This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Bouncing along a dusty Bavarian logging road, archaeologist Claus-Michael Hüssen keeps his eyes on the tree line to ...

Hadrian’s Wall — the inspiration for Game of Thrones’ Wall — was built by the Romans in the second century A.D. in what is ...

What it is: A wooden tablet with carbon-based ink Where it is from: Vindolanda Roman fort, in Northumberland, U.K. When it was made: A.D. 97 to 103 Related: Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music ...

His first books covered areas of particular interest – the life of his father-in-law, Agricola; a discussion of oratory and a description of Germania, the Roman frontier on the river Rhine.

Bar Hill fort was built in a fantastic strategic location facing north into the Kelvin valley and it was one of the many forts which formed part of the northern Roman frontier. This frontier can ...