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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by GlennS on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:21AM (#13940501)
Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain makes similar claims for Scythian ancestry, and that the Scythians were in turn refugees from Troy.

He also claimed that ancient Britons laid seige to Rome.

Pretty funny how his bullshit survived and was repeated through the centuries.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by arethuza on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:29AM (#13940593)
And on the way from Scythia the Scots somehow also apparently also picked up the stone that Jacob rested his head on at Bethel which became, via a detour to Dunadd and Scone, the Stone of Destiny!

[Spoilsport geologists dispute this story with their pesky "facts" ;-)]

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