Archive for June 11th, 2009
Wearmouth-Jarrow Nomination For World Heritage Site
The twin Anglo-Saxon monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow in northeast England will be the UK’s nomination for World Heritage Site status in 2010. The monastery, which functioned as ‘one monastery in two places’, is centred on St Peter’s Church in Wearmouth, Sunderland and St Paul’s Church in Jarrow.
Italy: Ancient Roman wall in ‘danger’ of collapse
There are fears for the future of Rome’s ancient Aurelian walls after chunks collapsed on Tuesday. A major street was closed in the Italian capital after bricks from the nearly 2000-year old wall fell down.
Dig unearths Roman road at Tesco
One of the longest sections of Roman road ever found in Wales is being unearthed at the site of a new Tesco.
Oxford Viking massacre revealed by skeleton find
