History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on February 25, 2016, 02:01:54 PM
Title: Burials from France may be Umayyad soldiers
Post by: Duncan Head on February 25, 2016, 02:01:54 PM
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35660488 - three skeletons at Nimes, buried facing Mecca, DNA suggests Berbers, radiocarbon dates suggest C7th-8th; may be part of a garrison from the brief occupaton of parts of southern Gaul.