{"id":109769,"date":"2022-08-15T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=odkrycia-rzymskie&#038;p=109769"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T07:39:10","slug":"skeletons-from-ancient-china-found-in-london","status":"publish","type":"odkrycia-rzymskie","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/discoveries\/skeletons-from-ancient-china-found-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeletons from ancient China found in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two skeletons have been discovered in London&#8217;s Lant Street Cemetery in Southwark, possibly of Chinese origin. Interestingly, scientists date them to the period of the 2nd-4th century CE, which means that the Chinese still appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/geografia\/prowincje-rzymskie\/spis-prowincji-rzymskich\/brytania-rzymska\/\">Roman Britain<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Using the latest techniques, a team of archaeologists and scientists examined enamel samples from over 20 fragments. This is an absolutely phenomenal discovery as it is the first time a person of Asian descent has been identified in Roman Britain.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/skeleton-lant-street-teenager-museum-london.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"One of the skeletons found\"\n                width=\"564\"\n                height=\"752\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/skeleton-lant-street-teenager-museum-london.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"One of the skeletons found.\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                One of the skeletons found.            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Museum of London            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p>This discovery torpedoed the popular belief that Roman Britain and Londinium had a rather homogeneous society. In addition, Chinese remains suggest that the Roman and Chinese Empires had <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/geografia\/rzymianie-w-chinach\/\">much more extensive relationships<\/a> than we previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that trade between countries took place not only through the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/silk-was-popular-in-rome\/\">Silk<\/a> Road. It is also possible that the Chinese were buyers willing to create new trade ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36762,"template":"","class_list":["post-109769","odkrycia-rzymskie","type-odkrycia-rzymskie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/109769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/109769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}