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The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...
In fact, so many shoes have been found across the two sites, the Vindolanda archaeological trust maintains a "shoe specialist ...
Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...
While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to developments in warfare.
Even Richard Dawkins, the high priest of the “belief in nothing”, has now professed, albeit late in the day, to be a “cultural Christian”, in the face of the growing influence of Islam, against which ...
Eight days’ hiking lets you imagine the weird and wonderful lives of those who once lived at the Roman Empire’s northern frontier ...
It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.
A couple who have volunteered in numerous excavations over the years found a "highly revered" ancient artifact at a fort in ...
Ancient Roman Helmet Turns Up In Unusual Location: 'Exceptionally Rare' "The barracks were once adorned with a large ornamental arch and gate, precisely the location where an inscription may have ...
Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. The find occurred in a pile of rubble at the famed Roman fort Vindolanda. Dated to about 213 ...
An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists.
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 ...