Facial depiction of Beachy Head Woman.Credit: Andy Walton / CC BY 4.0
Posted on 12/21/2025 7:45:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A woman long believed to be the 'first Black Briton' was in fact white and had local ancestry from southern England, according to a new genetic study that overturns more than a decade of public perception.
For years, scientists believed the woman, known as the Beachy Head Woman, came from sub-Saharan Africa. Her remains were discovered near the cliffs of Beachy Head in East Sussex and were widely presented as early evidence of African presence in Roman Britain...
Her remains were first rediscovered in 2012 in Eastbourne Town Hall, stored in a box suggesting they were originally excavated in the 1950s. At the time, the well-preserved condition of the skeleton led to a facial reconstruction by Professor Caroline Wilkinson of Dundee University, whose assessment, along with two other specialists, supported the African origin theory.
That interpretation began to shift in 2017 when unpublished genetic data hinted she might have come from the Mediterranean, possibly Cyprus. The latest findings now clarify her origin as local to Britain, with researchers confirming she likely lived and grew up around Eastbourne...
Radiocarbon dating places her death between 129 and 311 AD during the Roman occupation. She was estimated to be between 18 and 25 years old and stood just over 4 feet 9 inches tall. A healed leg wound indicates she survived a significant injury, and bone analysis shows a diet rich in seafood...
Although no burial site or grave goods were found, researchers believe she may have had social standing, possibly connected to a Roman villa or trade networks in the region. Her lack of physical signs of labor supports this theory.
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Facial depiction of Beachy Head Woman.Credit: Andy Walton / CC BY 4.0
“Researchers” are deeply saddened.
Sounds like a DEI hire came up with the initial conclusion, and a different DEI hire with the 2017 DNA conclusion.
The weekly digest list of topics is up top.
Actually FIRST ANALYSIS.
Everything before was speculation based on biased observers.
This is the FIRST DNA test.
We look so much different without skin.
It’s a personal preference, but I usually prefer skin.
Good one!
There was not research done by those researchers !
She looks like this chick I know, Sarah, who has as English a last name as one can get. She must be old stock.
Woops.
🤷♀️
I’ve seen recent images of the Cheddar Man with black skin. In spite of the fact there’s a pasty white living descendant.
Now fix Kennewick Man.
So, change the history books in time for Kwanzaa?
You’ll kneel to “ out of Africa” or else!!!!
But what about all those black Normans, Anglo-Saxons, Tudor courtiers and Georgian England elites that Netflix shows us? Surely they’re not misrepresenting the past!
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The latest findings now clarify her origin as local to Britain, with researchers confirming she likely lived and grew up around Eastbourne...
This is an outrage! I demand an investigation!
If reanalysis gets out of control, the next thing you'll find out is that the Messiah is Irish!
What’s a woman?
Another ridiculous marxist historical-revisionist effort by the globalist/neo-marxists running the UK
The sooner that government collapses, the better.
I absolutely adore Idris Elba but Heimdall was not black.
I’ve read that in the UK you can’t get funding for movies, TV shows,, etc. unless you put minorities in it historically appropriate or not.
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