Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The largest Roman shoe ever ...

Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark. The sandstone carving was found at Vindolanda, a fort in Northumberland, near ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest leather sole found at the Magna Fort spans about 12.8 inches (32.6 cm) in length. - The Vindolanda Trust An ancient ...

A pair of married volunteer archaeologists working at the Vindolanda archaeological site near Northumberland recently scored a big win. Jim and Dilys Quinlan discovered a sandstone relief—a sculpture ...

General view of the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda on the Wall of Hadrian. Credit: Mike Bishop / Wikimedia Commons A study by the British Museum reveals that the scribes of the fort used black ...

An inch-long phallus discovered during excavations at a Roman fort in Northumberland has been described as a "wonderful little artefact". In Roman times, the phallic symbol was widely used as a lucky ...

Volunteers working at an ancient Roman fort discovered a relief of a goddess in the rubble, officials said. Screengrab from The Vindolanda Trust's Facebook post Centuries ago, a 73-mile-long stone ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans began their conquest of Britain. The time between when Roman boats landed on British shores in 43 A.D. to the establishment of their empire’s northern border was ...

A phallus-shaped good luck charm from the Roman era was found inside the wall of a fort. Screengrab from The Vindolanda Trust's Facebook post Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern ...

An ancient Roman mystery is afoot in the rolling hills of northern Britain. Archaeologists have unearthed a stash of unusually large shoes at the ruins of a first-century military fort along Hadrian’s ...