0:00:30 > 0:00:35On this building site, near Bristol, they've found a huge stone coffin.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41It's been in the earth for centuries.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45What's it doing in the middle of nowhere?
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And who was inside it?
0:00:49 > 0:00:56Lifting it out will be very hard, but it's what's under the lid that will really astonish the experts.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10This unusual burial has brought me to the West Country.
0:01:10 > 0:01:17Everywhere you look around Bristol, it seems houses are being built.
0:01:17 > 0:01:23They're not the first to live here - something has come up locally
0:01:23 > 0:01:27which shows that people lived here since the Roman times.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33The find's been made at Mangotsfield School.
0:01:33 > 0:01:39I assume it's closed down - or the kids have a lot to answer for!
0:01:39 > 0:01:44The burial's under what used to be the playing field.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49I've come to help solve the mystery, with a team of archaeologists -
0:01:49 > 0:01:54led by an old colleague and friend of mine, Andy Young.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Hello, Andy.- Hi. - What have you found this time?
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- It's a Roman sarcophagus, we think. - Did you know that, at first?
0:02:04 > 0:02:10No, it could have been a piece of masonry, part of a building.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Not until we cleaned it up, did we realise what we had.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20'So, it is Roman and a sarcophagus. Mark Corney is a Roman expert.'
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Can he say when this person was buried?
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- For now, all I can say is that this kind of burial is third or fourth century - later Roman.- Right.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Can we get any idea whether it's a Pagan or a Christian burial?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41It's aligned north-east/south-west, so it's likely to be Pagan.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Even Christians of the late Roman period tended to be buried east/west.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51The chances are this person believed in the gods rather than a god.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The developers are eager to start sinking foundations.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04The sarcophagus and its contents will have to be moved soon.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It's a job for a civil engineer.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14Put beams - one down each of the sides - underneath, along the length.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19A couple of rail tracks, effectively. Clamp the ends of these beams.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Then bring in a crane to lift it out in one piece.
0:03:23 > 0:03:30You can't get a steel cradle for a sarcophagus off-the-shelf. So, one's had to be made specially.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36It's four big bits of steel, bolted together, with lifting eyes on.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46It's an interesting thought that, about 1,500 years ago,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50there was another group of people digging the original hole
0:03:50 > 0:03:52to put the sarcophagus in.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57I wonder whether they were looking forward to their lunch break, too!
0:04:08 > 0:04:12We're digging out the natural rock, underneath the sarcophagus,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17so that we can get the steel cradle underneath it, to lift it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:24But it's got to go under quite a long way. Which means undermining it, which is not very easy.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29'And also potentially risky.'
0:04:29 > 0:04:32A bloody great crack in the corner!
0:04:32 > 0:04:37I'm afraid it's emergency surgery until I think of how to...
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- You haven't got any rope on site? - Yeah, there should be some.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46If we could use the Spanish windlass method, that would hold it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49There should be some nylon rope.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53I suspect that rope won't hold this anyway.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Raymond! Get the bar!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Hmm, it's moving in all sorts of directions.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04< I don't see no bar in there!
0:05:04 > 0:05:10There's a bar outside. It's there. I've just brought a steel bar over!
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Some of the cracks, that you could see originally, are opening up.
0:05:15 > 0:05:22It really looks very unstable. We've got to try to strap it all together, before we continue.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28Otherwise, I think the whole thing's just going to fall apart.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Have we got another wedge?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Andy feels we can hold it together.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38But the heavy stone-lid is just helping to force the cracks apart.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42We'll survive.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45The lid's got to come off!
0:05:45 > 0:05:49This isn't as it was planned, but it's a really exciting moment.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Soon, I think we'll know whether there's anybody inside or not.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04I'll take a bit of the loose off, to see if there's anything inside.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09I don't think I can bear it if it's empty, after all the effort.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Ooh, what's that?- Good question.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Is that a tooth?- Yeah.- Ah!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- It's a jaw.- Is that the jaw?- Hmm.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26There's an eye.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Oh, so that's the... The upper jaw, there. That's right.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Well, I think that's resolved one question anyway -
0:06:36 > 0:06:39it does look as if it's occupied.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44We now need to think about getting the cradle underneath proper.
0:06:44 > 0:06:51'Some strapping keeps the sides together. But pressure from the soil inside makes the cracks grow.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56'We need the cradle in there, to provide support - and quickly!'
0:06:56 > 0:06:59They're going to be heavy. Whoarr!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09It can go in a bit more. Try getting that in.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Never thought it would be like this.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Yeah, we haven't got two bars.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Argh!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Right, washers!
