A late 4th-century woman--born in Rome--buried in London wearing Chinese silk, with a pillow stuffed with Mediterranean bay leaves & a coffin scented with pistachio resin. A reminder of how global the premodern world was. #MedievalTwitterhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-london-spitalfields-woman-mola-b1774473.html …
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Look at this garment she was buried in, "made of Chinese-originating silk and 97 per cent pure gold thread."
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