By Frances Addison2021-05-14T08:30:00
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Analysis of ancient soldiers’ 2500-year-old remains suggests they were foreign mercenaries rather than the locals contemporary historians described
Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis have shown that it wasn’t Greek soldiers that helped a city in ancient Greece defeat its enemies in 480 BC but rather foreign mercenaries, contradicting reports from contemporary historians.
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