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A tantalizing incipit from a piece in the Times of India: A team of archeologists have excavated Roman silver coins at Anuvanahalli in Tarikere taluk in Chikmagalur. It is now believed that the Romans might have tried to trade in medicinal plants which were found abundantly in the region given that the site looks like…
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Interesting item from Frontline: One way to understand the implications of the archaeological discoveries at Pattanam is to delve into the amazing wealth of data from the excavations at the lost Ptolemic-Roman port city of Berenike, on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. During the Ptolemic-Roman period (third century B.C. to sixth century A.D), Berenike served as…
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