November
05
/ 2018
The 1000-year-old skeletal remains of a man aged between 25 and 30 have revealed to scientists the first physical evidence that ferns were prepared into medicinal concoctions for treating a range of conditions, from serious issues, such as kidney stones, to aesthetic issues like dandruff and alopecia. The man’s skeleton was unearthed at the medieval necropolis of Can Reiners which is situated above the forum of an ancient Roman city, believed to have been founded in the year 123 BC as a castra (military camp), that quickly evolved into the city of Pollentia, on the Spanish Balearic Islands. In 2015, Elena Florin from University of York's Department of Archaeology published a paper titled The Necropolis of Can Reiners (7th c.AD
