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.

Roman Writing Tablet. Artifacts September/October 2013. By Jarrett A. Lobell ... On the Roman Empire’s cold and rainy northern frontier, in what is now Britain, sat the fort of Vindolanda.

The texts – written on Roman wooden writing tablets and found deeply buried in waterlogged ground just 400 metres east of St Paul’s Cathedral – have given the first ever relatively detailed ...

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.

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.

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.