伦敦市中心发掘出两具罗马时代的中国人（或亚洲人），同时出土的有22具骸骨，包括四具非洲人，断代在西元300-400年之间，相当中国东汉时期。一带一路又平添了新亮点。

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3803648/A-meeting-two-ancient-empires-Chinese-skeletons-Roman-cemetery-promise-rewrite-history.html#i-4dd768c9b2b35339

• Archaeologists analysed 22 skeletons from a Roman cemetery in London

• The remains were buried there between the 2nd and 4th Centuries AD

• Two of the skeletons have a morphology that suggests Asian ancestry

• It suggests the links between China and Rome were stronger than believed

They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands.

Yet a collection of seemingly unremarkable bones discovered in a Roman cemetery in London has provided new insights into the links between the Roman Empire and Imperial China.

Analysis has revealed that two skeletons dating from between the 2nd and 4th Century AD unearthed at the site in the city's Southwark area may have been Chinese.

在中国人的骸骨旁边有一项文物，解说认为是象牙制刀，豹的纹饰，还有一条链，质地相同，那时候镂空雕刻象牙成链的，只有中国人。乾隆有一颗三连章，就是这类的镂空雕。这颗田黄三连章是溥仪缝在衣服里，唯一带出宫的宝物，可见珍贵。看来，汉代已经能达到这样的精工。

解说有一段：

Writing in the journal, Dr Redfern said: 'It may well be that these individuals were themselves or were descended from enslaved people originating from Asia, as there were slave-trade connections between India and China, and India and Rome.'

解说认为这是罗马人带来的中国奴隶。中国奴隶也有镂空象牙雕刀？如果从8000公里外带来的中国奴隶有这样的饰物，当时的中国普通人，每个都比Bill Gates富有。中国人怎么就只配做奴隶呢？为什么不是中国使者、大将的千金？没有看到这视频的文物，不能随便听信。

据英国人自己说，英国在被Saxon（五世纪，德国）和 Norman (12世纪，法国）占领以前，原住民是黑直发的。他们原来是什么人？这里又提出一个大大的问号。

伦敦罗马时代中国人的饰物

乾隆三连章

《坤輿万国全图》上的地名，很多是罗马时代的。我以前认为来自十四世纪，罗马教皇派使者来中国带来的地图。伦敦这一发现，提供了另一个可能。会不会罗马时代，中国人已经来过欧洲？这可能不大，还是有。列举一下《坤輿万国全图》上一些欧洲地名：

爱尔兰称喜百泥亚Hibernia;意大利两边的海叫上海Mare Superum（今Adriatic Sea），下海 Mare Inferum (今Tyrrhenian Sea); 巴黎 Paris叫罗尺刺Lutetia。巴黎的名字，西元360年就有，为什么地图还用Lutetia？

文艺复兴时代的利玛窦，为什么用罗马时代的地名标注他带来的“最新欧洲地图”？如果中国人能称洛阳为今天的首都，称南京为建业，没有上海，没有香港，更没有深圳，说是中国最新地图，有人相信吗？为什么相信明代中国人测绘《坤輿万国全图》有那么难？

李兆良

2016.9.23

后记：考古学最能无情地挑战历史书。人写的历史是经过无数年月的洗刷过滤，道听途说，被人的感官局限歪曲，夸大，遗漏，参合个人和集体的利益，成了经典，被奉为不易的真理（教条）。一旦事实出土，无所遁形。只有永远保持开放思想，有清醒分析能力的科学人，能领会和享受历史的真谛。

History is a ruthless challenger of history text. Written history is often screened and filtered by time and hearsay, limited by human perception, deception, exaggeration and omission, for the benefit of personal and collective interest of a small group. The dogma will be buried by the same soil that used to cover up facts. Only scientists who keep an open mind with clear analytical skill can understand and appreciate the truth of history.

李兆良

2016.9.23 下午

重要澄清： 关于骸骨旁边的文物，与Rebecca  Redfern教授联系了，已经澄清，不是属于中国女孩，是视频剪辑之误。请看：

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1674084&do=blog&id=1005266