Bactrian gold discoveries in Asia reveal ancient Greek civilization marks that predate Alexander the Great’s conquests. Credit: No machine-readable source provided CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons ...

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A 4,000-year-old tomb of a teenager unearthed in Iran, filled with gold jewelry and mysterious seals, is rewriting what we know about Bronze Age power and trade. The burial highlights an unusual ...

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"As the name suggests, these materials were previously thought to be confined primarily to the regions of Margiana (modern Turkmenistan) and Bactria (northern Afghanistan and Uzbekistan). However, ...