Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

Three well-preserved leather shoes were discovered at Magna Fort this spring, offering a rare window into ancient Roman footwear - and one very big foot. At the Magna Fort excavation site in ...

A Roman soldier stationed at Hadrian’s Wall had feet so big that he would have had trouble finding shoes that fit in today’s stores, so one can only imagine the problems he had tracking down a pair of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the ancient Roman fort of Magna, archaeologists have found a large, immaculately preserved Roman-era shoe, according to the ...

Archaeologists have been left baffled after unearthing “unusually large” 2,000-year-old Roman shoes in Northumberland. Eight shoes at least 30cm (11.8in) long – the equivalent of a UK size 13 to 14 – ...

Archaeologists excavating a playground in Germany unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman soldier’s shoe, ovens and a game piece. Photo from LWL / B. Tremmel For archaeologists in Germany, the worn-out ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: About 2,000 years ago, Roman soldiers dug a deep and narrow defensive ditch on the outside of a fort in an attempt to stymie oncoming enemies who ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans began their conquest of Britain. The time between when Roman boats landed on British shores in 43 A.D. to the establishment of their empire’s northern border was ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...