Over 400 ancient Roman writing tablets preserved in river mud . CNN — At first glance they appear to be ordinary planks of wood marked with random scratches.

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 ...

IOUs, a note to a brewer, and the earliest handwritten document known from Britain — these are among the 405, nearly 2,000-year-old Roman waxed writing tablets archaeologists have unearthed and ...

More than 700 artifacts—including Britain’s earliest writing tablet—will soon be on public display in London’s new Bloomberg Building. It officially opens to the public in Fall 2017.

Before now, only 19 legible Roman writing tablets had been found in London, making this discovery -- recovered between 2012 and 2014 -- all the more remarkable. A rare find.