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How on earth did they do it?
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How on earth did they do it?
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Roman stuff found in London.
There has been stuff found in London - Roman stuff. In an excavation due to a construction project at Bloomberg Place, really amazing finds from Roman times have been made, including very well-preserved organic material.
You can read more about it in this BBC News thingie, or on the Museum of London archaeology site (where they have a pic of a shoe).
This is really, really wow - and even though I am usually not so enamoured with the Romans and their stuff, I am looking forward very much to what else will come out of that dig, and what all we can learn from it!
You can read more about it in this BBC News thingie, or on the Museum of London archaeology site (where they have a pic of a shoe).
This is really, really wow - and even though I am usually not so enamoured with the Romans and their stuff, I am looking forward very much to what else will come out of that dig, and what all we can learn from it!
