Tag: Altar
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The Colinton Roman Altar to the Mother Goddesses
Built into the walls of Hailes House was a Roman carving examined in the 19th Century. The stone was then…
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The 20th Legion altars found at Auchendavy
In 1771 when the Forth Clyde canal was being built four altars were found intact near the Antonine fort of…
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Roman Britain in Colour display – Great North Museum: Hancock
Pause and enjoy a dramatic reimagining that shows how seven Roman altars in the Hadrian’s Wall gallery were originally brightly coloured. Now…
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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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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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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…
