"Hippo ivory"

rasdan · 16th May 2017, 04:05 PM

To digress a bit about trade. I went to a talk regarding Ancient Kedah (around 600AD) last year. A researcher that was currently translating works by a Chinese Monk, I Tsing, told us that I Tsing mentioned in his journals, in Kedah port at that time he saw Roman (!) ships. Roman ships at currently Peninsular Malaya in 600AD. To me this is mind blowing. What we currently know today is just a very small part of what had happened. As Alan had mentioned in another thread recently, probably nowhere was remote to our ancestors.

Rick · 16th May 2017, 04:27 PM

Sperm whale teeth are sold all the time at my local auction house.
The only problem would be getting them out of the US to wherever.

16th May 2017, 04:05 PM	#1
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 369	To digress a bit about trade. I went to a talk regarding Ancient Kedah (around 600AD) last year. A researcher that was currently translating works by a Chinese Monk, I Tsing, told us that I Tsing mentioned in his journals, in Kedah port at that time he saw Roman (!) ships. Roman ships at currently Peninsular Malaya in 600AD. To me this is mind blowing. What we currently know today is just a very small part of what had happened. As Alan had mentioned in another thread recently, probably nowhere was remote to our ancestors.

16th May 2017, 04:27 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,378	Sperm whale teeth are sold all the time at my local auction house. The only problem would be getting them out of the US to wherever.