At first glance they appear to be ordinary planks of wood marked with random scratches. But archeologists say they’re some of the oldest handwritten documents ever found in Britain – and they include ...

IOUs, a note to a brewer, and the earliest handwritten document known from Britain — these are among the 405, nearly 2,000-year-old Roman waxed writing tablets archaeologists have unearthed and ...

The wooden tablets contain the earliest surviving written reference to London, and the earliest dated handwritten document from Britain: January 8, 57 -- less than 14 years after the Roman invasion.

Centuries ago, one of the first Christians in the Roman Empire to live in the province of Egypt wrote a letter to an acquaintance on papyrus—a kind of thick form of paper used in ancient times. This ...

They came, they saw, they ... ordered beer, food and made IOUs. Archeologists announced Wednesday they have discovered hundreds of writing tablets from Roman London — including the oldest handwritten ...

The earliest handwritten documents in Britain have been found – and no, it’s not Prince Philip’s birth certificate. The wooden tablets, discovered during excavations for Bloomberg’s new European ...

At first glance they appear to be ordinary planks of wood marked with random scratches. But archeologists say they’re some of the oldest handwritten documents ever found in Britain – and they include ...

More than 400 Roman writing tablets have been unearthed in the heart of London, shedding light on the commerce-driven life in what would become the City of London financial hub, archaeologists said ...