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Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Unearthed
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993994
From New Scientist, stunningly well-preserved cosmetics canister, containing a white cream, has been unearthed at the site of an ancient Roman temple in London.
Association for Roman Archaeology
http://www.zyworld.com/zarriba/ara.htm
A charity offering a bi-annual bulletin, free entry to Roman monuments and museums, excursions with professional archaeologists, annual dinner and lecture.
Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics
Annual journal Mosaic: contents list of current volume. Project: a complete catalogue of the Roman Mosaics of Britain. News, illustrated articles, book reviews.
Birmingham Roman Roads Project
http://web.bham.ac.uk/leathepd/
AVE VIATOR! (THAT'S "HAIL ROADSTER" TO YOU AND ME!) - THIS SITE IS ABOUT ROMAN ROADS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE AROUND BIRMINGHAM, UK, WHICH THE BIRMINGHAM ROMAN ROADS PROJECT HAS BEEN STUDYING SINCE 1994. TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY CLICK ON ONE OF THE BUTTONS BELOW.
Bones Discovery Lifts Lid on Roman Secrets
From the Leicestersher Mercury, secrets of Roman Leicester have been uncovered at the Newarke, where 31 bodies have been unearthed from an ancient cemetery.
Codrington's Roman Roads in Britain
Full text of Thomas Codrington's classic early 20C work provided online by Bill Thayer. Searchable. Italian, Spanish and French language versions available.
Gloucester and District Archaeological Research Group: Frocester
http://www.gadarg.org.uk/frocester.htm
An outline of the excavations of a Romano-British settlement, including details of the published report, with reconstruction drawings.
Lilliesleaf Project
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/wise/lilliesleaf.html
In 1998 we excavated at the late Iron Age and Roman period settlement at Hillhead, Lilliesleaf in the Scottish Borders. This excavation was sponsored by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland with some support from the Trimontium Trust.
Piercebridge.com
Piercebridge.com is a history of the ancient Roman settlement that existed at Piercebridge, County Durham, UK. Topics include History, Museum of artefacts, including pottery, coinage, and jewellery, 3D VRML reconstruction of past and present.
Roman Chariotway Outflanked Modern Road
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,805049,00.html
From the Gardian, archaeologists have unearthed a Roman "motorway" wider than the A road which runs along the same route today.
Roman Inscriptions of Britain
http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/Rib.htm
Roman expert Guy de la Bédoyère has made available on-line the texts from the standard work 'Roman Inscriptions of Britain', vol.1.
Romans in Sussex
http://www.romansinsussex.co.uk
Sussex Archaeological Society provides an educational resource for teachers and students with sections for different age groups: 7-11, 12-16 and adult.
Study Group for Roman Pottery
For the study of pottery of the Roman period in Britain. Annual conference, meetings. Publishes the Journal of Roman Pottery Studies - contents online. Newsletter, Roman pottery information.
The Homepage of Robert Henry Forster
http://www.armatura.connectfree.co.uk/forster/index.htm
The Homepage of Robert Henry Forster
The Newstead Research Project
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/newstead/newstead.html
The Newstead Research Project is investigating the region surrounding the Roman fort of Trimontium near Newstead, on the River Tweed in the Borders region of southern Scotland. Field research has concentrated both on the Roman military complex of Trimontium itself and on the Iron Age settlement sites in the surrounding region.
THE ROMAN GASK PROJECT
http://www.morgue.demon.co.uk/Pages/Gask/index.html
The Gask Ridge system is the earliest Roman land frontier in Britain, built in the 80's AD, 40 years before Hadrian's Wall and 60 years before the Antonine Wall.
The Roman Shipwrecks Project
http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/Research/PuddingPan/
he Roman Shipwrecks Project was set up in 2000 to investigate the existence of Roman wrecks in the waters surrounding the British Isles. This project continues research begun in 1998, with funding from the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England (RCHME)%u2019s National Monuments Record.
The Romans in Britain
A TV series from the BBC and the Open University, presented by the historian Guy de la Bédoyère. Synopses, scripts, timeline, details of locations, reading list.
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