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- It's on the cradle.- That's right, and we'll straighten it up tomorrow.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42We've minimised the damage, and it's still worthwhile.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44What a day!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55'But it's not over. The sarcophagus is ready for the lift -
0:07:55 > 0:08:01'but if the cracks spread, even a cradle might not stop a collapse.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05'It's going to be a very nervous morning.'
0:08:06 > 0:08:10This is when we find out whether your design's going to work!
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- There we go. - Well, it hasn't fallen to bits yet.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19We made it.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25'No collapse - despite the whole lot weighing in at over a tonne.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29'Adam's cradle has kept it all in one piece.'
0:08:42 > 0:08:45ADAM: Right corner first!
0:08:47 > 0:08:52It's actually gone a lot better than I thought it was going to.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58I thought the bottom might go - drop the burial all over the floor!
0:08:58 > 0:09:03But I think Andy planned it so well, and it's all worked tremendously.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12After years in rural isolation, our coffin and its occupant reach town.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17It's going to be excavated in an old warehouse - with a strong floor.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23It's such a relief, now that the sarcophagus is safely back here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26This is the next stage of excitement -
0:09:26 > 0:09:30we start work and we find out what's inside it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39A big job. It will take some time for Andy Clarke to remove the soil.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43So I'll find out more about the rest of the site.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51Apart from our burial, all that's been found are Roman ditches.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But they do contain some interesting finds.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06Will they give us some clues about the person in the sarcophagus?
0:10:06 > 0:10:12- There's a full range of local, domestic pottery.- Pots and things.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16You've got this nice deep pie-dish.
0:10:16 > 0:10:23There's an oval-shaped one here. Complete with a handle, there would have been another one the other end.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26We've got pieces that give us clues as to people's diet.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30This is a mortarium - a mixing bowl.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35You've got these little grits set in it, for grinding your food down.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40And we've even got the spout here, for pouring the liquid or pulp away.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45We've also got evidence of materials coming from around the empire.
0:10:46 > 0:10:54This is part of a very large storage jar, or amphora - that contained either wine or oil - from Spain.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59This points to these people being quite well-off.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I mean, they've got wine and nice pottery for the table.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Yes. I think so, looking at the other material.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13You've got these items. These are pieces of hollow square bricks.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19This took the hot air up from the underfloor heating - a flue tile.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- Where's the building that these came from?- Outside our area.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28These fragments suggest that there's a fine building somewhere.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34- You'd only find those in a posh building?- With heating, or a bath.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40And they found something else in the Roman ditches.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It's been sent to Bradford University.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47I can appreciate the pottery, but this stuff?
0:11:47 > 0:11:54Dr Gerry McDonnell specialises in slag - the waste products of metalworking.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58He found that, at the site, they were working iron, copper and lead.
0:11:58 > 0:12:05Is it unusual to find three sorts of metals, all being worked on the same site?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Of this variety, it is. On many Roman sites,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13we find evidence for iron and copper working.
0:12:13 > 0:12:20But there aren't many sites where we've got iron, copper alloy and leadwork.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24I think that what we're seeing is an aspect of this settlement's economy.
0:12:24 > 0:12:32Under a microscope, a featureless lump of lead slag from a hearth shows an amazing amount of detail.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The crystals have frozen.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41To that smith, this was a waste product, which they threw away.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44But what were they doing?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48The lead is a puzzle - it could have been smelted for many reasons.
0:12:48 > 0:12:55Under his scanning electron microscope - with a magnification of 5,000 times -
0:12:55 > 0:12:58he's spotted little impurities,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01specks of copper and silver.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04He thinks he now has our answer.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09He had a copper and silver brooch and wanted to recover the silver.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14If he just melted that brooch, then the silver would just be dissolved.
0:13:14 > 0:13:21But, if he was to put that material into liquid lead, melt it all together, and then blow air over it,
0:13:21 > 0:13:27the lead would oxidise and take away the copper, leaving his silver.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32That process leaves a residue called litharge, which is similar to this.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36So it might be connected with jewellery-making?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41Jewellery-making... is a strong possibility.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45It's amazing what you can tell from rubbish!
0:13:45 > 0:13:50But I'm going back to Bristol - there's a surprise waiting for me.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57What's that doing there?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01That's kind of what I thought when I found it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- But we already had a skull. - It IS unusual.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12So, now we've got two skulls. It's more of a detective story - trying to find out what's going on.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15A desirable property, this was!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Yes, only one previous owner!
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Well, this really is an incredible discovery.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28When Andy started digging he didn't expect to find another skull!
0:14:28 > 0:14:32We all thought that it would be straightforward.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38Now, we haven't got the foggiest idea what's going to be in here.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43I was hoping that it would become clearer as Andy exposed more bones.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Instead, it just gets stranger!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49There's one complete skeleton on the bottom.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Then there's the extra skull, and yet more bones.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Is there an extra skeleton in here?
