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It’s up for debate what the big shoes found at Magna mean and that’s an integral part of archaeological research ...
Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.
The large leather shoes were found in a defensive ditch, which the Romans also used as rubbish dumps. At the nearby ...
Exceptionally large Roman shoes have been discovered at a fort in northern England. These artifacts, measuring over 12 inches (30 cm), intrigue archaeologists with their unusual dimensions. ...
A stash of huge Roman shoes has been found at the ruins of a fort on Hadrian’s Wall. Archaeologists uncovered 32 pieces of ...
In fact, so many shoes have been found across the two sites, the Vindolanda archaeological trust maintains a "shoe specialist ...
Archaeologists reported finding the first "exceptionally large shoe" on May 21 and have continued to discover more since then, according to Vindolanda's website​.
Archaeologists have found several pairs of unusually large Roman shoes during excavations at Magna Fort, a Roman military ...
Unusually large shoes discovered at a Roman fort have left archaeologists baffled. Earlier this year, 32 shoes were dug up at ...
Experts say they hope that pottery found in the same soil layers as the footwear could help them solve the mystery.
Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...