm Eastern) [10/11/2025]
• Check Out This "Truly Exceptional" Fossil Of A Two-Headed Reptile That Lived 125 Million Years Ago...And yes, it's real. [10/08/2025]
• The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced a Map of the World [04/04/2017]
• Frozen in Time: 112-Million-Year-Old Insects Found in Ecuadorian Amber [10/07/2025]
• The Great 17 Year Hunt For The Lady Of Atocha's $400m Treasure [50:12] [10/08/2025]
• Indiana Jones Reborn as Spanish Bearded Vulture [10/06/2025]
• It Had A "Strong Pleistocene Aroma": In 1984, Scientists Ate A 50,000-Year-Old Bison In A Stew [10/06/2025]
• Leif Erikson Day [10/09/2025]
• New insight into the mystery of ancient Gaza wine [10/11/2025]
• New Research Highlights Importance of Adzuki Beans in Early Neolithic East Asia [10/10/2025]
• Historic Nimitz House hidden under the Bay Bridge becoming a forgotten footnote (video) [10/11/2025]
• Parmesan: Why This Ancient Italian Cheese Is a Superfood and Culinary Icon [10/07/2025]
• Rare Carved Stone May Portray Pictish Face [10/10/2025]
• Scientist finds evidence of 'alien DNA' in humans [10/06/2025]
• 1300-Year-Old Communion Bread with 'Farmer Christ' Image Discovered in Ancient Eirenopoli [10/11/2025]
• This Rare Spider Is Half-Female, Half-Male Split Down The Middle -- Oh, And A New Species.....Their left side is female, the right side is male. [10/08/2025]
• Tolkien's Problem with Beowulf Translations [11:41] [10/06/2025]
• 2,000-Year-Old Remains of Wounded Man Examined in Iran [10/10/2025]
• Venice's Sacred Lion Of St. Mark Was Actually Made In China, Analysis Reveals [10/06/2025]
  • Has the location of Alexander the Great's Tomb been found [03/12/2020]
  • Egypt Unwrapped - Alexander the Great - 4K [08/23/2024]
  • Josh Gates Uncovers Alexander's Lost Tomb | Expedition Unknown | Discovery [4:09] [10/06/2024]
• 'We're back, Italians!': Trump signs Columbus Day proclamation [10/09/2025]
• What Happened to South America's Megafauna? [10/08/2025]

[Cronos]

The Romans used to do a brisk trade with India. Read the book “The Golden Road” by William Dalrymple

[SovereignVA]

So what year did they visit China? I suspect that the wise men from the east were instrumental in establishing the silk road.

[bunkerhill7]

Carthaginians beat em to it by 400 years.