Romans in Britain
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Interesting little item … here’s the incipit: A ROMAN skeleton which was found in Kingsholm is being investigated by archeologists who are keen to trace his origins. The male skeleton was discovered in 1972, north of Kingsholm Square and ever since experts have wondered where he came from. Now, the Gloucester City Museum has had…
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This one received quite a bit of press attention this past week … conservators at the Museum of London have (painstakingly, no doubt) reassembled a Roman millefiori bowl which was found with a burial thought to come from the cusp of the second/third centuries. Some snippets (the journalists seems unsure how to spell millefiori and…
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Some assorted items caught in the screen: Will Bowden is fighting to have a buried Roman villa site in Notthingham preserved from development: Archaeologist joins call to save unique Roman Villa A bit out of the period of our purview, but likely of interest, is a report of a mosaic from a synagogue at Ma’On…
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A piece in the Telegraph suggests (n regards to Silbury Hill), inter alia: So the mound wasn’t simply some ghostly feature that became abandoned in prehistoric times, says Rob Harding, the English Heritage project manager for the site. According to Harding, there is also evidence of Roman usage in the platforms along the side of…
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