A third century tombstone relief of an unknown female from Roman Vindolanda. The relief can be viewed in the site museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Vindolanda

#Archäologie #ratsel am #hadrianswall Welcher Römer trug diese Riesenschuhe?

Bis #Schuhgröße 50: Ausgerechnet in einem Römerlager namens ‚Magna‘ im Norden Englands entdecken #Forscher ungewöhnlich viele Übergrößen. Was war da los?

Das einstige #Römerlager #Vindolanda am #Hadrianswall ist immer wieder für erstaunliche Funde gut, die vom Alltag römischer Soldaten erzählen.

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/archaeologie-hadrianswall-grosse-schuhe-roemer-li.3285646?utm_source=firefox-newtab-de-de

Archäologie: Rätsel am Hadrianswall - welcher Römer trug diese Riesenschuhe?

Im Römerlager Magna am Hadrianswall wurden außergewöhnlich große Schuhsohlen gefunden. Was war da los?

Süddeutsche Zeitung
A waterlogged Roman shoe, 2 millennia old and hobnailed, emerges from Magna’s ditch—suggesting a soldier with massive feet and telling a vivid tale of life on the empire’s edge.  #Vindolanda #MaterialCulture

2,000-year-old giant leather s...
One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals

A surprisingly large leather shoe has been found at Magna, a Roman fort in northern England.

Live Science

Rare winged Roman goddess statue unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall at Vindolanda

A rare stone relief of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, has been unearthed at Vindolanda, a Roman fort south of the famous Hadrian’s Wall. The artifact was discovered by longtime volunteers Jim and Dilys Quinlan of Merseyside...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/winged-roman-goddess-statue-at-vindolanda/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #hadrianswall #romanempire #romanart #romangoddess #Victoria #Vindolanda

we're in the final days of "Laura Moore: Memories of the Future" at McIntosh Gallery : don't miss it before the exhibition closes this Saturday (March 15, 2025) 🗺️ · ✈️ · ✍️ · 🕰️

https://mcintoshgallery.ca/exhibitions/current.html

image: Laura Moore, The Future from Above; Vindolanda, 2021

#memoriesofthefuture #lauramoore @lauramoore.ca @westernuniversity #drawing #thefuturefromabove #vindolanda

Current

Rob Nelson: Photographs 1977 to 2014 & Janet Werner: Another perfect day

DA VINDOLANDA, RACCONTI DAL PASSATO DI UN INVITO A UNA FESTA - Daniele Mancini Archeologia

Una tavoletta di legno è il primo esempio conosciuto di scrittura latina realizzato da una donna che invitò la sua cara amica alla sua festa

Daniele Mancini Archeologia

🚶‍♂️✨ Travel back in time at #Vindolanda, the Roman fort south of Hadrian's Wall! Explore ancient artifacts, from rare writing tablets 📜 to Roman boxing gloves 🥊, all preserved by history. Ongoing digs uncover stories of daily life that spanned centuries. 🏺👣 #RomanHistory #Archaeology

🔗 Discover more: [https://visitorsinformation.co.uk/vindolanda-unveiled](https://visitorsinformation.co.uk/vindolanda-unveiled)

Vindolanda volunteer finds disc brooch intact with pin – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/70127

"The brooch is round with a low wall outlining a round central setting and a ridge around the outer edge. It is made of brass and would originally have been gilded."

#History #Archeology #Roman #Vindolanda #UK

>>...in a letter, a junior officer complains to his superior that 'My fellow soldiers have no beer – please order some to be sent'.<<

The Vindolanda tablets | British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/roman-britain/vindolanda-tablets

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #Vindolanda

The Vindolanda tablets

1,700 tablets from Roman Britain tell us intimate details of fort life in the words of the people who lived there. Here's why they matter.

The British Museum
Groot-#Brittannië heeft zijn #bedwantsen mogelijk te danken aan de oude #Romeinen die ze in hun #stromatrassen een lift gaven naar de overkant van het Kanaal. Dit zou blijken uit de vondst van twee borstkastjes van deze plaaggeestje bij de Romeinse nederzetting #Vindolanda.
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5432973/romeinen-krijgen-2000-jaar-na-dato-schuld-van-aanwezigheid
Romeinen krijgen 2000 jaar na dato schuld van aanwezigheid bedwantsen in Engeland

Een bijzondere ontdekking in het Britse Northumberland. Bij archeologische opgravingen bij Romeinse nederzettingen zijn resten van bedwantsen gevonden. "Dit is echt ontzettend zeldzaam."

RTL Nieuws