Tag Archives: sites

12 of Britain’s best archaeology sites, events and family activity days

12 of Britain’s best archaeology sites, events and family activity days

Vindolanda, Northumberland As the north-west frontier of the Roman empire, Northumberland is scattered with Roman sites, including numerous forts that housed the soldiers who guarded these unruly borderlands. Many are still being excavated, including Vindolanda and Magna forts just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The first modern excavation kicked off at …

Read More »

Prisoners from Foreign lands are working at Construction sites in Nigeria ? Senate panel

Prisoners from Foreign lands are working at Construction sites in Nigeria ? Senate panel

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has stated that prisoners from foreign countries are being ferried into Nigeria to work at construction sites.   He made the claim when the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committees on Interior for a …

Read More »

‘An awe-inspiring journey back in time’: readers’ favourite ancient sites in Europe

Sweden’s mystical iron-age monument Ale’s Stones in Sweden’s far south (Ales Stenar) may resemble Stonehenge, but instead of being surrounded by roads, Ale cleverly put his stones on cliffs, providing visitors with spectacular views. Ponder the competing theories of what the stones are: a burial monument, a sun calendar? After …

Read More »