Vindolanda Charitable Trust News Today

More than 8,000 volunteers have assisted excavations with the Vindolanda Trust since its establishment in 1970.

Volunteers wielding trowels in Greenwich are among many exploring sites as community digs boom across the UK

Size? Usage? Nah, it's all about the historical context! From ancient fertility codes to Roman graffiti, museums are filled with phalluses and their profound cultural meanings.

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Discovery along Hadrian’s Wall near the border in Northern England adds a human dimension to life at the third-century fort and settlement.

A primeval forest in a Chinese sinkhole, the first full DNA sequence of a Pompeii victim, the oldest fake eye found plus more of the best ancient discoveries this month.

Archaeologists have unearthed a stone with a penis graffiti and an explicit insult carved into its face.

Researchers generated a virtual sequence to unfold a sealed letter protected via letterlocking. Source: Unlocking History Research Group / CC BY 4.0

Long before PVC and cast-iron drain lines, there was stone.