0:14:56 > 0:15:01There's nothing else, apart from lots of rusty nails by the feet.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's another job for Mark Corney!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Andy found four seperate feet down this end.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12And, all round this area, there's loads of little nails.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- Are they bits of coffin? - Ah, no. No, no, no.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- They're hobnails.- What? Off boots?- No, from sandals -
0:15:20 > 0:15:23thick-soled, leather sandals.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27If you look carefully at some of these,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31it seems to be mineralised leather on the studs.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- So, quite thick-soled?- Yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And you often find them in graves like this.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Often down at the lower end, where the feet are.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48The sandals have been on the feet, or just placed carefully at the end.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51They're not part of a wooden lining?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- No, they're footwear.- Footwear.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Some think that they're symbolic of the long journey to the afterworld.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- So you're equipped for the long walk. - Special heavy-duty ones?- Exactly.
0:16:04 > 0:16:111,600 years ago, those rusty bits of iron began as shiny hobnails.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Mark Beabey turns out hundreds of pairs of period shoes each year,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23from his small workshop in Leeds.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26And he's going to make a pair for us - hobnails and all.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Roman sandals were quite sophisticated - more like a shoe.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45But there's no difference between his and hers, or left and right.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47They're all made just the same.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54OK, the glue isn't entirely correct -
0:16:54 > 0:16:59but Mark wasn't prepared to boil up a load of hooves just for us.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09Hammering the hobnails against the iron last turns their points over.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13The nail grips the layers of leather together.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20The pattern on the sole - decorative as well as practical -
0:17:20 > 0:17:26is based on a complete fourth century shoe from London, now in the British Museum.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Finished?- Mm.- Great.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35- One pair of fourth century Roman shoes.- It's a beautiful pattern, but...
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Oh, I see. This is where the nails hit the last.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- That's right. - Hit the last, and just curled over.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47These must have played havoc with a mosaic floor.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53With all the bones exposed, it's clear that what we've got is unique.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55There are two burials in there.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01The first time this has ever been seen in Roman Britain.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06And it's also clear that the people weren't buried at the same time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09One was buried long enough to become a skeleton.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14When exhumed, all the bones from the knees upwards were taken out.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19A second body was put in, and the bones replaced in a very odd way.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24The skull was on the legs. The thigh bones on the waist and neck.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And the arm bones by the side.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32This must have had meaning to those who carried out the second burial.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Its meaning is lost to us, but the bones may have other tales to tell.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44With the sarcophagus empty, the crack is now clearly visible,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and runs from one end to the other.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It's astonishing that it survived the lift.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Both skeletons have come to the Bristol Royal Infirmary,
0:18:55 > 0:19:01Rheumatologist Dr Gerry Barber studies ancient skeletons
0:19:01 > 0:19:05in her research into the causes and origins of disease.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10First, she'll tell me about the newcomer to the sarcophagus.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13This is the skeleton of a male.
0:19:13 > 0:19:20In measuring the long bones, we worked out that this individual was about 5ft 9ins or 175 cm,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24which is well within the normal range for a Roman population.
0:19:24 > 0:19:31The average man was about 5ft 7ins. So, slightly taller than normal.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Do you know how old he was?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37There are two ways to try and find that out.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42One is changes in the pelvis, and the way that your teeth wear down.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44But he doesn't have many teeth.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49He's lost a lot during life, as you can see here.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51All this - the sockets have fused up.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54But the teeth he has are quite worn.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59This person was at least 35 to 45 before those teeth fell out.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05- So what are you going to say? He's more than 45?- Yes, 45 or over.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Did he show other signs of disease?
0:20:08 > 0:20:15Well, we do have evidence for arthritis on the spine, which does tend to happen in older people.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18What about the other skeleton?
0:20:18 > 0:20:23If you look at them together, the most striking difference is the size.
0:20:23 > 0:20:31If I bring over the arm bone of the first skeleton and compare it to the arm bone of this skeleton.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32There's quite a difference!
0:20:32 > 0:20:37This individual is female and she was probably about 4ft 11ins.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- So, that's quite small then?- Well, it's slightly smaller than average.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47But it is still completely within acceptable means for these skeletons.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52I thought, from looking at the bits I saw before, that she was elderly.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57Because the skull is broken, we are able to use a new technique of ours.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03What I've actually found is that, by looking inside the broken skull,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07we can actually see little pits on the inside.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Like that one there?- Yeah.
