A 2000-year-old Roman bridge has been discovered in Aegerten, Switzerland. Over 300 oak piles were unearthed. Based on current dendrochronological analysis, the earliest construction dates back to approximately 40 BC, while the most recent parts are from 369 AD. www.be.ch/de/start/die... 🏺

tinyurl.com/23hj5nex In Aegerten (BE), archaeologists have uncovered remains of a Roman bridge used between ca. 40 BCE and 369 CE. More than 300 oak piles and everyday finds—tools, nails, coins, even a wooden plane—shed light on life along the Roman road network. #Archäologie #Bern #Romans

Schaut mal, ein neues tolles Buch: "Forschende Frauen und Vindonissa" von Regine Fellman-Brogli und Christine Meyer-Freuler über die fünf Archäologinnen, die den römischen Fundplatz #Vindonissa erforschten. Weitere Infos gibt's hier: www.beck-shop.de/fellmann-bro...

#FindsFriday This amazing stone ball was found thanks to students learning flotation last week! It's from @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social & T. Romankiewicz's #IronAge site in the Scottish Borders. They are thought to be gaming pieces w c. 200 found across #Scotland @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social#Scotland @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #EdinArch

www.augustaraurica.ch/neuigkeiten/... #Romanarchaeology #AugustaRaurica #Numismatics

#LinkedOpenData #LinkedOpenSamianWare Did you know that there is a research #database for #Roman Samian Ware comprising information on names on Terra Sigillata / Corpus Vasorum Arretinorum (merged into one database), name marked decorated vessels, and Ovolo vessels? rgzm.github.io/samian-lod/

For #FindsFriday, here are two versions of the same thing: a decorated curved rectangular #scutum boss of legio VIII Augusta. The complete one comes from the Tyne near South Shields (possibly a shipwreck site) & the less complete from #Vindonissa.

a new publication on the 101 inscriptions of Vindonissa has just been published: an in-depth catalogue but also essays on specific aspects of the corpus discovery, preservation, geology, as well as essays on the votive and funerary inscriptions. doi.org/10.19218/390... #Epigraphy #Vindonissa