A year ago, I published a review of Tom Parker’s book, The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989. This was published in the journal Near Eastern Archaeological Society Bulletin, volume 52, pp. 58-60.…
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Hexham Abbey
On Wednesday, 22 October, there was a Northern Roman Frontier Seminar (NRFS) meeting in Hexham. I became aware of this just a few days before the seminar, and am grateful to the organizers that I was allowed to attend…
On Tuesday, 7 October, the Archaeology Department at the University of Durham took it’s taught postgraduates on a day-long field trip to Hadrian’s Wall and Corbridge. As a new postgraduate, I was on this trip and enjoyed it thoroughly, despite…
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In an interesting new study, French researchers
found that people who live in lands conquered by the Roman army have less protection against HIV than those in countries they never reached.
This is based on some fairly extensive DNA testing across Europe,…
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In breaking news, archaeologists from the University of Durham have uncovered two rare stone sarcophogi dating to the Roman period in Northeastern England.
The 1800 year old year old sandstone coffins were uncovered at a dig on the site of former…
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