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An extraordinary discovery of a Roman pot was made at the Drumanagh promontory fort in Ireland, the first ever found. The ...
North East experts are to investigate reports that a mosaic from Roman times is buried 15ft underground opposite the site of a former Sunderland brewery. Archaeologists are now hoping to search for ...
Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark. The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland ...
Three Roman era mosaics have been uncovered in Austria, officials said. They are considered rare in the region. Photo from Upper Austrian State Cultural Institution, Facebook Archaeologists in ...
This is the “You’ll have had your tea then?” of the Scotland’s border country, a trim market town as Morningside as it is Tweed Valley. Not in a bad way: this is a well-to-do oasis that proudly holds ...
but the beautifully carved figure vividly reminds us that Roman forts were not simply utilitarian, they had grandeur and of course the symbolism was a vital part of the culture here for the soldiers ...
From ancient abbeys and priories to Roman forts and country houses ... gardens due to its location right on the Northumberland-Scotland border. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne has been named ...
The Trimontium museum, which tells the story of one of the biggest Roman forts north of Hadrian's Wall, is also worth checking out. It is the only museum in Scotland dedicated to the Roman and ...
a fort just south of the Sycamore Gap. It is believed the sandstone relief had been used to signify the end of an ancient Roman war. Veteran married volunteers Jim and Dilys Quinlan, from ...
An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists. The symbolic find of the winged goddess was discovered in a reused pile of ...