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Roman settlement unearthed in Syon Park, west London
BBC ^ | November 17, 2010 | Unknown

Posted on 11/17/2010 12:51:02 PM PST by decimon

A Roman settlement filled with ancient artefacts and human remains has been found on a west London building site.

Archaeologists excavating the listed Syon Park site made the discovery of more than 11,000 Roman items just half a metre below the ground.

They were digging on the land ahead of the construction of a new hotel on the outskirts of the historical Syon Park Estate, near Brentford.

Part of one of Roman Britain's most important roads was also found.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs

1 posted on 11/17/2010 12:51:05 PM PST by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Pick a dilly ping.


2 posted on 11/17/2010 12:51:45 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon

“Pick a dilly ping.”

Always a circus.


3 posted on 11/17/2010 12:54:50 PM PST by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: brownsfan
Always a circus.

A little bread with that and the plebes will love ya.

4 posted on 11/17/2010 12:59:06 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon
Home of the Duke of Northumberland!
5 posted on 11/17/2010 1:00:52 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: decimon; blam
blam-ping

FMCDH(BITS)

6 posted on 11/17/2010 1:08:44 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Home of the Duke of Northumberland!

His Grace The Duke of Northumberland. You commoners just don't get it. ;-)

7 posted on 11/17/2010 1:11:12 PM PST by decimon
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To: brownsfan
3 posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:54:50 PM by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)

Interesting...I've posted many times that the Dems are a heart attack and the Pubs are cancer.

FMCDH(BITS)

8 posted on 11/17/2010 1:12:02 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: SunkenCiv; decimon
Biggus-Diggus ping.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

9 posted on 11/17/2010 1:21:41 PM PST by The Comedian (I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
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To: decimon

Taxes became too high. People refused to pay them. Rome was too weak to collect, and so could not pay her army on the borders of the empire. The Legions were withdrawn and the Western Empire fell.

Are we detecting a pattern here?

Baracus Africanus Obamus


10 posted on 11/17/2010 2:02:10 PM PST by centurion316
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To: decimon; SunkenCiv

I’ve always wondered about the difference in depth at which items are found.

The disparity seems to be irregular even when the items are located in the same general area and from the same relative time.

I mean, I can understand things in desert countries being buried under drifting sand dunes at varying depths, but it has always puzzled me how towns like Troy, built on rocky hillsides can wind up with six or seven layers of buildings built one on top of another.


11 posted on 11/17/2010 2:38:19 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: decimon; SunkenCiv

I’ve always wondered about the difference in depth at which items are found.

The disparity seems to be irregular even when the items are located in the same general area and from the same relative time.

I mean, I can understand things in desert countries being buried under drifting sand dunes at varying depths, but it has always puzzled me how towns like Troy, built on rocky hillsides can wind up with six or seven layers of buildings built one on top of another.


12 posted on 11/17/2010 2:38:27 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: wildbill

Worms. Earthworms turn up the soil. Or so I once read here.


13 posted on 11/17/2010 3:02:41 PM PST by decimon
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To: wildbill

You’ve just answered your own question - you’ve got two posts there from about the same time, and they form two layers themselves.


14 posted on 11/17/2010 3:17:23 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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15 posted on 11/17/2010 7:03:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: decimon
The Duke has a nice spread. This is just the conservatory:


16 posted on 11/18/2010 2:13:30 PM PST by colorado tanker
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The Duke has a nice spread.

Sure does. It's funny how the truly wealthy manage to stay wealthy while others are taxed to death.

17 posted on 11/18/2010 2:34:39 PM PST by decimon
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