In 2021, archaeological excavations in Southwark, London, uncovered one of the most significant finds of Roman wall paintings in Britain. Conducted by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) ahead of the Liberty of Southwark development, the discovery revealed thousands of plaster fragments from a high-status Roman building, demolished before AD 200. These fragments, painstakingly reassembled
On the windswept hills close to Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, at the Vindolanda fort, archaeologists have found a stone relief of Victoria, the goddess of victory. This sarcophagus, completed around AD 213 and measuring 47 cm tall, 28 cm wide and 17 cm deep, likely marked the royal entrance of a grand archway celebrating
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In the shadow of York’s ancient walls, where Roman Eboracum once thrived, a skeleton lay buried for over 1,700 years, its bones whispering a tale of blood, sand, and a lion’s roar. Archaeologists recently uncovered this relic of a man, aged 26 to 35, whose pelvis bore unmistakable bite marks from a large cat—likely a