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High-speed rail construction reveals Roman town in the UK

Enlarge / Aerial shots with drone of Blackgrounds Roman archaeological site. (credit: HS2) Archaeologists surveying the planned route of a high-speed railway between London and Birmingham in the UK unearthed the remains of a Roman trading town in what is now South Northamptonshire. At its height, the town boasted an assortment of workshops and businesses, […]

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The proof’s in the poop: Austrians have loved beer, blue cheese for 2, 700 years

Enlarge / A 2, 700-year-old piece of human excrement found at the Hallstatt salt mines, in which beans, millet, and barley are clearly visible (assuming one wishes to look that closely). Ancient Iron Age miners in what is now Austria were quite fond of beer and blue cheese, according to a new analysis, published in […]

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