Ornate ostrich eggs sold to the Mediterranean's エリート 5,000 years ago 明らかにする／漏らす a コンビナート／複合体 貿易（する） 網状組織 in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

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Decorative ostrich eggs were the ultimate symbol of wealth and 影響（力） around the Mediterranean 5,000 years ago but little was known about how they were 貿易（する）d ? until now.?

分析 of 生き残るing 見本／標本s 明らかにする／漏らすs the ornate eggs were skilfully （手先の）技術d and featured as the 焦点の point in a 高度に コンビナート／複合体 貿易（する）ing system in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

展示（する）s from the British Museum underwent 明言する／公表する-of-the-art ざっと目を通すs that 許すd 研究員s to pinpoint the コンビナート／複合体 origin and history of the 高級な items.

It is believed the eggs were snatched from wild birds' nests and 販売人s may have had 広大な 供給（する） 網状組織s for the sought after items.???

Decorative ostrich eggs were the ultimate symbol of wealth and 影響（力） around the Mediterranean 5,000 years ago but little is known about how they were 貿易（する）d

分析 of 生き残るing 見本／標本s 明らかにする／漏らすs the ornate eggs were skilfully （手先の）技術d and featured as the 焦点の point in a 高度に コンビナート／複合体 貿易（する）ing system

高度に-decorated ostrich eggs were sought after by the エリートs of?Mediterranean civilisations during the bronze and?アイロンをかける ages.?

But にもかかわらず them 存在 流布している in the upper echelons of history and known for １０年間s, little has been known about the 貿易（する） and 生産／産物 of the 高級な goods.

An international team of 専門家s, led by the University of Bristol,?looked at five ostrich eggs from the British Museum's collection.

These 見本／標本s were 設立する?in the Isis Tomb, an エリート burial at Etruscan Vulci in Italy?that are more than 2,000 years old.

They also 診察するd egg fragments 設立する across 11 場所／位置s in Europe, the?Middle East and north Africa.?

The findings, published in the 定期刊行物 Antiquity, are based on the 化学製品 make-up of the 生き残るing eggs.?

Using 電子 microscopy scanning, the 研究員s were able to distinguish eggs laid in different climatic zones.?

Isotope 分析 of the eggs also 明らかにする／漏らすd 見本／標本s 設立する at the same 場所／位置 had different sources.?

The 研究員s say this 暗示するs the egg 貿易（する） was 柔軟な and opportunistic.?

For example, vendors may have turned to different 供給者s to find the cheapest eggs.?

Such a wide 範囲 of sourced also 明らかにする／漏らすs the 販売人s had larger 貿易（する） 網状組織s than 推定する／予想するd and 古代の society was more interconnected than 以前 thought.??

Dr Tamar Hodos, a reader in Mediterranean archaeology at University of?Bristol's School of Arts, said: 'The entire system of decorated ostrich?egg 生産／産物 was much more 複雑にするd than we had imagined.?

'We also 設立する 証拠 to 示唆する the 古代の world was much more interconnected?than 以前 thought.?

'Mediterranean ostriches were indigenous to the eastern Mediterranean?and north Africa.'

She continued: 'What was most surprising to us was that eggs from both zones were 設立する at 場所／位置s in the other zone, suggestive of more?広範囲にわたる 貿易（する） 大勝するs.'

The 研究員s believe eggs were taken from wild birds' nests - at?かなりの 危険 - にもかかわらず 証拠 of ostriches 存在 kept in?捕らわれた during this period.

Dr Hodos 追加するd: 'We also 設立する eggs 要求する time to 乾燥した，日照りの before the 爆撃する?can be carved and therefore 要求する 安全な 貯蔵.

展示（する）s from the British Museum underwent 明言する／公表する-of-the-art ざっと目を通すs (pictured) that 許すd 研究員s to pinpoint the コンビナート／複合体 origin and history of the 高級な items

Isotope 分析 of the eggs also 明らかにする／漏らすd 見本／標本s 設立する at the same 場所／位置 had different sources. The 研究員s say this 暗示するs the egg 貿易（する） was 柔軟な and opportunistic

Pictured, 詳細（に述べる）s of a 押し通す's 長，率いる from the Isis tomb in Italy.?Such 高度に-decorated ostrich eggs were 高度に sought after by the エリートs of Mediterranean civilisations during the bronze and アイロンをかける ages

'This has 経済的な 関わりあい／含蓄s, since 貯蔵 necessitates a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語?投資 and this, 連合させるd with the 危険 伴う／関わるd, would 追加する to an?egg's 高級な value.'

The 熟考する／考慮する is part of an 現在進行中の 研究 pr oject into 古代の 高級な?goods called Globalising 高級なs.

Dr Hodos and 同僚s believe eggs were taken from wild birds’ nests にもかかわらず 証拠 of ostriches 存在 kept in 捕らわれた during this period.?

“We also 設立する eggs 要求する time to 乾燥した，日照りの before the 爆撃する can be carved and therefore 要求する 安全な 貯蔵,' Dr hodos 追加するs.?

'This has 経済的な 関わりあい／含蓄s, since 貯蔵 necessitates a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 投資する.'?

研究員s were also able to 決定する the techniques that were used by the?artisans such as polishing, smooth 捨てるing, 選ぶing and shaving.?

The egg 爆撃するs were decorated with?motifs of animals, flora, geometric patterns,?兵士s and chariots.?