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1,900-Year-Old Roman Employment Contracts Reveal Life in an Ancient Gold Mine
Two Roman employment contracts written nearly 1,900 years ago offer an unusually detailed look at wages, working conditions and legal agreements in one of the Roman Empire’s major gold-mining districts. The contracts were inscribed on wax-coated wooden tablets discovered at Alburnus Maior, the Roman settlement beneath present-day Roșia Montană in western Romania. Two of the…
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Lost Roman Gold Mines Revealed in Spain’s Pyrenees After Nearly 1,800 Years
Roman gold mines do not always reveal themselves through glittering treasure. In Spain’s Eastern Pyrenees, their traces survived in a quieter form: river terraces, carved slopes, and sediment buried inside an ancient water system that had not been dated until now. In Spain’s Eastern Pyrenees, researchers have now confirmed that such traces belong to a…
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Roman-Era Lead Ingots Bearing Emperor Domitian Inscription Declared Treasure in Wales
Two rare Roman lead ingots unearthed in western Wales have been formally recognized as treasure, marking the first discovery of their kind in the region and shedding new light on the imperial administration of Britain’s mineral wealth. The artifacts were found by metal detectorists Nick Yallope and Peter Nicolas in pastureland near Llangynfelyn in Ceredigion…