Ancient trade between Egypt and Denmark!

[Carol in Cal.]

http://www.ancient-origine.com/beads-found-in-3400-year-old-nordic-graves-were-made-by-king-tuts-glassmaker/

 

I think this is fascinating!

[MamaBearTeacher]

Thank you for posting. It is fascinating. We think that the world is so global now but it always has been.

[Melinda in VT]

Thanks for posting. We're going to Denmark this summer, and this gives me an interesting tidbit to share with the kids.

[trulycrabby]

It is fascinating!

[Jean in Newcastle]

:coolgleamA: :coolgleamA: :coolgleamA:

[wintermom]

Yes, the Vikings really got around. The Swedes sailed and traded in Russia and beyond. There is a network of rivers they used for travelling, similar to the network of rivers fur traders used to cross the vast distances in Canada.

 

 

[Kareni]

How intriguing!  Thanks for sharing the link, Carol.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[bibiche]

Here is a link to the actual academic article, which is,naturally, less sensational:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/36265546/Betwen_Egypt_Mesopotamia_and_Scandinavia.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1460344443&Signature=JNldSpQWqd7XBbNPCJR1i4bRW70%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DBetween_Egypt_Mesopotamia_and_Scandinavi.pdf

[athomeontheprairie]

OP, thanks for sharing!

 

Here is a link to the actual academic article, which is,naturally, less sensational:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/36265546/Betwen_Egypt_Mesopotamia_and_Scandinavia.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1460344443&Signature=JNldSpQWqd7XBbNPCJR1i4bRW70%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DBetween_Egypt_Mesopotamia_and_Scandinavi.pdf

This link wouldn't open for me.

This is really cool, but reading your title, all I can think about is some ancient Egyptian couple saying "We read and write hieroglyphics every day, but even we can't figure out how to assemble this accursed Scandinavian furniture".

[Tsuga]

Awesome! People have always been so amazing.

 

 

 

This is really cool, but reading your title, all I can think about is some ancient Egyptian couple saying "We read and write hieroglyphics every day, but even we can't figure out how to assemble this accursed Scandinavian furniture".

 

I am so trained to assemble Ikea furniture that I find it hard to understand what other instructions are even getting at. I had a total fail the other day and realized I was not taking their bulleted lists seriously enough. I was thinking, "I need one box per step, WITH NUMBERS, please."

Edited April 11, 2016 by Tsuga

[bibiche]

OP, thanks for sharing!

 

 

This link wouldn't open for me.

hmm, works for me. Here is a link to the abstract and the journal article title: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030544031400449X