Just a chance to stick up some more images of finds from the site. We've lots more to get photographed- this is just a tip of the iceberg. More to come.
Yep- (top) fragment of figurative Samian. (second from top)part of set of shears of medieval? date (second from bottom) Cu alloy figuine of coat: uncertain date (bottom) group of Roman coins
Just heard from one our finds specialists who thinks that the goat is probably Roman- possibly a cult image linked to the worship of Mercury or Bacchus.
This blog will share information about the major new field project at the Roman fort of Binchester (Co. Durham), run jointly by Durham County Council, the Dept. of Archaeology, Durham University and Dept. of Classics, Stanford University and the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland. It will communicate news, events, and once the field season starts a daily update of the discoveries on site. To find out more visit our website
Battle of Mons Graupius Found?
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Forgive the scepticism, a claim is made on a yearly basis, but there is a
story in today's Herald that the site of the Battle of Mons Graupius, the
first r...
Pompeian Gleanings
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While perhaps surpassed by more recent sources, it occurs to me that the *Pompeian
Gleanings* are still very much a useful and relevant part of Pompeian
s...
Jack in the Green, Iffley
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Just wanted to share this splendid picture of the Jack in the Green
ceremony at Iffley, Oxford. Photograph taken from the excellent Oxfordshire
History Ce...
More Silly Humanities Idealism
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Yet another case of that silly and damaging humanities idealism.
Last month the *Daily Beast* listed archaeology among the thirteen most
useless major su...
Watching a Roman Play in a Virtual Rome
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Today inside the online world of Second Life, a group of virtual Romans
watched a play about *Ceres and Persephone*. It was written and performed
by memb...
David can you tell us what each of these items are?
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