Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who asse ...
The skeleton, unearthed in the 1970s at a Roman cemetery, was laid to rest in a fetal position. The bones were initially thought to be from the second or third century AD even though the ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A skeleton excavated from a Roman-era cremation cemetery in Belgium surprised archaeologists ...