Angela
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An interesting find, although we knew that there were economic ties between Rome and east Asian. In fact, I recently posted about some descriptions written by Han visitors to Rome.
See:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mysterious...-cemetery-shed-new-light-roman-empire-1583008
"What they discovered exceeded their expectations: they found evidence that a very cosmopolitan community was buried in the cemetery. Four people were ethnically African and two were Asian – probably from ancient China, one of the most advance civilisations at the time."
I wonder if it was a cemetery for foreigners?
See also:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...s-Roman-cemetery-promise-rewrite-history.html
"Analysis has revealed that two skeletons dating from between the 2nd and 4th Century AD unearthed at the site in the city's Southwark area may have been Chinese.."
Among the skeletons is one of a teen-age girl whom they are proposing might have been from North Africa. There is a video about this find in the above referenced article.
There were another five skeletons who might have moved to the area from the Mediterranean.
I wonder if this was a mercantile area?
What with the African woman in York, the perhaps "Nabatean" soldier or gladiator, and now these skeletons, Roman era England is turning out to be more cosmopolitan than I had expected.
See:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mysterious...-cemetery-shed-new-light-roman-empire-1583008
"What they discovered exceeded their expectations: they found evidence that a very cosmopolitan community was buried in the cemetery. Four people were ethnically African and two were Asian – probably from ancient China, one of the most advance civilisations at the time."
I wonder if it was a cemetery for foreigners?
See also:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...s-Roman-cemetery-promise-rewrite-history.html
"Analysis has revealed that two skeletons dating from between the 2nd and 4th Century AD unearthed at the site in the city's Southwark area may have been Chinese.."
Among the skeletons is one of a teen-age girl whom they are proposing might have been from North Africa. There is a video about this find in the above referenced article.
There were another five skeletons who might have moved to the area from the Mediterranean.
I wonder if this was a mercantile area?
What with the African woman in York, the perhaps "Nabatean" soldier or gladiator, and now these skeletons, Roman era England is turning out to be more cosmopolitan than I had expected.
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