Long before modern markets, ancient merchants laid the foundation of international trade in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. This episode explores how business was conducted in the Bronze Age - through ...

Archaeologists last week unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking Pacific coast ...

Vast Aztec trade networks behind ancient obsidian artifacts Date: May 12, 2025 Source: Tulane University Summary: Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the ...

This sheds new light on the international trade networks that existed in the ancient world and highlights the importance of incense.

Researchers have recreated the scent of an ancient Egyptian mummification balm that was used to preserve a noblewoman more than 3,500 years ago.

This demonstrates that Indigenous Americans were not passive recipients of European goods but were actively shaping trade dynamics and maintaining extensive social networks.

This implies the strong likelihood that there was an ancient trade network in place for the pigment.

Archaeologists reveal vast Aztec trade networks behind ancient obsidian artifacts by Tulane University Editors' notes ...