Posh Roman London teen's skeleton to return to her final resting place

Bones of young woman buried with her greatest treasures will be part of collection housed at new Museum of London siteThe skeleton of a young Roman Londoner will soon return to within 100 yards of the site where she was buried more than 1,700 years ago – with her greatest treasure, a stack of seven bronze bangles – heaped up on her breast.She was the most unusual of a group of Roman bodies excavated in 1979 on the site of a new building at Bart ’s hospital, in Roman times part of a cemetery just outside the walls on the eastern edge of the city. Although probably still a teenager, she had a high-status burial in a wooden coffin – only the metal nails survived as evidence – with other possessions including two bronze finger rings and a little bell. Over the centuries, the corroding bronze had stained green the bones it lay on.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Maev Kennedy Tags: Archaeology Roman Britain Museums UK news London Source Type: news