Amber Road

The Amber Road was a trade route from the delta of the Vistula river to Olbia? at the Black Sea before the birth of Christ. For thousands of years amber was transport The Amber Road, known for centuries as Bernsteinstrasse , was a trade route from the delta of the Vistula river to Olbia? at the Black Sea before the birth of Christ. For thousands of years amber was transported overland on rivers from the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts to Italy, Greece, Black Sea and Egypt. The Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun had Baltic amber among his burial goods. From the Black Sea you could continue to Asia on the [Silk Road]?, another ancient trade route. Truso on the Baltic was one of the main trading places; Truso was near the later city of Elbing at the Drausensee? lake.

This road was one of the original Germanic waterways, the ancient 'highways' . Only in the last few years are English speakers becoming aware of the existence of these waterways and trade routes of eastern Germany and eastern Europe.Therefore the translation of Bernsteinstrasse to Amber Road for none-Germanic language speakers has recently been started.