TROY STORY: Secrets Of Ancient Trade Routes Revealed

Image shows Ernst Pernicka (right) and Moritz Numrich, undated photo. They worked on the laser ablation device in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Note: Licensed content. (J. Huber, OAI Wien/Newsflash) Image shows Ernst Pernicka (right) and Moritz Numrich, undated photo. They worked on the laser ablation device in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Note: Licensed content. (J. Huber, OAI Wien/Newsflash)
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01 December 2022
Scientists are redrawing lines of ancient trade routes after discovering that 4,500-year-old gold in treasures found in both Troy and modern-day Iraq were mined in the same place. A new study has shown that gold objects unearthed at the ancient Greek city of Troy and some 2,400 kilometres...