From the land of one emperor to another

Ok, this is really cool! Apparently they've discovered Roman jewelry in a tomb dating back to the Fifth Century A.D.  The jewelry in question are tiny blobs of multi-layered glass about 5 mm across, and heavily faded, with most of the gilt completely worn off.

What, you mean you're not impressed yet? What if I said they were found in....

....Japan?

Looks like Rome's arm stretched a lot farther than originally thought, and even though it's the briefest, most insignificant of touches its still awesome that something like that can wind up 6,000 kilos from where it originated, in a place the artisan could never have imagined.

Isn't that awesome?

Links here if interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/23/japanese-tomb-found-roman-empire-artifact_n_1621090.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/5mm-diameter-piece-glass-jewellery-believed-made-roman-photo-163550349.html

From the land of one emperor to another

Ok, this is really cool! Apparently they've discovered Roman jewelry in a tomb dating back to the Fifth Century A.D.  The jewelry in question are tiny blobs of multi-layered glass about 5 mm across, and heavily faded, with most of the gilt completely worn off.

What, you mean you're not impressed yet? What if I said they were found in....

....Japan?

Looks like Rome's arm stretched a lot farther than originally thought, and even though it's the briefest, most insignificant of touches its still awesome that something like that can wind up 6,000 kilos from where it originated, in a place the artisan could never have imagined.

Isn't that awesome?

Links here if interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/23/japanese-tomb-found-roman-empire-artifact_n_1621090.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/5mm-diameter-piece-glass-jewellery-believed-made-roman-photo-163550349.html

From the land of one emperor to another

Ok, this is really cool! Apparently they've discovered Roman jewelry in a tomb dating back to the Fifth Century A.D.  The jewelry in question are tiny blobs of multi-layered glass about 5 mm across, and heavily faded, with most of the gilt completely worn off.

What, you mean you're not impressed yet? What if I said they were found in....

....Japan?

Looks like Rome's arm stretched a lot farther than originally thought, and even though it's the briefest, most insignificant of touches its still awesome that something like that can wind up 6,000 kilos from where it originated, in a place the artisan could never have imagined.

Isn't that awesome?

Links here if interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/23/japanese-tomb-found-roman-empire-artifact_n_1621090.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/5mm-diameter-piece-glass-jewellery-believed-made-roman-photo-163550349.html