Romans in Britain
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One that was lost in t shuffle last week: WORK on the £11.6 million revamp of Canterbury’s prestigious Beaney Institute has ground to a halt – because of Roman pornography. Archaeologists are racing against time to recover lost evidence beneath the city’s streets before the builders return. Among the artefacts already uncovered are saucy carvings…
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Calleva seems to be an awfully interesting dig … last time we heard about it, it was about the ‘puppy skin’ trade. Now we hear of Boudicca’s possible involvement there: Professor Michael Fulford said that 13 years of excavations at Calleva had revealed evidence of the first gridded Iron Age town in Britain. The site…
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This one seems to be making the rounds again: Remains unearthed in Nottinghamshire could be an unknown Roman temple, archaeologists have claimed. Excavations on the Minster C of E School site in Southwell between September 2008 and May 2009 revealed walls, ditches and ornate stones. The team analysing the finds said the shape and quality…
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Image via Wikipedia Interesting item from the BBC: Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The stones have been described as the most significant find of their kind in the past 100 years. Renovations were planned at the pavilion but archaeologists had to…
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Work has begun on a new archeological dig in Lincoln, which could reveal more about the city’s rich Roman heritage. Excavation at the site, whose exact location is being kept a secret to deter looters, is currently underway, and is expected to take place for around eight weeks. It is being reported that evidence of…
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