Archaeology
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From the Courier, which seems to have the fullest quotations: Many people wrongly believe the Romans never ventured further north than the Antonine Wall or even Hadrian’s Wall, according to archaeologists. However, evidence shows that they marched as far north as Elgin and a network of forts between Stirling and Stracathro, near Brechin, suggests they…
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Another one from the IAA, somewhat excerpted: […] Recently a small cistern belonging to a building was exposed in an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting near the Western Wall, in the vicinity of Robinson’s Arch in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park. Inside the cistern were three intact cooking pots and a small ceramic…
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From the IAA press release (which seems to be rewritten to a greater or lesser degree in all of the other press coverage): An ancient road leading from Yafo to Jerusalem, which dates to the Roman period (second–fourth centuries CE), was exposed this past fortnight in the Beit Hanina neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. The road…
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All the coverage I’ve found on this seems to derive from this BBC piece: Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman shrine at Rutland Water nature reserve. The team from Northamptonshire Archaeology investigated the site ahead of a 240-acre extension to the reserve by Anglian Water. They found the remains of an Iron Age farmstead, and a…
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From Hurriyet comes a piece exhibiting their frequent problems with B.C./A.D. and its variations: Two sunken ships have been seen by fishermen off the ancient city of Tieion in Çaycuma’s Filyos district in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak. With notice that two sunken ships have been seen off the ancient city of Tieion in…
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