A pair of married volunteer archaeologists working at the Vindolanda archaeological site near Northumberland recently scored a big win. Jim and Dilys Quinlan discovered a sandstone relief—a sculpture ...
Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark. The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near ...
A sandstone carving, believed to date back to around 213AD and represent the Roman goddess of victory, has been discovered near Hadrian's Wall. Dubbed "incredibly significant" by experts, it was ...
An artefact discovered at a Northumberland Hadrian's Wall site made a surprise appearance on a BBC Two quiz on Monday night - alongside Diego Maradona. On Monday's edition of Only Connect, a bronze ...
Sites along Hadrian's Wall have been producing artifacts of various kinds for decades. But as the years have passed, the discoveries have become few and far between. As such, imagine the surprise of ...
Found at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, this piece of leather was cut into the shape of a mouse. The Vindolanda Trust Researchers at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in northern England recently discovered ...
The sandstone relief is the first of its kind found at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall. The Vindolanda Trust Volunteers at Vindolanda, a Roman fort in northern England, have discovered a ...
I am pleased to annouce that the 2019 Retired Members’ Event will take place on Thursday 11th April at Roman Vindolanda in Bardon Mill, Northumberland. We will meet at 11:00 at the Vindolanda site for ...
General view of the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda on the Wall of Hadrian. Credit: Mike Bishop / Wikimedia Commons A study by the British Museum reveals that the scribes of the fort used black ...
The Northumberland archaeologist Dr Robin Birley, who himself made history with the discovery of what was voted Britain’s greatest treasure, has died. The founding director of the Vindolanda Trust, ...
1st or 2nd century AD. On display at the British Museum in London. This letter was found at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland. It is written in Latin from an entrepreneur named Octavius ...