Category: Finds & Inscriptions
Coins, hoards, altars, tombstones, distance slabs, sculpture, inscriptions and other finds.
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Roman rock crystal jar from Galloway hoard
Exclusive: The vessel may have held perfume or other potion used to anoint kings or in religious ceremonies Source: ‘Extraordinary’…
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Roman Coin Hoard and Falkirk Tartan – Falkirk Local History Society
The largest hoard of Roman coins ever discovered in Scotland was found alongside a piece of cloth said by some to be…
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Regina Tombstone in Colour
This tombstone was found next to Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields and is for a woman born in St Albans…
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Roman Coins and Trade
Roman coins have been found all over Scotland and give some indication as to where the Romans traded and lived.…
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Roman Altars and Tombstones in Colour
The Great North Museum has colourised altars and tombstones according to pigmentation left on the stonework. This is a video…
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Unique Christian Artefact Uncovered at Vindolanda | The Vindolanda Trust
A recently uncovered artefact at Vindolanda sheds a new light on the Dark Ages of Britain. Hidden in the remains…
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FACT FILE: Roman Religion | The Vindolanda Trust
Religion was important to the Romans at Vindolanda. Find out more below. Source: FACT FILE: Roman Religion | The Vindolanda…
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Bodyguards, corpses, and cults – Current Archaeology
Everyday life in the Roman military community at Inveresk Rome’s northern frontier could be a cosmopolitan place, with forts attracting…
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Roman Bas Reliefs in Original Colour
A bas relief was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 BC in honour of the triumphs of Emperor Augustus…
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Caligula – as the statue looked in Roman times
Roman statues were not the white we see today but were painted. This recreated bust of Caligula uses the pigments…
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Colouring Roman sculpture: a video with Louisa Campbell
Explore evidence that Roman carved stones once looked very different from their weathered surfaces today.
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RIB 2139. Distance slab of the Second Legion Augusta | Roman Inscriptions of Britain
For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of his country, the Second Legion Augusta built (this…
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Traprain law dish
New research and digital technology has allowed us to recreate a huge Roman dish from the Traprain Law hoard. Source:…
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Cramond lioness
In 1997, ferryman Robert Graham unearthed a sandstone sculpture from the mud of the River Almond, Cramond, Edinburgh. It turned…
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Rare Roman altar stones uncovered in Musselburgh – BBC News
Two rare, carved altar stones found in East Lothian could shed new light about the Roman period in Scotland, it…
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Roman coin find in Orkney thrills archaeologists – BBC News
It is thought the copper alloy coin found during a dig in Orkney dates from the mid 4th Century AD.…
