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Estonia's part in the Amber Road has been questioned for long but more recent research has shown that raw amber was indeed found & collected in #BronzeAge Estonia (Saaremaa) at a time when it was a material high in demand in the Apennine peninsula (& elsewhere in Southern Europe) 2/4
Photo: see ALT
Photo: see ALT
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Estonia's part in the Amber Road has been questioned for long but more recent research has shown that raw amber was indeed found & collected in #BronzeAge Estonia (Saaremaa) at a time when it was a material high in demand in the Apennine peninsula (& elsewhere in Southern Europe) 2/4
Photo: see ALT
Photo: see ALT
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Always found it oddly charming that one of the main centres for Latgalian culture in very slightly more russophone Rēzekne is... a kebab shop
(And pleasingly, they maintain their all-Latgalian signage policy even at their very popular Riga branch)
(And pleasingly, they maintain their all-Latgalian signage policy even at their very popular Riga branch)
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Always found it oddly charming that one of the main centres for Latgalian culture in very slightly more russophone Rēzekne is... a kebab shop
(And pleasingly, they maintain their all-Latgalian signage policy even at their very popular Riga branch)
(And pleasingly, they maintain their all-Latgalian signage policy even at their very popular Riga branch)