Kerala’s lost city mystery: The centuries-old search for ancient port of Muziris
- Muziris was an ancient Kerala port that connected India with Roman and Mediterranean traders around 2,000 years ago.
- Ships arrived with gold and other goods, while Kerala’s prized black pepper was a major export from the port.
- Excavations at Pattanam have uncovered Roman amphorae, beads, a wharf-like structure and a roughly 2,000-year-old canoe.
- Pattanam is considered a possible location of Muziris, but archaeologists still lack conclusive proof identifying it as the lost city.
Source: firstpost.com
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