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Title: A rare Roman double burial from Roman Gloucester
Post by: Imperial Dave on Mar 12, 2021, 10:26 AM

https://cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/science-week-1/

as the article says...rather poignant

Title: Re: A rare Roman double burial from Roman Gloucester
Post by: DBS on Mar 12, 2021, 10:12 PM

Poignant indeed - irony is that said burial, prior to this new DNA research, had been relied on as an example of a Roman homosexual couple being buried together; classic case of jumping to one particular interpretation of a find.

Title: Re: A rare Roman double burial from Roman Gloucester
Post by: Imperial Dave on Mar 13, 2021, 08:11 AM

absolutely

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