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Monday, August 3
August 3, 2009

What could be the ancient Indian Ocean trade hub of Muziris has been unearthed at Pattanam, in southwestern India. Archaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old brick wharf; a wooden canoe; pottery from Italy, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; spices; and rice. Debbie Argue, a PhD student from the Australian National University, compared the bone fragments of the “hobbits,” […]

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