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Friday, March 05, 2010

African origin of Roman York's rich lady with the ivory bangle

One of the richest inhabitants of fourth century Roman York, buried in a stone sarcophagus with luxury imports including jewellery made of elephant ivory, a mirror and a blue glass perfume jar, was a woman of black African ancestry, a re-examination of her skeleton has shown.

Thanks Joe!
Prof. Hex at 5:48 PM
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