(Posted 05th October 2025)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Dario Radley, Archaeology News (U.S), October 1, 2025 |
| The recent research tracking the origin of southern Levantine ivory artifacts has revealed that most of the material came from African elephants, and Nubian merchants were involved in sustaining long-distance exchange networks for nearly a thousand years. Covering the period from 1600 to 600 BCE, the research provides the first empirical evidence of the biological and geographical origins of Levantine ivories and debunks claims about Egyptian domination of the ivory trade. |
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