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Article: Discover real history on aRoman holiday
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- Derby Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- April 4, 2009
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As you would expect, there's plenty of Roman history to get your
teeth into in Hadrian's Wall Country. Helen Meynell and family
discovered some real treasures on a short break in the area.
ARCHAEOLOGIST Robin Birley was excavating at a Roman fort in
Northumberland in the 1970s when he made a dramatic discovery.
He unearthed some fine slivers of wood which, crucially,
contained handwriting.
He knew they were something special so rushed to show his find to
a colleague. But the writing had gone, faded by the light and the
atmosphere.
Luckily, infrared cameras could still pick up the writing and the
true extent of his discovery was revealed. The fragments were part
of postcard-sized slivers of ...