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The Excavations at Adichanallur | Tamil Nadu

About 150 years ago, a series of excavations at Adichanallur in Tamil Nadu threw up many ancient artefacts that were dated to about 900 BCE. That included skeletons of people from all over the world! What explains this ancient, international, multi-racial cemetery?

1. Urns in Adichanallur archaeological site

Balurbala, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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2. Photomicrograph of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria

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3. Ulixes mosaic in the Bardo National Museum

Ancient Roman art in the Bardo National Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bardo_Mosaic_Ulysses.jpg


4. Roman trireme on the mosaic in Tunisia 

Mathiasrex, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

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5. Roman gold coins excavated in Pudukottai, India 

Uploadalt, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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6. Marble Relief Frieze with Roman Soldiers, 1st Century AD, Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany

Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marble_Relief_Frieze_with_Roman_Soldiers,_1st_Century_AD_(28629662692).jpg


7. White pearl necklace

Flickr.com user “tanakawho”, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_pearl_necklace.jpg

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