Did Early Britons Sport Mullets and Mustaches?, Smart News, Smithsonian Magazine
Researchers are unsure whether the figurine is of Roman or Celtic origin. National Trust / Oxford Archaeology Mustaches paired with mullets are perhaps most widely associated with the 1970s and ’80s. But a new find in England suggests that the outdated hairstyle traces its roots back further than a few decades: As Lanre Bakare reports for the Guardian, a tiny first-century figurine discovered at the Wimpole Estate in Royston, about 50 miles north of London, mirrors this seemingly modern grooming choice in remarkable detail. Shannon Hogan, an archaeologist with the National Trust, which located the statue in partnership with Oxford Archaeology (OA) East, tells the Guardian that the figurine...
