Amateur archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall
Exclusive: Married volunteer diggers discover stone relief at site of Roman fort Vindolanda in NorthumberlandA striking Roman depiction of the winged goddess of victory has been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall by volunteers helping archaeologists on an official excavation.The stone relief was found by a Merseyside couple at Vindolanda, the site of the important Roman fort near Hexham, Northumberland. Continue reading…

Volunteer archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall – video
Jim and Dilys Quinlan, who discovered the stone relief of the goddess of victory, have volunteered at Vindolanda, the site of an important Roman fort near Hexham, for 21 seasons. Dilys said: ‘We’ve spent the vast majority of our annual leave at Vindolanda over the years. As veteran diggers, it is without doubt the most wonderful thing we’ve ever done and, importantly, it’s something we do as a couple.’ The 47cm-tall carving is thought to have symbolised the end of war and to have been part of a much bigger reliefAmateur archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall Continue reading…

New Research Revises Story of Maiden Castle Cemetery
MAIDEN CASTLE, ENGLAND—In the 1930s, British archaeologists Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler discovered a grisly cemetery […]
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Roman Women in Business

Roman women faced legal, ideological, and cultural limitations in several areas of their lives; deep-rooted traditions regarding the role of women in the Roman world resulted in pre-conceived views which saw women characterised by weakness in judgement and mental incapacity. The statesman Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE), in a speech to the Roman Senate in 195 BCE, stated that Rome’s ancestors were…