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Monday, December 24
by
arltblogger
on Mon 24 Dec 2007 22:24 GMT
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 »
Thursday, December 20
by
arltblogger
on Thu 20 Dec 2007 22:03 GMT
AFTER a lot of struggle, a Roman coffin discovered at Boscombe Down was moved to its new home at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum on Monday. more »
Tuesday, December 18
by
arltblogger
on Tue 18 Dec 2007 11:24 GMT
Some 1,650 years ago someone was so comprehensively fed up with the state of the Roman empire that they committed an act of treason, blasphemy and probably criminal defacing of the coinage. They cursed the emperor Valens by hammering a coin with his image into lead, then folding the lead over his face. more »
Sunday, December 16
by
arltblogger
on Sun 16 Dec 2007 16:14 GMT
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is to take delivery of a spectacular Roman stone coffin unearthed by Wessex Archaeology in 2007. more »
Friday, December 14
by
arltblogger
on Fri 14 Dec 2007 12:54 GMT
THE first evidence of the earliest Londoners and Romans has been discovered in the Olympic Park in Stratford. more »
by
arltblogger
on Fri 14 Dec 2007 12:42 GMT
The important historical piece, discovered in the River Thames at London Bridge in 1834, will go on show as part of ‘The Face of an Emperor: Hadrian Inspects the Wall’ from Friday, February 8 until Sunday, April 13. more »
by
arltblogger
on Fri 14 Dec 2007 12:19 GMT
Now, new investigations at Caistor Roman town using the latest technology have revealed the plan of the buried town at an extraordinary level of detail which has never been seen before. The high-resolution geophysical survey used a Caesium Vapour magnetometer to map buried remains across the entire walled area of the Roman town. more »
Friday, December 7
by
arltblogger
on Fri 07 Dec 2007 12:22 GMT
The Roman city of Londinium in the first half of the fourth century was not a pleasant place to live - and in fact increasing numbers of people were choosing to live elsewhere. more »
by
arltblogger
on Fri 07 Dec 2007 12:11 GMT
A banquetting set that once graced the table of a fine-dining Roman family has been unearthed, remarkably preserved, from the bottom of an excavated well. more »
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