Stairs of Roman temple in Turkey have been found
Excavations in Izmit (Turkey), conducted in 2016, brought to light the stairs of a Roman temple, which may be up to 2000 years old.
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Excavations in Izmit (Turkey), conducted in 2016, brought to light the stairs of a Roman temple, which may be up to 2000 years old.
Excavations in London in 2016 uncovered Roman tablets that turn out to be the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain.
Archaeologists in 2016 discovered Roman coins, pottery and a section of road in Ipplepen (Devon), which marked the limit of Roman influence in Britain.
During a dive in 2016 in Tel Dor (Israel), scientists came across a stone with an inscription on it. As it turned out, it had the name of a previously unknown governor of the province of Judea.
In 2016, archaeologists discovered the remains of a Roman wall in the yard of the 5-star Grand Hotel and Spa in York, England.
In 2017, the Italian National Mint minted a collector’s coin that commemorated the 1900th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE).
In Chichester, in the south of England, the remains of three Roman-era structures were discovered in 2017. This was done through research and penetration scans.
In the eighteenth century, while conducting excavations in an ancient Roman villa – Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, scientists came across an unusually small piece of metal that could easily fit in a cup of tea. As it turned out this object was a “pocket” Roman sundial.
During the construction works carried out for the third line of the Roman metro, an ancient gold and glass object was discovered showing Roma – the goddess and personification of the ancient city of Rome. The artifact is dated to the 4th century CE.
Discovered in 1992, on the site of the former Roman fort of Vindolanda, in Northumberland (northern England), a mysterious ancient artifact has been re-analyzed by scientists. The latest conclusions of archaeologists may shock – they think it may be an ancient dildo!