SITE VISIT: Allerton pupils, from left, Andrew Maxwell, Kyle Campbell, Vanessa Wan, Bianca Regan, Jagbir Rai and Amber Allen prepare to dig for evidence.
Posted on 09/30/2006 1:19:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Today it's home to a Leeds school with more than 1,000 students. But backtrack 2,000 years and the site of Allerton High in Moortown could have been occupied by soldiers from one of history's largest empires... According to Ordnance Survey maps dating back to 1847, the existing school was built on a site called Camp Town. In the south-east corner of the grounds, which was once a sandstone quarry, there is a clearly-marked historical camp. The school's deputy head Heather Scott... said, a mention in the "Mannour Books of Leeds" from 1709 of a "garth named Campo" and the existence of remains of a Roman road on what is now Stonegate Road between Meanwood and Moortown.
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SITE VISIT: Allerton pupils, from left, Andrew Maxwell, Kyle Campbell, Vanessa Wan, Bianca Regan, Jagbir Rai and Amber Allen prepare to dig for evidence.
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I had a Latin Lover once.
Looking back, I'd say my Latin classes were the most enjoyable of my high school courses.
Quarentine Road is the main drag accross the ODU campus. Guess where it got it's name.
i know :)
How *totally* COOOL!
I wish they did things like this in school when I was a kid!
Crikey!
*DieHard*
Yeah, kids are coddled nowadays. ;')
Pompeii Lovers' Affair Uncovered After 2,000 YearsArchaeologists digging in the ruins of what was once Pompeii's "hotel zone" have found the entwined bodies of the couple, together with a bag of gold jewellery that they had tried to take with them as they fled in vain from the volcano's fury. The couple had been a rich businessman and a young slave girl (ancilla), who had clearly risen up the social ladder to become his favorite mistress. Professor De Simone said that the girl had apparently been "adopted" by her master at the age of 7, since the figure VII was engraved on a gold ring found on her finger.
by Richard OwenStartling New Pompeii FindingItalian archaeologists digging near Pompeii have uncovered startling evidence of what may have been an unknown step in the ancient Roman social ladder -- a class of former female slaves who instead of being freed were kept as lovers by their masters.
by Rossella Lorenzi
Discovery.com News
I can't even guess where the ODU campus is. ;')
Norfolk, VA.
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