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Roman board game is found in Noth Yorkshire village

1:04pm Friday 21st November 2008

THE remains of a board game dating back to the Roman Empire have been discovered in a North Yorkshire village.

Romans? Are you forum or against ’em?

11:25am Monday 6th October 2008

ROMAN legions and Barbarian hordes will be back in York later this month when the city’s Roman Festival returns.

Roman settlement uncovered during work on new pipeline

Archaeologists Oliver Cooper and Cath Ambrey with some of the Roman finds

11:30am Wednesday 1st October 2008

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the remains of a Roman settlement near York during the construction of a new £6 million pipeline.

Unearthing past at campus site

Volunteers at the Heslington East site

9:26am Wednesday 24th September 2008

VOLUNTEER archaeologists are helping unearth the past at The University of York’s new £500 million Heslington East campus.

Did Romans give us HIV?

3:50pm Friday 5th September 2008

HEALTH experts have denied suggestions that people living in North Yorkshire could be more vulnerable to AIDS because of the region’s Roman heritage.

Treasure hunter finds Roman ring

The silver roman ring

2:00pm Thursday 24th July 2008

A ROMAN ring that was discovered in a field near York has been classified as an item of treasure, an inquest heard.

Forest going back in time

Roman  re-enactors get ready for battle at Dalby Forest this weekend

6:14pm Friday 20th June 2008

DALBY Forest will be alive to the sounds of clashing swords and warring soldiers this weekend.

Digging up Roman bits

9:59am Thursday 29th May 2008

HISTORY is being uncovered at an archaeological dig site in York, where a Roman building is just one of the treasures that has been discovered.

Roman lamp discovered near Tadcaster

Liz Andrews-Wilson with the Roman lamp which was found near Tadcaster

4:58pm Tuesday 8th January 2008

A RARE 2,000-year-old Roman lamp has been bought by the Yorkshire Museum after it was discovered in North Yorkshire.

Riddle of Roman skeleton

Archaeologist Mags Felter works on the ancient skeleton

2:00pm Friday 23rd November 2007

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are attempting to piece together facts about the life of a 2nd century Briton after unearthing a skeleton at the site of a former Roman town in North Yorkshire. (See video clip)


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