A skeleton from a Gallo-Roman grave in Belgium is made up of bones from at least seven individualsPhotograph courtesy of Paumen, Wargnies, and Demory; Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
A complete skeleton found in a Gallo-Roman grave in western Belgium is not a Roman individual after all, but rather a bizarre mix of people spanning thousands of years.
Laid to rest on the right side with tucked-up legs, the remains feature long bones from seven unrelated Stone Age men and women – of varying ages and separated by several centuries – and the skull of a Roman woman who died…