The Bull from the Sea is a fictional interpretation of life in ancient Greece as it might have been experienced by the legendary Greek hero Theseus. While the novel focuses on a mythical figure, Renaultâs portrait of the society in which he is supposed to have lived is based on extensive scholarly research into the Mycenaean civilization that actually existed in Greece between about 1500 and 1100 b.c.
Your direct paternal lineage is the line that follows your fatherâs paternal ancestry. This line consists entirely of men. Y-DNA follows the direct paternal line. Your Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) can trace your father, his father, his fatherâs father, and so forth. It offers a clear path from you to a known, or likely, direct paternal ancestor. Your Y-DNA may help you find genetic cousins along your direct paternal line.
DNA reveals the truth about Bonnie Prince Charlie. Whisper it quietly on this side of Hadrianâs Wall, but a ground breaking research project has revealed that Scottish DNA is much the same as English DNA. Scotland's DNA project reveals that Bonnie Prince Charlie has English ancestry. By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent. 11:35AM BST 18 Apr 2012. Not only are we not all Celts and Vikings north of the border, it appears that Bonnie Prince Charlie himself had English ancestors. Around 1,000 people have been tested in the past four months as part of the Scotlandâs DNA project, and the preliminary results reveal the âastonishingâ diversity of our genetic origins.