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What Traces Does Lapis Lazuli Leave of Bronze Age Trade? - The Journey of Lapis Lazuli in the Bronze Age | Sleepy Facts About History
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A single remote mountain valley in northeastern Afghanistan supplied the deep blue stone that appears in the coffin of Tutankhamun, the Royal Cemetery at Ur, and workshops across the ancient Near East. Yet no ancient map showed both places, no single traveler made the full journey, and no one who handled the stone knew where it would ultimately end up. This episode explores how lapis lazuli traveled thousands of kilometers from the Sar-i Sang mines in Badakhshan to the river valleys of…
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