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New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an extraordinary Mediterranean-based trading network. Research conducted by archaeologists from five European nations indicates that approximately 3,300 years ago, the western Mediterranean island of Sardinia began transforming into a significant trade hub. This development ultimately connected locations such as Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, and Portugal in the west with areas including present-day Turkey, Syria, Israel, Cyprus, and Crete in the eastern region. A sequence of groundbreaking findings is uncovering, for the very first time, the extraordinary contribution made by this island—one of the planet’s most enigmatic ancient societies, referred to by archaeologists as the Nuragic civilization. And it is showing the remarkable way in which Britain seems to have contributed to that civilization's development. It's long been kno...