A skeleton from a Gallo-Roman grave in Belgium is made up of bones from a minimum of seven people
{Photograph} courtesy of Paumen, Wargnies, and Demory; Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
An entire skeleton present in a Gallo-Roman grave in western Belgium is just not a Roman particular person in any case, however slightly a weird combine of individuals spanning hundreds of years.
Laid to relaxation on the best aspect with tucked-up legs, the stays characteristic lengthy bones from seven unrelated Stone Age women and men – of various ages and separated by a number of centuries – and the cranium of a Roman lady who died…
Article amended on 4 November 2024
The variety of individuals whose bones make up the skeleton was corrected within the headline.
