Posted on 09/21/2005 8:59:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
North East experts are to investigate reports that a mosaic from Roman times is buried 15ft underground opposite the site of a former Sunderland brewery... If they find the mosaic, it would confirm long-held suspicions by some local historians that there used to be a Roman settlement in the city... Generations of people from Sunderland have grown up hearing stories of a Roman outpost that used to stand high above the River Wear.
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Diggers discover ancient artefacts
By Nic Brunetti
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.631810.0.diggers_discover_ancient_artefacts.php
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Archaeologist's dig reveals solution to ancient riddle of lost Roman town
Telegraph Online | Sunday 30 July 2000 | Adam Lusher
Posted on 07/30/2004 7:47:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The Romans in Ireland
Archaeology Today | 2000? | L.A. Curchin
Posted on 07/18/2004 8:54:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Roman roads in Britain
Channel 4 | before 2004 | staff
Posted on 10/16/2004 5:46:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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"Major excavation for Roman relic"
Dang. My first thought was 'Sophia Loren'! .
Or Gina Lollawhatshername.
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