An illustration of a first century AD horse harness found during the dig, shown with the genuine article
Posted on 04/30/2010 8:26:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A 936-page report into the Millennium dig in the grounds of Carlisle castle in 1999 has now been published, detailing the 80,000 artefacts discovered and what they reveal about Roman life in the city. Archaeologists dug five trenches on the Castle Green and Eastern Way and, over the following three years, unearthed a huge quantity of pottery, armour, weapons, and, unusually, wooden remains. They normally rot away but, because of the waterlogged soil, 2,000 large pieces of timber were discovered... also saw 2662 fragments of pottery -- including 442 bowls from Gaul -- 536 Roman coins, 30,250 bits of animal bone, 11 spearheads and 32 arrowheads recovered. Twenty one brooches, nine pieces of bracelet, 10 hairpins and 41 glass beads were also found. But it is the extensive wooden and leather remains -- which include posts, shoes and tents -- that surprised the archaeologists, leading to a "wealth of evidence" about the structure of Roman buildings which does not normally survive... A picture of the everyday life of the soldiers also emerges, with finds showing how they hunted deer on a regular basis (270 bones were found), ate mutton rather than lamb (the sheep bones were too old to be young animals) and played a Roman version of draughts -- ludus latrunculorum -- as 12 black and white glass counters were found. A wooden-soled bath shoe was found, suggesting there may have been a bath house nearby, possibly close to the River Caldew, but it has never been found. Razor blades, combs and fragments of mirrors showed that the soldiers made an effort with their appearance. One of the combs even had a whole louse still stuck in one of the teeth.
(Excerpt) Read more at cumberlandnews.co.uk ...
An illustration of a first century AD horse harness found during the dig, shown with the genuine article
An illustration of a first century AD horse harness found during the dig, shown with the genuine article
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Cumberbummerland News (UK) ^ | Friday, April 30, 2010 | Victoria Breechnanny
Posted on 4/30/10 8:26:53 PM by SunkenCiv
A 936-page stinking report into the Millennium dig in the grounds of Carlisle castle in 1999 has now been published, detailing the 80,000 germ-infested artefacts discovered and what they reveal about Roman life on Saturday night in the city. Archaeologists dug five stench-filled trenches on the Castle Green and Eastern Way and, over the following putrid three years, unearthed a huge quantity of pottery, Armour hotdogs, weapons, and, unusually well-preserved stain-filled wooden remains of beds-
Archaeologists are amazed, saying "Thank God these people new nothing about hygiene and recycling!"
How does a louse get stuck in one tooth?
Who knew the Romans were sissies with all the primping?
Oooh, a louse! Throw it away!
Nam Vet
>>> because of the waterlogged soil, 2,000 large pieces of timber were discovered.
I’m 99.99% certain those are the timbers of the Ark.
Ooh, yer bad... ;’D
Somewhere along the line yesterday I spotted a new book about “The Bog People”, 2000 year old bodies which were preserved by the ph and moisture of the swamps where the victims were killed and dumped.
A guy with a frog growing out of his forehead is waiting to see the doctor. The doctor, shocked, asks, “how did this happen?” The frog sez, “it started as a wart on my ass.”
So little has changed in Britain. ;’)
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