A small hollow bone recovered from an ancient Roman archaeological site has offered an unexpected window into medical practice nearly 2,000 years ago. For years, the object attracted little attention and was catalogued as an ordinary artefact. Modern laboratory analysis has now revealed that it preserved the remains of a carefully prepared medicinal mixture, providing rare physical evidence of how remedies were stored and transported during the Roman period.
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