Analyses of skeletons from the Mary Rose are fleshing out the crew’s past, offering further evidence that Tudor England was a bustling scene of ethnic diversity. His skull had previously been flagged by experts as showing signs of African ancestry – and scientists say Henry’s genetic data adds weight to this idea. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Researchers have studied human remains found on the Mary Rose, which is now in a museum in Portsmouth. But, she added, as the Mary Rose sank shortly before English merchants began trading in Morocco, she believes the crew with north African heritage, or their relatives, were more likely to have travelled through Spain or Portugal before coming to England. Nubia cautioned that the proportion of those onboard the Mary Rose that had heritage beyond British shores was not necessarily representative of the whole of England at the time.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 14, 2019 17:57 UTC