0:21:10 > 0:21:17These are caused by vessels in the skull growing upwards. Old people get one about every five years.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22The other way - tooth attrition - we're looking at things wearing down.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25This INCREASES as you get older.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28So how old is she on this basis?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30She would be about 50 years old.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I assume that this couple must have been related.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Man and wife? Possible, given their ages.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Or mother and son? Remember, she died first.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50We may never know, but we might find out where they came from.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Then, the Roman Empire stretched from North Africa to Hadrian's Wall.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59They could have come from almost anywhere.
0:22:04 > 0:22:11At Sheffield University, they think that the answer lies deep in the enamel of the teeth.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Teeth contain small amounts of lead from the place where we grew up.
0:22:16 > 0:22:23Thin slices are cut from the couple's teeth, and put under a high-intensity laser beam.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31A section is vaporised across the slice.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Analysis reveals minute traces of lead isotopes, within the enamel.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40These give the origin of the lead.
0:22:40 > 0:22:47We believe that's the lead that was ingested by the person - as part of their childhood diet.
0:22:47 > 0:22:55And we're hoping that the isotopic composition of this lead will tell us where it comes from,
0:22:55 > 0:23:00and therefore, perhaps, where the person actually originated.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05So you could tell whether this person was a Roman, or born here?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07We hope so, yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:14The tests showed that neither person came from Rome or mainland Europe.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16In fact, they grew up near Bristol.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Were they Romanised Britains or descendants of Roman settlers?
0:23:22 > 0:23:28The man's lead levels were ten times more than the average in Britain today!
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Maybe the result of all that lead smelting on the site?
0:23:33 > 0:23:38We would have liked to know what both people looked like.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42But only the man's skull was complete enough to provide clues.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Facial reconstruction expert, Dr Robin Richards, will rebuild his face.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53- What have you done to him?!- Well, we did some work to fill in the gaps,
0:23:53 > 0:23:58so that it now looks reasonably like it did when he died,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- rather than in pieces.- And you need to do this for the laser?
0:24:02 > 0:24:09We need a reasonably accurate contour over the bony surfaces of the face.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14At University College London, the contours are mapped by laser
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and fed into Robin's computer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18How many points are there over it?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21It's something like about 40,000.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25It's like it's made of wire - almost transparent.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28So the computer takes the points...
0:24:28 > 0:24:31And draws a patch to make a continuous surface.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Right. What's the next stage?
0:24:34 > 0:24:42To take this data across to another computer where we have an average face that will act as a reference.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Robin has produced an average face,
0:24:45 > 0:24:50from a group of males of similar age, which can be warped
0:24:50 > 0:24:53onto the skull in his computer.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57The skull and the face are matched up, point for point,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00to give an impression of what our man looked like.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05It shows a man with even features, perhaps not distinctive,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09but with quite a narrow face and a longish nose.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13It's up to illustrator Jane Brayne
0:25:13 > 0:25:17to make him really look like a man of his age and times.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19A Roman face, but he's not Roman -
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- he comes from the Bristol area. - Right!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26What's he going to look like, though?
0:25:26 > 0:25:32Well, he would have had short hair, and I've got this which shows a man
0:25:32 > 0:25:36with short, curly hair which I think would be nice.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40And it shows the kind of garment he would have worn.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Is that a toga, then? - No. Togas were out by this time.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47This kind of tunic is a dalmatic -
0:25:47 > 0:25:52worn all over the Roman Empire at this date by people of this status.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- That's amazing, to be so sure about the clothes.- It is.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Jane's portrait can be combined now with the original skull scan
0:26:12 > 0:26:14to produce a 3D image.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18It's a technique developed by Doctor Gus Alussi
0:26:18 > 0:26:23at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28Gus, you're a surgeon. So why are you involved in all this?
0:26:28 > 0:26:34We've been involved in computers in medicine and surgery, particularly for teaching
0:26:34 > 0:26:38and in particular, using 3D reconstructed models.
0:26:38 > 0:26:44In this case, we're using a soft tissue model from the skull CT scan.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48So, can you take a two-dimensional image
0:26:48 > 0:26:50and turn it into a real face?
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Indeed, we use the artist's impression of the Roman face
0:26:55 > 0:27:01and we wrap it around the model that was produced by the computer reconstruction.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06He suddenly looks human! The last time I saw him
0:27:06 > 0:27:10was Robin's reconstruction - it was a strange colour.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12But all the flesh tones
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- just make him look like a person, don't they?- That's right.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22So, here he is - the man from the sarcophagus.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26We know he'd adopted a Roman lifestyle with its luxuries.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31We can suggest that he was a metal worker - all that lead in his bones.
0:27:31 > 0:27:38We also know that when he died, he chose to be buried with somebody - a woman.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41The woman he shared the sarcophagus with.
0:27:41 > 0:27:47But what the bond was between them, I think, is something that we'll never know.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13Subtitles by Jane French and Judith Eacott, BBC - 1998