General view of the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda on the Wall of Hadrian. Credit: Mike Bishop / Wikimedia Commons A study by the British Museum reveals that the scribes of the fort used black ...

Vindolanda, located near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, is one of the most important Roman archaeological sites in Britain. From wooden tablets and letters to well-preserved artifacts, it offers ...

More voices from the distant past have emerged from one of the most important discoveries of the last 25 years at a Northumberland Roman fort. The first of around 2,000 Roman writing tablets were ...

Archaeologists are thrilled by the discovery of 25 tablets that could reveal fascinating details of everyday life on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. The wooden ink documents were found on ...

To discover an artifact with writing on it is unusual—but retrieving more than two dozen in one day is exceptional. “When we found the first tablet, we were very excited,” says Andrew Birley, ...

A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England. Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed ...