“Looks like we brought the weather with us from California,” the elderly tourist says, pulling on a hat and strolling past me. He disappears up a grass slope, beneath a brilliant, blue sky ...
The photo above shows a wooden reconstruction of the wall and gatehouse at Vindolanda. The fort and the surrounding settlement lies to the south of Hadrian's Wall. Over the summer months there are ...
Hadrian's Wall was a Roman frontier built in the years AD 122-30 by order of the Emperor Hadrian. It was 73 miles long and ran from Wallsend-on-Tyne in the east to Bowness on the Solway Firth in ...
The Roman Army began constructing Hadrian’s Wall ... the ancient monument typically takes seven days to trek in full. History enthusiasts may need longer if they wish to spend time exploring ...
This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...
A wooden object found at a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall ... use over time. Dr Rob Collins, a senior lecturer in archaeology at Newcastle University, said: "We know that the ancient Romans and ...
A rare Roman knife handle cast in the shape of a gladiator discovered at a Northumberland Hadrian's Wall site could be ... on the northern edge of the ancient empire. The copper alloy handle ...
Ideas for new visitor attractions along Hadrian's Wall, or for improving existing ones, are being sought in a bid to boost its tourism potential. It is part of Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal ...