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X-Ray Analysis Of 2,000-Year-Old British Artifact Proves Trade With Egypt Before Roman Conquest

A small 2,000-year-old artifact has proven more important than once thought. This decorated Iron Age terret, now on display in the European Prehistory Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, was found in Suffolk, England.

X-Ray Analysis Of 2,000-Year-Old British Artifact Proves Trade With Egypt Before Roman Conquest

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A small 2,000-year-old artifact has proven more important than once thought.

This decorated Iron Age terret, now on display in the European Prehistory Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, was found in Suffolk, England.

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A small 2,000-year-old artifact has proven more important than once thought. This decorated Iron Age terret, now on display in the European Prehistory Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, was found in Suffolk, England.

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