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Shattered medieval statue found behind wall reformed digitally

BBC News 02 Apr 2025
Dorset Museum said it was thought to have been "smashed to smithereens and hidden by parishioners" behind a wall at the time of the Reformation - a religious movement which challenged the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Six teenage boys are arrested after schoolgirl, 15, is raped in a field | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 01 Apr 2025
Six boys have been arrested after a teenage girl was raped in a field. The 15-year-old girl was attacked close to the Roman wall and stream near Chichester between 7pm and 8.30pm on March 19 ... Specialist police officers have offered the victim support ... .
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Max headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life

Building 01 Apr 2025
Going down was not possible either as the building was constructed over a section of the Roman Londinium wall which is a scheduled ancient monument ... The section of Londinium wall under the building.
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I've lived in Portugal for 23 years: Here are the best places to go for ...

The Daily Mail 31 Mar 2025
Rising out of the Alentejan plains is the bewitching walled city of Evora, offering between its Roman, medieval and 17th-century walls a plethora of interesting sights ... Its 13th-century walls blend ...
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Greek Mythology Frescoes Unearthed in Pompeii After 2,000 Years

Greek City Times 29 Mar 2025
The depiction of Phaedra and Hippolytus on the walls of this Pompeian home reflects the Romans’ deep admiration for Greek tales and their penchant for blending myth with daily life ... Romans ...
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Where tourists seldom tread, part 16: a trio of small historic cities

AOL 27 Mar 2025
If Carlisle wasn’t between so many beauty spots – Lakes and Dales, Scotland and Northumbria, Hadrian’s Wall and North Pennines – it would be a tourism hotspot ... Walls were speedily built; the western ramparts remain ... A Roman pie on a Roman road.
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Rabbis dismayed after Temple Mount stone placed at airport - Israel Today

Israel Today 27 Mar 2025
The stone was not take out of the Western Wall, but was one of several large stones that had fallen during the Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 AD and in earthquakes during the centuries that followed.
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The best new restaurants in Austin serve everything from craft barbecue to fancy sushi

Austin American-Statesman 27 Mar 2025
... soft leather, stained glass and artful light fixtures — but also one of the most inviting outdoor areas, dotted with dozens of picnic tables and wooden benches built into the zig zagging brick wall.
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More than 300 skeletons found at Gloucester

BBC News 26 Mar 2025
During the project, archaeologists have uncovered 83 brick vaults, the footings of the wall of a Roman townhouse, fragments of a 16th Century tobacco pipe, Roman pottery and pieces of a post-medieval wine bottle.
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Developer eyeing 2027 start for Fletcher Priest’s 46-storey City tower

Building 25 Mar 2025
The surviving fragment of the Roman Wall would be displayed in a recess built into the side of the tower. CGI showing the Roman Wall display in the top corner ... Roman Wall, which runs beneath the site.
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York Council approves donation points along city walls

BBC News 25 Mar 2025
Donation points will be installed on York's walls to encourage tourists to contribute to the city's maintenance costs ... "The city walls are not only the glory of York, they're one of the glories of England.
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Huge Iron Age hoard is discovered in North Yorkshire: Archaeologists uncover over 800 ancient cauldrons, ...

The Daily Mail 25 Mar 2025
It started around 800BC and finished in 43AD when the Romans invaded ... After 43AD all of Wales and England below Hadrian's Wall became part of the Roman empire, while Iron Age life in Scotland and Ireland continued for longer.
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Farmer will not face manslaughter charges after fatal cow attack, inquest hears

AOL 25 Mar 2025
He put up warning signs but was told he would not be allowed to fence off the path as it could disturb the ancient monument or any archaeology from the Roman wall ... He said he was dry-stone walling with ...
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Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm heads to trial in blockbuster crypto case

Cryptopolitan 24 Mar 2025
According to The Wall Street Journal, federal agents arrested Roman Storm, a ... Brian Klein, Roman’s attorney, The Wall Street Journal, “We don’t think this case ever would have been brought now.
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Romans ‘created modern Germany’s divisions — not the Berlin Wall’

The Times/The Sunday Times 23 Mar 2025
Yet a study has suggested that the legacy of the Berlin Wall is a mere flash in the pan compared to a divide that is nearly 1,900 years older ... The walls, ... Roman London’s ‘House of Commons’ unearthed.

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