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Clues about human migration to Imperial Rome uncovered in 2,000-year-old cemetery
Eurekalert! ^ | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 | PLOS

Posted on 02/16/2016 9:47:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: TexasRepublic
Some of the pharaohs' mummies appear to have red hair. This could be a fading or leaching of color due to age and dehydration, or it could be due to the use of henna (to maintain their hair color as they aged; most Egyptians shaved their heads and wore wigs, to avoid micro-livestock), or it could be they really did have red hair. :').

21 posted on 02/16/2016 11:23:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
That's likely, moving everyone would have been a hell of a big job. The ancient blobs of concreted coins that used to proliferate on eBay were largely sourced in the former Warsaw Pact countries and the Balkans. These were generally attributed to burial for safekeeping by households under attack or areas under invasion during late-antiquity. After the danger passed, the owners apparently never had the opportunity to retrieve them for whatever reason (death, exile, captivity).

22 posted on 02/16/2016 11:26:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Read volume one of Livy.


23 posted on 02/16/2016 11:41:53 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; SunkenCiv

At least according to Wiki there is some controversy about the ethnic origins of today’s Romanians. Of course, there’s no question about the origin of the language.


24 posted on 02/16/2016 1:46:18 PM PST by colorado tanker
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