“‘Phenomenal’ ancient Chinese skeleton discovery in London graveyard casts new light on Roman society”

“‘Phenomenal’ ancient Chinese skeleton discovery in London graveyard casts new light on Roman society” September 27, 2016

 

A scene in Roman London
Detail of a model of Roman London that’s located in the Museum of London, which is located in . . . well, London  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

“Oh,” Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) famously wrote, “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”

 

He may have been wrong:

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/chinese-skeleton-discovery-roman-history-society-southwark-cemetery-asian-remains-a7330666.html

 

Posted from Mentor, Ohio

 

 


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