The mystery of Beachy Head Lady: A Roman African from Eastbourne 2
by Jo Seaman, 5-04-18
Eastbourne Museums Heritage Officer Jo Seaman recounts the 2014 quest for the identity of Beachy Head Lady, a mysterious sub Saharan African living in Roman Eastbourne
We had over 300 different individuals, mostly skeletons, but some cremations and the idea was to go back through all those. We had some information about some of them but on others we had nothing.
https://museumcrush.org/the-mystery-of-beachy-head-lady-a-roman-african-from-eastbourne/They were held in the basement of the town hall, where I keep my archaeology collection and came primarily from two main Saxon cemeteries that were excavated – one in particular had over 200 graves.
