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Roman tombstone found at Inveresk
(Oct 29, 2007)
The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for 170 years has been
unearthed at Carberry, near Inveresk. The red sandstone artefact was
for a man called Crescens, a bodyguard for the governor who ran the
province of Britain for the Roman Emperor. The National Museum of
Scotland said the stone provided the strongest evidence yet that Inveresk
was a pivotal Roman site in northern Britain.
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Jews' Roman 'escape route' found
(Sep 11, 2007)
Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have found an underground drainage
channel that was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD.
The channel was buried under the rubble of the Second Temple, which
was destroyed by Roman conquerors in the Siege of Jerusalem. Scores
of people are thought to have sheltered and lived in the tunnel until
they were able to flee the city.
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more. Source: BBC |
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