Romans in Britain
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Very interesting find at Vindolanda of a large shrine to Jupiter Dolichenus with a Latin inscription; quotes from Andrew Birley have appeared in a number of newspapers: What should have been part of the rampart mound near to the north gate of the fort has turned out to be an amazing religious shrine …There is…
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From a press release via Earthtimes: Researcher David Xavier Kenney discovered the inscriptions on the 2nd to 3rd century artifact which was found on a hilltop in Norfolk County, England and is part of his collection. Among the revelations on the lance head (or contos head) is that the real King Arthur may have been…
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This was the big news last month, but it now appears that mass burial at Dorset contains bodies from the Saxon period, not Roman ….
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Seems like a good time to catch up with a pile of brief news items from the UK that have accumulated over the past few weeks: A caesium vapour magnetometer was used at Caistor St Edmund to get a better idea of the layout of Venta Icenorum: Showcasing the secrets of Caistor Roman town (Physorg)…
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This one is a week or so old, but its interest remains. Assorted news organizations have covered the discovery of a mass burial of possibly 1st-century date during road construction in Dorset. The burial itself is puzzling, however, as the 40-odd skeletons seem to belong to folks who were decapitated, and the skulls were buried…
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