Amateur archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall
by Dalya Alberge from Science | The Guardian on (#6XE3Z)
Exclusive: Married volunteer diggers discover stone relief at site of Roman fort Vindolanda in Northumberland
A striking Roman depiction of the winged goddess of victory has been discovered near Hadrian's Wall by volunteers helping archaeologists on an official excavation.
The stone relief was found by a Merseyside couple at Vindolanda, the site of the important Roman fort near Hexham, Northumberland.
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