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Roman mega-villa bigger than the Taj Mahal is found in Oxfordshire packed with trophies including..
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 8/24/2018
| Phoebe Weston
Posted on 08/27/2018 7:54:51 AM PDT by bitt
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Roman mega-villa bigger than the Taj Mahal is found in Oxfordshire packed with trophies including coins and boar tusks alongside the sarcophagus of a woman
The historic Roman structure is the second largest ever discovered in the UK
The foundations measure 85m by 85m (278ft x 278ft) and date back to 99 AD
It lies beneath a crop in a field near Broughton Castle near Banbury, Oxfordshire
The land is owned by the third cousin of actor Ralph Fiennes
Archaeologists discovered a sarcophagus inside the villa with the skeletal remains of an unknown woman
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banbury; britain; broughtoncastle; england; godsgravesglyphs; oxfordshire; ralphfiennes; romanempire; romanruins; rome; uk; unitedkingdom
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ALSO, A VIDEO OF THE EXCAVATION..
https://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2017/07/18/4464058110673138121/640x360_MP4_4464058110673138121.mp4
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posted on
08/27/2018 7:54:51 AM PDT
by
bitt
To: SunkenCiv; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
08/27/2018 7:56:03 AM PDT
by
bitt
(We know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!)
To: bitt
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posted on
08/27/2018 7:57:11 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: bitt
third cousin
That’s pretty far down the Table of Consanguinity
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:00:49 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Isn’t the entire state of West Virginia at least a third cousin of each other?
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:07:27 AM PDT
by
Reeses
(A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
To: bitt
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:09:43 AM PDT
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: Reeses
It is comments like that that makes people here hate folks from the Northeast.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:12:20 AM PDT
by
Mears
To: bitt; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Archaeologists discovered a sarcophagus inside the villa with the skeletal remains of an unknown woman
Unknown, yeah, that's a good bet.
...packed with trophies including coins and boar tusks... The historic Roman structure is the second largest ever discovered in the UK. The foundations measure 85m by 85m (278ft x 278ft) and date back to 99 AD... near Broughton Castle near Banbury, Oxfordshire... The land is owned by the third cousin of actor Ralph Fiennes
Third cousin, that means they have at least one great-great-grandparent in common (1st has at least one grandparent, 2nd has at least one great-grandparent) -- some of my ancestors hailed from quite near there, but that would be much more distant than 3rd.
One of the Time Team episodes dug up a Roman manor that, in its second phase (when the building's orientation was changed 90 degrees), had a corridor over 50 meters long that had sported a mosaic floor through its length. Thanks bitt.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:15:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Mears
It is comments like that that makes people here hate folks from the Northeast.Specifically New Jersey, home of Snookie and her gang "Jersey Shore", and where the f bomb is used as a noun, a verb, and/or an adjective in the same sentence.
I almost forgot...Chris Christie, too. lol
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:15:58 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: bitt
Wonder how it got buried?..................
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:16:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: Reeses
You should have seen ARKAN-SAW back sixty years ago. When we were dragged here, kicking and screaming, from the Rocky Mountains, we found everyone in our school class was kin to everyone else in school by blood or marriage. WE were the outsiders.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:19:54 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: bitt
The Romans ruled Britain for more years than most modern countries have existed as we know them today.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:21:39 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Night Hides Not
LOL! Limited vocabulary and powers of expression in some NJ locales.
To: bitt
A Roman Shop-n-Save. Hovelware on aisle III.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:30:17 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Red Badger
I watched the video, and aside from the difficulty understanding them (when will they learn to speak English?), I think that it is a distinct possibility that they are excavating a septic tank.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:33:25 AM PDT
by
skimbell
To: SpaceBar
The Denarius General store?
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:36:31 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Mears
But don’t South Carolinians say the same thing? Fair is fair.
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:45:50 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: WellyP
Andy and the Detectorists are on it! :) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/
I liked that show...:^)
And apparently their fellow hobbyists did discover this site -
"...Amateur detectorist and historian Keith Westcott found the ancient remains beneath a crop in a field near Broughton Castle near Banbury..."
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/roman-villa-broughton-castle-banbury-excavation/
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posted on
08/27/2018 8:47:31 AM PDT
by
az_gila
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
...everyone in our school class was kin to everyone else in school by blood or marriage.
__________
Same 40 years ago in the hills of SW Wisconsin. Even today, after 2 waves of hippie invasion and with ‘mixed’ grandchildren accepted by the old guard, we call the originals “local locals”.
Friend of mine’s father, 70 years ago, was told (after 3 kids and maybe 10-15 years here (Dad is 97):”You’re ok for an outsider.”
I have some good local local friends. Took them almost 30 years to accept us, but it was worth it. Some very good folks.
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