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De handelscontacten tussen China en het Romeinse Rijk waren intensiever dan gedacht.
Engelse archeologen vonden in Londen twee Chinese skeletten uit de 3e eeuw. Brittannië maakte toen onderdeel uit van het Romeinse Rijk.
They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands.
Yet a collection of seemingly unremarkable bones discovered in a Roman cemetery in London has provided new insights into the links between the Roman Empire and Imperial China.
Analysis has revealed that two skeletons dating from between the 2nd and 4th Century AD unearthed at the site in the city's Southwark area may have been Chinese.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3803648/A-meeting-two-ancient-empires-Chinese-skeletons-Roman-cemetery-promise-rewrite-history.html#ixzz4hhcJqNek
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