4 h. ago Ancient Roman masterpieces emerge from a London demolition pit

Ancient Roman masterpieces emerge from a London demolition pit  NPR

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18 h. ago Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti

Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti  The Washington Post

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53 h. ago Holloway review – brave women go back to prison to unlock their stories

In this powerful documentary, six former inmates revisit their old cells to reflect on the childhood trauma and domestic abuse that led them to prisonYou can be told the statistics: 30% of women in prison spent time in care as children, and 70% have been the victim of domestic abuse. But what this powerful documentary from Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson (the latter of whom is the director of just-released film Lollipop) does is to demonstrate the cruelty and injustice of a system that incarcerates the vulnerable.Shot in 2021, it follows six women returning to HMP Holloway in London before demolition began a year later. In the first scenes, they walk back into the prison, some into their old cells. The building is abandoned, ivy creeps up through the floorboards, but it’s still Holloway: “Fuck, I remember this smell,” says one. During a week-long workshop the women – brave and unfailingly articulate – share their stories. All of them experienced trauma in childhood, most masked ...

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5 d. ago Cries for justice as hundreds gather for emotional Grenfell anniversary march before tower demolition begins

‘As we stand here eight years on, the only decision this Government has made is to tear down the tower – our home’ - Karim Mussilhy, who lost his uncle in the blaze

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2 w. ago Archaeologists' 'incredible' discovery 'changes everything' where Jesus walked on water'

The basalt stone, discovered in an area steeped with Biblical history, may change our understanding of the Roman Empire's span. It is etched with Ancient Greek characters

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2 w. ago Lost secret cult temple buried beneath London's streets for 1,700 years

In 1954, builders clearing a World War II bombsite in central London unearthed the remains of a Roman temple honouring Mithras, an ancient Roman-era deity, buried beneath the rubble

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4 w. ago Amateur archaeologists discover rare winged goddess sculpture near Sycamore Gap

Symbolic find believed to signify the end of an Ancient Roman war

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4 w. ago Ancient Roman goddess of victory sculpture found at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists

Symbolic find believed to signify the end of an Ancient Roman war

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