The discovery of unusually well-preserved 4th Century skeletons in Bath led to a further surprise for archaeologists after DNA testing revealed more about their background and ancestry.

The origins of the male skeleton – found buried, contrary to normal Roman custom, in a lead coffin – gave rise to further questions about his life. Can Julian Richards and his team reconstruct who this person was and how he came to end his life in England at the end of the Roman Empire?

This clip is from Meet The Ancestors (2001).

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