About 1,700 years ago, liquid gypsum was poured over the remains of an elite family in Roman Britain.
About 1,700 years ago, a wealthy Roman family was buried with a bizarre material — liquid gypsum — poured over their corpses. Now, a noninvasive 3D scan of this burial has revealed the insides of their burial cocoon.
The burial examined, the multibody grave from York, is presumed to be that of a family who died simultaneously around 1,700 years ago. The scan revealed the contours of two adult bodies, as well as that of an infant who had been wrapped in cloth bands. Even the small ties used to bind the burial shroud around one of the adults' heads were visible from the scans.
Remarkably, the casing reveals more than the skeletons could, she said."We are very lucky to have this casing, as it shows the precise position of the bodies and their relationship to each other exactly at the moment when the liquid gypsum was poured over them and the lid of the coffin closed about 1700 years ago!"
—Roman-era tomb scattered with magical 'dead nails' and sealed off to shield the living from the 'restless dead'
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