Experts Find Rare Romani DNA In Norwich Anglo Saxon Skeleton

24 Hour Museum ^ | 5-12-2006 | Sarah Morley

[nopardons]

bttt

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Also, most cats in Europe and North America came from Egypt. The Egyptian religion treated cats as gods and to kill one could lead to your demise. The Romans took Egyptian cats with them to Rome and all over the empire. Eventually they came to America. They kept the rodent population down.

[ASA Vet]

Except that they really do steal and commit fraud. Ask any cop.

Or ask Cher.

[caryatid]

Annoying travelers of mischief are known as Zott... through out history.

LOL!

[Verginius Rufus]

Yes, I think that it's thought that the cat was first domesticated in Egypt or somewhere in that area, but that's much earlier.

Herodotus has some amusing material on Egyptians' attitudes about cats. He says that if a house catches on fire, they don't try to put out the fire, but instead try to prevent any cats from running inside the house (which they supposedly tried to do).

I think a lot of mummified cats have been found from ancient Egypt.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I believe cats have not been domesticated as long as dogs. We have three cats and they don't like it when we go away for a weekend. They are very attached to their people.

[YHAOS]

"They are very attached to their people."

Uhhh . . . that's 'staff' They're very attached to their staff. [grin]

[Mr. Lucky]

He doesn't bring charges where there's actual DNA evidence.

[gleeaikin]

"The mitochondrial DNA could not have come from Roman troops."

I was not suggesting that a find from the 11th century had anything to do with the Roman period. What I was calling attention to was the fact that populations from Eurasia were at various times introduced into the British Isles, over and above the Ango Saxon conquests. There may be all kinds of surprising genetic traces found in the future in many places as the number of studies increases.

[gleeaikin]

I went back and reread my #8 post. There, I clearly stated that Mitochondrial DNA is inherited through a female. I proposed that Gypsy traders and family might have been in England earlier than previously believed.

What I said about the Romans, who have nothing to do with the Roma (Gypsy) people, was merely to point out earlier non Anglo Saxon influxes of Eurasian people. I know that the MDNA would not be from the men, but what was Roman policy on wives and campfollowers being transported with their troops? Remember, someone had to do the cooking and sewing.

[SunkenCiv]

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