The baths will form a key feature of the proposed Chichester District Museum and will be temporarily uncovered for archaeologists to inspect the relics.   more »

HISTORY expert and television presenter Neil Oliver has chosen a North East landmark as his favourite place, highlighting Hadrian’s Wall as the place he most likes to visit.   more »

The second annual Festival of Minerva is a free event set up by Roman Tours/Deva Victrix and the Grosvenor Museum.   more »

On Saturday May 31 a fleet of 1960s vintage cars will welcome visitors to the Palace for a return to 1968 to see how the archaeologists uncovered the world-famous mosaics.   more »

Excavations at Vindolanda are revealing two massive granaries whose quality even outshone the nearby commanding officer’s quarters. The dig is also uncovering a magnificent flagged roadway next to the granaries.   more »

People who, like me, prefer their history to come in memorable, uncontroversial stories, are advised to stay away from the Agricola papers. But in fairness to our students we perhaps should read about why Tacitus should not be taken as a reliable narrative - and where the standard histories of Roman Britain are probably wrong.   more »

Roman Britain is alive and popular, and being dug up or exhibited   more »

Under the provocative title 'Is Stonehenge Roman?', Current Archaeology reports on a Time Team dig which really has found Roman stuff there.   more »

'The face of an emperor -- Hadrian inspects the wall' and 'Bede & Beijing'   more »

A page with basic information about Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester), but, more interesting, an aerial view.   more »

Various news items today   more »

The retirement of the director of Fishbourne Roman Palace (blogged yesterday) is marked by an article in the Littlehampton Gazette linking to videos of various Fishbourne treasures.   more »

A team of archaeologists has been excavating a site between St Giles and Blackhall Road since mid January - and last week the diggers struck bone, uncovering what could be a mass grave.   more »

THIS week sees the retirement of David Rudkin, the director of Fishbourne Roman Palace. David was director for 29 years, during which time the education department was expanded, a new wing for conservation, storage and visitor events was built and a new roof was put over the mosaics.   more »

The remains of a Roman roundhouse, thought to date back to the second century, were discovered as United Utilities were working on a new pipeline project, on grazing land near Garstang Road East.   more »

AN historian has succeeded where Time Team failed... to prove a Cheshire village was once home to the Roman army.   more »

The Roman burial ground found in Gloucestershire is set to be revealed. More than 100 bodies, many with their heads placed at their feet, were found at the Hanson gravel quarry at Horcott, near Fairford, in May 2006.   more »

The remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman high street have been found beneath Cirencester's historic Corn Hall. Archaeologists believe they have discovered shop walls, the remains of a baker's oven and numerous Roman artefacts.   more »

What did the Romans ever do for us? They founded many of the towns and cities expected to weather the current market downturn, for a start   more »

The site has produced large amounts of Roman finds over the last 100 years. We have just carried out excavations on the cemetery which has 400 graves from the early 1st Century to the early 4th.   more »

Archaeologists have found what they describe as a remarkable Iron Age waterhole on the site of an extension to York University. The university's archaeology department plans more digs at the site, which also contains an important Roman building.   more »

An appeal by The Times apparently saved some mosaics on the Isle of Wight, and now Barry Cunliffe wants to excavate the villa.   more »

MEMBERS of Stow Youth Centre had a unique insight into their Roman ancestry when they took part in a mosaic workshop at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester recently.   more »

After listening to local residents and community groups, South Tyneside councillors have decided not to go ahead with a proposal to develop the centre for Arbeia Roman fort on the Lawe Top at South Shields.   more »

Dr Nick Summerton, GP and advisor to the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has written a book "Medicine and Health in Roman Britain".   more »

The first activity to take place during the school break is part of the Museum’s ‘Archaeology Seminars’, and will look at the Romans in the Cotswolds. It is aimed at 9-12 year olds   more »

Volunteers from Wigan Archaeological Society performed a dig at St William's Catholic Primary School's playing field, in Ince Green Lane, to find evidence of a Roman road that linked Wigan and Manchester.   more »

A previously unknown Roman fort has been found at Calstock in Cornwall, one of only a handful of sites giving evidence of Roman presence in the county, and the first found close to a silver mine.   more »

"Our feedback since it was published shows that it has helped the Buried under Bidford project to reach young people which is the only way to safeguard its heritage long term."   more »

Deputy town clerk Steve Newman said: "It's at an early stage but the idea is to raise the profile of the town's Roman sites by having a festival.   more »

These glimpses into the life of a Roman soldier in Britain will form the central exhibit in a new British Museum show devoted to the Emperor Hadrian, who ruled from AD117 to 138 and visited Britain in 122.   more »

A nice video - good quality- of what happened between the finding of the coffin and the lifting of the lid, including explanation of the difficulties, infra-red photography of the inside,   more »

Around 150 coins have so far been unearthed in the run-up to work on the new Gainsborough Hotel and Thermal Spa.   more »

An ancient Roman pan, which was made sometime after AD 122 but was only uncovered in 2003, is to go on display at Arbeia Roman Fort on Saturday January 5 2007.   more »

Work is underway on a new Roman style garden at the museum, inspired by gardens from around the Roman Empire with traditional elements such as pergolas, ornate raised flower beds, box hedging and frescoes.   more »

But part of precious hoard of Roman gold jewellery and silver spoons that was uncovered at a Thetford industrial site nearly 30 years ago is set to return to its home town for the first time this year.   more »

I haven't watched it all through, but it looks worth investigation. What I've seen is a mix of battle scenes, and video of excavation going on.   more »