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<blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3322461" data-attributes="member: 109211"><p>Quote off the internet about Lapis luzuli :</p><p></p><p>"Historians believe the link between humans and lapis lazuli stretches back more than 6,500 years. The gem was treasured by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. They valued it for its vivid, exquisite color, and prized it as much as they prized other blue gems like sapphire and turquoise".</p><p></p><p>If words came about because they had a useful function then I wonder what word was used to describe lapis lazuli, which would have been valued for trade and prestige, by these ancient civilisations?</p><p></p><p>Lee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troubador, post: 3322461, member: 109211"] Quote off the internet about Lapis luzuli : "Historians believe the link between humans and lapis lazuli stretches back more than 6,500 years. The gem was treasured by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. They valued it for its vivid, exquisite color, and prized it as much as they prized other blue gems like sapphire and turquoise". If words came about because they had a useful function then I wonder what word was used to describe lapis lazuli, which would have been valued for trade and prestige, by these ancient civilisations? Lee [/QUOTE]
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