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BACK in May 2017, it was confirmed that the Orchard in Taunton was going to house Yours Clothing store. The fashion brand, known for selling plus-size clothing, opened in the Orchard Shopping Centre, ...
The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...
For centuries, the boulder was partially covered by water in Massachusetts’s Taunton River ... Still, the mystery of the Dighton Rock remains quite unsolved. Plymouth Rock may be the country ...
An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...
But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of such combat in the form of Roman gladiators’ remains. Most of what we know about the ...
Desk-based assessments, archaeological trenching, and geophysical surveys suggested that extensive Roman remains lay buried beneath the surface. The settlement showed evidence of occupation ...
Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to outlast the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. By Sara Novak One day in the ...
The findings centre on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to contain the remains of gladiators. The individual’s bones exhibited ...
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily ... Across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River ...
The remains found 20 years ago in a Roman-era graveyard in York, England, were recently reexamined by British researchers to determine the cause of the puncture wounds. (What Hollywood gets wrong ...
Recent excavations by Cotswold Archaeology in Gloucester unveiled a Roman settlement of historical importance, shedding new light on Roman life in the region. Among the discoveries is a well ...
But while there's plenty of Roman writing and art about gladiators, their bodily remains are rare. Now, a team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the body of a gladiator who was ...