A Roman skeleton in Italy had East Asian ancestry. π . . . At Vagnari cemetery in Puglia, archaeologists analyzing a 1st-2nd century CE grave found mitochondrial DNA pointing to East Asian origin, while isotope analysis confirmed he wasn't born locally. He'd been buried in a modest pit on an imperial Roman estate, far from where his ancestors came. The Silk Road ended in a farm laborer's grave.
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