#roman settlement

[diemelusine]

A view of Óbidos, Portugal.

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Workers Preparing To Construct An Apartment Building In Switzerland Just Uncovered An Ancient Roman Settlement Filled With Rare Artifacts

Archaeologists excavating at the ancient settlement of Augusta Raurica in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland also found several houses and a Roman roa

Lovely little statuette. Amazing condition.

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Human Skull from Londinium, The Museum of London (Currently Relocating), London

The use of human heads as local ritual offering appears to have continued in the Roman settlement of Londinium. This one was deposited as an offering in a stream. Other offerings include stone and wooden effigies and heads, although very few of these have survived.

[imperium-romanum]

Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery

Of the 52 skeletons found in Great Whelnetham, 40% had their skulls placed by or between their legs.

Archaeologists excavating a Roman burial ground said the discovery of a series of decapitated bodies was a "rare find".

A dig has been taking place on a site in Great Whelnetham, Suffolk, ahead of a planned housing development.

Of the 52 skeletons found, about 40% had their skulls detached from their bodies, many placed by their legs.

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Displaced and Recreated Hypocaust from a Roman Bathhouse following excavations at the Grand Arcade, Wigan, Lancashire.

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Caerwent Roman Courtyard House, Caerwent, Wales.

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Reconstructed Roman Fort, Vicus and Granary Foundations, Deansgate, Manchester, 30.1.19.

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The Rossington Bridge Roman Dagger, Doncaster Museum and Gallery, Yorkshire, 29.7.18. A Roman soldier lost the dagger in the waters and marshland near Rossington Bridge Roman fort. The iron dagger had a bone handle which consisted of several parts, each separated by the iron washers on the existing tang which can still be seen. The dagger also had a wooden and leather sheath and part of the original wood still exists on the blade.