
A skeleton from a Gallo-Roman grave in Belgium consists of the bones of at least seven people.
Photo of Paumen, Wargnies and Demory; Wallonia-Brussels Federation
A complete skeleton found in a Gallo-Roman tomb in western Belgium is not, after all, a single Roman individual, but a strange hodgepodge of people dating back thousands of years.
On the right side, with their legs together, the remains show the long bones of seven Stone Age men and women – of different ages and spread over several centuries – and the skull of a dead Roman woman…