IOUs, a note to a brewer, and the earliest handwritten document known from Britain — these are among the 405, nearly 2,000-year-old Roman waxed writing tablets archaeologists have unearthed and ...

More than 400 Roman writing tablets have been unearthed in the heart of London, shedding light on the commerce-driven life in what would become the City of London financial hub, archaeologists said ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Experts have deciphered writings etched on two batches of ancient Roman wooden wax tablets that were previously unreadable. The tablets were tossed ...

People usually picture stone walls, military forts, crumbling ruins, and the remains of an empire that announced itself through architecture and engineering when they imagine Roman Britain. What they ...

Vindolanda Genius relief discovery: Archaeologists at the Northumberland Roman fort have uncovered the first-ever carved sandstone Genius — ancient Rome's protective guardian spirit — face-down ...

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Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Roman officials in modern-day Belgium once tossed old wooden frames used for wax writing tablets into a well to make sure nobody could read what was ...