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Many of the first metal artifacts that archaeologists have identified have been tools or weapons, as well as objects used as ornaments such as jewellery. These early metal objects were made of the softer metals; copper , gold , and lead in particular, either as native metals or by thermal extraction from minerals, and softened by minimal heat ...
A Roman dodecahedron or Gallo-Roman dodecahedron [1] [2] is a small hollow object made of copper alloy which has been cast into a regular dodecahedral shape with twelve flat pentagonal faces. Each face has a circular hole of varying diameter in the middle, the holes connecting to the hollow center, and each corner has a protruding knob. [ 1 ]
Hoards from Roman Britain (41 P) M. Ancient Roman military equipment (6 C, 5 P) T. Treasure troves of classical antiquity (20 P) Treasure troves of late antiquity (31 P)
The 1,900-year-old Roman ruins included several furnaces used for processing iron ore and other evidence of ancient metalworking, archaeologists said. Photos show the charred brown furnaces dug ...
Metal detectorists stumbled on two pieces of ancient Roman treasure while searching areas of Wales, according to archaeologists. Peter Anning was using a metal detector to scan the countryside in ...
The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with period of Romano-British culture when Southern Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent ...