Thursday, July 14, 2011

Archaeologists discover a hoard of silver Roman denarii coins at Vindolanda

Past Horizons: "hoard of twenty one silver denarii has been recovered during the recent excavation of the foundations of a clay floor in a centurion’s apartment of the late Antonine period (cAD180-200) at Vindolanda, northeast England."

Nearly stolen Caligula statue unveiled

La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it: "Officials revealed a monumental statue believed to be of Roman Emperor Caligula Tuesday, announcing that an illegal dig pointed them to the major archaeological find."