Remains of a former Roman aristocrat found in a cemetery in Britain

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British archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Roman aristocrat in a 1,600-year-old cemetery in Garfort. The newspaper writes about it Guard.

According to scientists, people living in the late Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods were buried in the cemetery. An ancient Roman aristocrat was buried in a lead coffin. In addition, the remains of 60 men, women and children, according to the traditions of the two cultures, were found.

The material says this cemetery is “a testament to the complex and unstable life of this dynamic period of Yorkshire history”.

Scientists from the North-Eastern Federal University Mammoth Museum, previously in Yakutia performed the autopsy of an ancient bison. The carcass was found in the summer of 2022. Maxim Cheprasova, head of the NEFU Mammoth Museum, spoke about the ancient animal found. Researchers believe that this is a young individual 1.5-2 years old. When he died has not yet been determined. It turned out that the bison found in 2009 and 2010 is 8-9 thousand years old. They died at a biological age of about 2 months and 4-4.5 years.

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