Archaeologists in London have unearthed the oldest handwritten documents in Britain — a collection of notes, bills and contracts dating back nearly 2,000 years. The discovery, a collection of more ...

At first glance they appear to be ordinary planks of wood marked with random scratches. But archeologists say they’re some of the oldest handwritten documents ever found in Britain – and they include ...

Molten wax was applied to tablets using a spatula (right), and a decorated stylus (left) was used to inscribe text in it.(Courtesy © MOLA) The largest and most ...

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More than 400 Roman writing tablets have been unearthed in the heart of London, shedding light on the commerce-driven life in what would become the City of London financial hub, archaeologists said ...

Today, archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) publish research into the Bloomberg writing tablet collection – Britain’s largest, earliest and most significant collection of Roman ...

The London Museum received a £20 million donation and more than 14,000 Roman artifacts from Bloomberg Philanthropies, including items from a third-century CE temple dedicated to the Roman god Mithras.