Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade

• Published in: British Museum studies in ancient Egypt and Sudan no. 18; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Author: Mairs, Rachel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2012

In the 1930s, excavations by the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan (DAFA) at the site of Begram (near modern Kabul) uncovered two storerooms full of luxury goods from such far-flung regions of the ancient world as the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean, India and China. These finds date to t...