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A 1,700-Year-Old Roman Board Game from Vindolanda Is Playable Again Thanks to 3D Printing
A 1,700-year-old Roman board game excavated at Vindolanda, one of the most important archaeological sites on Hadrian’s Wall, has been made playable again through 3D scanning and 3D printing. The replica allows visitors to handle and play a version of the game while the original stone board remains protected. The project centers on a stone…
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Volunteers Unearth Rare Roman Terracotta Head at Magna Fort
A routine excavation along the northern defences of Magna Roman Fort has produced an unexpected and unusually intimate discovery — a small terracotta head, recovered not by a senior specialist, but by two volunteers working side by side in the trench. Rinske de Kok and Hilda Gribbin were carefully clearing soil when the fired clay…