Jewels From an Ethiopian Grave Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Link To Rome

An anonymous reader writes: Archaeologists have discovered jewels from an Ethiopian grave that revealed a 2,000-year-old link to Rome. Louise Schofield, a former British Museum curator, and her team of 11 excavated the ancient city of Aksum for six weeks where the artifacts were found. The treasures offer evidence that the Romans were trading in Aksum hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. Schofield said: “Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves. I was blown away: I’d been confident we’d find something, but not on this scale."

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Worth anything?

[skovnymfe]

All these treasures, are they worth anything? Will the Ethiopian people see a penny from all these treasures? Will they even see the treasures? Does anyone even care about Ethiopians?

And next

[Attila Dimedici]

Next they will announce the startling revelation that there was trade between the United States and Mexico over 100 years ago.
Seriously, have these people never looked at a map? The Roman Empire shared a border with the Empire mentioned in the article. Of course they were trading. That's what people do.

Re:Rome?

[Attila Dimedici]

Umm, at the time, Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. So, based on the way Rome was running its empire, trade with Egypt WAS trade with Rome.

Re:I see what they dug there

[asylumx]

"Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves...." Holy shed, that's a lot of treasure.

I wonder how many Libraries of Congress worth of treasure they ended up with.