The Amber Routes: Prehistoric Europe's Fossilized Gold

Long before the Silk Road, a northern trade network carried "the gold of the North": amber. This fossilized resin, washed up on Baltic shores, was carried thousands of miles south to the courts of Mycenae and the pharaohs. The Amber Routes formed a vital artery of culture and commerce in the European Bronze Age. Follow the journey of a single piece of amber from the Baltic coast to a Mycenaean tomb. We meet the middlemen—the fierce tribes of Central Europe—who controlled the perilous overland passages, and explore how this luminous substance connected the mythologies and elites of disparate worlds. Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi. Produced by Light Knot Studios (lightknotstudios.com).