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Thanks much. There is detail there that he hadn't found (the cinnamon in India and yak butter in Tibet). Gary

My son is working on a project for school. They are setting up a Silk Road bazaar where he will be an ancient Roman candlemaker, producing and selling candles made from tallow. Along with this, he needs to produce a report about candle production and trade along the road (which ran from southern Europe and north Africa to China via central and southern Asia, map here) Does anyone know resources which can help him learn about candlemaking anywhere in Asia or North Africa a long time ago (say around 1 BC, give or take a few centuries)? Thanks much, Gary