Posted on 10/15/2002 9:40:04 AM PDT by Korth
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:01:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Archaeologists excavating an ancient site in London said on Friday they had unearthed the oldest known plaque inscribed with the city's Roman name.
"This is hugely important," Francis Grew, curator of archaeology at the Museum of London told reporters. "It is the first real monumental inscription with the word Londinium on it.
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