Posted on 11/20/2005 1:31:32 PM PST by blam
1,700-year-old 'Roman Glass' Discovered in East China
Glass remains over 1,700 years old, possibly imported from ancient Rome, have been discovered in an ancient tomb located in east China's Anhui Province, local cultural relic department said on Sunday.
The tomb was found during the latest road project in Zhulong Village of Dangtu County in Anhui. Archaeologists believed the tomb was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420).
Covered with white mantlerock, the glass remains seem to have ancient Roman shapes and craftwork.
According to the local cultural relic department, the owner of the tomb was possibly from an eminent family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Besides the "Roman glass," other rare articles including a gold bracelet, a silver ring, a bronze bowl and porcelain were also discovered in the tomb.
Currently, pieces of the "Roman glass" have been sent to the Anhui-based University of Science and Technology of China for further study and analysis, said the local cultural relic department.
(Xinhua News Agency November 20, 2005)
Inept bunglers compared to New Haven CT.
I'm sorry, but Greenridge/Old Forge Pennsylvania has the best pizza in the world. Just go there and ask them, they'll tell you so.
Particularly when confined to close quarters with others who have consumed similar quantities of this vegetable.....
The ancients had the physical technology for worldwide travel. The problem is that proving that travel was actually done is pretty difficult.
Why would the Central Americans carve in stone on their monuments "we got the idea for this pyramid from stories told by travelers"?
Lewis and Clarke traveled a tremendous distance using technology that was basically available to ancient humans thousands of years ago. Yes, they had firearms, but this only reduced the hunting workload. The ancients still could have done such things over a slightly longer time frame, or with more hunters.
This is all merely speculation, but I have little doubt it's true.
The Han Dynasty was aware of a great Empire in the distant West, and the Romans were buying Asian silk via the Persians. The Persians were the intermediaries for the two empires on trade. Unlike modern times, the trade routes were national secrets, not shared publicly to insure Perisan monopoly on trade access. Ironicly in the late Han Dynasty there was a great land exploration expedition composed of 100,000 men who traveled westward till they reached the Caspian Sea. The leader decided to go north and ran into cold vast steppes and he returned to China concluding that there was nothing of value. If he had gone south he would have reached the eastern outposts of the Roman Empire. History would have been different
I'd trade you a truckload of turnips for one cabbage, or two truckloads of lima beans.
But that's just me.
Neat !!
What kind of report is this?? There is no attempt to explain to the reader what this discovery means. What hypotheses does it raise? Very interesting subject though.
"I'd trade you a truckload of turnips for one cabbage, or two truckloads of lima beans."
Ain't free enterprise wonderful!
You're on for the Lima Beans.
Never heard of boiled okra, haggis, or poi, have you?
An abomination. Okra should be fried or stewed with tomatoes.
Then it came to San Frnacisco, and met up with another Italian by the name of Alfredo, who turned chicken, while Arty choked.
Now, it is a garlic white sauce, with white meat, white mushrooms, and white cauliflower, and not a shred of red or green...but they still insist on calling pale, pallid conglomeration "pizza".
I rest my case. Gumbo or forget it.
The Chinese court also sent a delegation to the Roman Empire, by sea; alas it arrived in the Persian Gulf and never made direct contact. The ambassador praised the ethical nature of the inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
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Romans in China?
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How did Trajan succeed in subduing Parthia where Mark Antony failed?
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It's mine! Give it Back!
Nope. All their ancestors (on all the continents) came from the same place...Sundaland. (it probably was Atlantis too)
Didn't we have a post a year or two ago about silk being produced in europe?
I did look for that, but not that hard. Let's see... here are select results of a Google search for freerepublic, silk road, europe:
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Multiplication Table From 1,800 Years Ago Discovered In Hunan
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China Unearths Ancient Caucasian Tombs
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I had a chance to buy a 600 year old piece of pottery from China.The piece was smuggled out of China to Hong Kong (and unless it left there I guess that means it is back in China)
My friend was asking $1000 which was probably a bargain price. Oh well (kicks self)
Now, it is a garlic white sauce, with white meat, white mushrooms, and white cauliflower, and not a shred of red or green...but they still insist on calling pale, pallid conglomeration "pizza".
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