Roman food: before and after
What did the Romans eat at their feasts? What came out the other end afterwards? This month we explore the toilets of Pompeii and the kinds of food eaten by its inhabitants. In the news this month: the oldest house in the UK; the HMS Investigator; and some very early human tool use. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology we find out how to put up buildings the Icelandic way.
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Human waste from 79AD in Pompeii is being analysed by Andrew Fairbairn and colleagues to see what it can tell us about how the inhabitants of Pompeii lived...
The wreck of a 19th Century British ship has been found in the frigid waters of northern Canada.
Doomsday book of 1066 can be seen online at www.pase.ac.uk
Britain's oldest house was unearthed in Yorkshire. Identified by radiocarbing dating to be from 8,500BC, it is 500 years younger than the previous record-holder in the UK.
The earliest evidence of tool-use by human ancestors has been found in Ethiopia.
What did the Romans eat? Mary White discusses how Roman feasts probably weren't the extravagant occasions imagined by people today.
Iceland was colonised by Vikings as a pristine environment, meaning it is now a rich source of archaeological finds from these ancient people.