They are known as one of archaeology’s great enigmas – hollow 12-sided objects from the Roman era with no known purpose or use. Only 33…
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Shells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip
An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook’s final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been…
View More Shells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip‘Very rare’ clay figurine of Mercury discovered at Roman site in Kent
A “very rare” clay figurine of the god Mercury, one of fewer than 10 ever found in Britain, has been discovered at a previously unknown…
View More ‘Very rare’ clay figurine of Mercury discovered at Roman site in KentRoman egg found in Aylesbury still has contents after 1,700 years
It was a wonderful find as it was, a cache of 1,700-year-old speckled chicken eggs discovered in a Roman pit during a dig in Buckinghamshire.…
View More Roman egg found in Aylesbury still has contents after 1,700 yearsThree sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected status
Three sections of a huge but little-known Roman wall, discovered under the City of London, have been given protected status as scheduled national monuments. The…
View More Three sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected statusFolktale becomes reality as Roman altar unearthed at Leicester Cathedral
The Normans began construction more than 900 years ago on the building that would become Leicester Cathedral, but legend has long had it that the…
View More Folktale becomes reality as Roman altar unearthed at Leicester CathedralRomans ventured deeper into Wales than thought, road discovery shows
The awe-inspiring beauty of the Preseli Hills and the surrounding wild moorlands have long drawn visitors to north Pembrokeshire in Wales. Now an archaeologist has…
View More Romans ventured deeper into Wales than thought, road discovery showsYork divided over plan for new ‘Roman quarter’ (hotel and 153 flats included)
No one in the column of tourists making their way to York Minster along the city wall even glances at Northern House. The slab of…
View More York divided over plan for new ‘Roman quarter’ (hotel and 153 flats included)Roman town’s remains found below Northamptonshire field on HS2 route
A wealthy Roman trading town, whose inhabitants adorned themselves with jewellery and ate from fine pottery, has been discovered half a metre below the surface…
View More Roman town’s remains found below Northamptonshire field on HS2 routeCountry diary: The underground secret by Hadrian’s Wall | Country diary
The Roman fort of Brocolitia, once a busy garrison of 500 soldiers, is visible only as turf-covered earthworks close to Hadrian’s Wall. We walk round…
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