Experts In Siberia Have Found Evidence Of An Entire Arctic Civilization They Never Knew Existed

Merchant Routes of the 7th Century

According to Dr. Arkady Baulo from the Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, the bowl most likely was brought to the site by Asian merchants. These merchants exported walrus tusks, furs and hunting birds from the north. These trade routes ran through the Kama and Ob regions during the 7^th and 8^th centuries.