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Rare Roman coins coming home to Warwickshire – where they were buried for 2,000 years
Rare Roman coins unearthed in Warwickshire after being buried for nearly 2,000 years WILL return to the county. The hoard,…
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Cremated Soldier Found in Cooking Pot at Vast Roman Camp in Israel
A monumental gate and dedicatory inscription in Latin are among the finds unearthed at the vast Roman military encampment discovered…
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Poisoned, Then Buried: Before Vesuvius, Toxic Water Likely Sickened Pompeii
When Mount Vesuvius in southwestern Italy erupted in A.D. 79, it engulfed the city of Pompeii so quickly that residents…
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Cambridge academics uncover 2,000-year-old Roman sundial
Researchers from the University of Cambridge made the find during an excavation in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near…
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Cache of antique coins found in drawer at Scotney Castle
In proper storybook style, in a disintegrating cardboard box shoved to the very back of a drawer, in a castle…
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4th century sarcophagus found during excavations in Ljubljana
Archaeologist Martin Horvat from the Ljubljana Museums and Galleries (MGML) told the STA that a total of seven sarcophagi had…
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Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1,700 years
Archaeologists are one step closer to solving the riddle of what took place in Jerusalem following the destruction of the…
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Gold coin sheds new light on 5th-century Swedish island massacre
The team working at Sandby Borg, a ringfort on Öland off Sweden’s south-eastern coast, said the discovery was the “find…
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A part of Hadrian’s Wall has been found in Newcastle city centre, shedding new light on its route
Hadrians’s Wall has been uncovered during site investigations as part of a scheme to revive a historic building in Newcastle…
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Lufton Villa excavations reveal new details about famous fish mosaic
The dig at the fourth century site in Lufton, Somerset, has investigated a part of the mosaic that was damaged…
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