Ancient Skeletons Reveal a Secret Hidden in Medieval Sicily for 1,000 Years
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Ancient Skeletons Reveal a Secret Hidden in Medieval Sicily for 1,000 Years

Ancient DNA reveals medieval Sicily as a genetic melting pot, where people buried in Christian and Muslim cemeteries shared roots in North Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Sicily changed rulers repeatedly between the 5th and 15th centuries CE, passing through the hands of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Islamic dynasties, and the Normans and Swabians. [...]