posted on Oct, 4 2010 @ 09:26 AM
Originally posted by mysterious stranger
The Romans were all over the UK back then...and were settlers across Great Britian. And the Romans were from the Meditteranian area as well. So
there you go. A slave or servant boy traveling with a Roman soldier, maybe General.
Sorry that’s rubbish, politely speaking…
In fact Rome itself was only founded in 753BC
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and the earliest Roman colonization of Britain begin in 54BC. Its colonization only became extensive by 43AD.
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Given the very beginnings of Rome were some 797 years into the future when this boy died, we can definitely rule him out as a Roman Slave. Which for
this time, kinda crowns him an "Out of Place Artifact"!!!
I’d imagine his purpose of coming to Britain would be metal mining, forging, or transport around Cornwall, as this is well known to have attracted
people from as far as the Middle East (at least by the time of Christ). This, and you needed to be wealthy-respected to get buried at Stonehenge.
The skeleton of “The Amesbury Archer” was found 3 miles from Stonehenge. He lived 2300 BC, and bone analysis proved he probably grew up in central
Europe, and had been involved in metal forging (given the huge amounts of lead and copper in his bone).
Another BBC documentary explained the tribe that built Stonehenge is thought to have originated in Wales, growing up in a rocky area which leached
various minerals into the water. This water was considered to have health healing properties.
When this Welsh tribe expanded into Wiltshire, they wanted to bring the healing power of these stones with them. This is thought to be a probable
reason why they made such an incredible effort to transport, such huge stones, all the way from Wales.