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I  updated the wikipedia entry for the Walbrook. Walbrook Wikipedia Firstly, the augment the section on the Skulls that were found there which only he 2 original theories of their origin. Secondly, to add the section on Tributaries particularly to add reference to the Langbourne.

The CBA organised a visit to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey.  This 13th Century space has been cleared up and has been turned into a gallery with amazing views down onto the Abbey - particularly great to see the Cosmarti floor from on high. Here is their video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPYi45hZ-uE We heard about excavations just by Henry VII's gallery in what was called Poets Corner Yard. Here they found archaeological sequences which included Dump levels containing prehistoric finds and Roman remains (but not in situ) the original chalk raft for the Abbey burial ground for monks including some coffins with head shaped ends for the corpses head. Shops and workshops in the area that Chaucer and Caxton had house and workshop in. Building levels from Henry III through to Gilbert Scott. The archaeological team cleared out all the dust of years that had accumulated in the gallery.  It included thousands of fragments of medieval paint...

An up date on what we know of Caesar's invasion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfFTM5_WcOE&t=20s&utm_source=Salon+Subscribers&utm_campaign=dda885a268-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c0cb6b55f1-dda885a268-40167989

This is a simple web site that has a fairly comprehensive list of Roman era names in a list - gives you the meaning and origin of each name. http://www.romaneranames.uk/

A billion pound building by Norman Foster has allowed the rebuilding of the Mithraeum.  It is the 3rd one.  The first was built in the 3rd Century in the Roman Period, the second one in 1954, and that one was then moved back to its original place. So how much is it an original? The Making of the London Mithraeum - YouTube here is a second film a bit longer

The portable antiquities scheme has recorded a figure wearing what is thought to be a birrus britannicus ,which is listed as one of Britain's leading exports in the reign of Diocletian. Excellent to think the Essex Hoodie has such a pedigree Record ID: ESS-33D3A2 - ROMAN figurine

 "History Today" has an article on Domitian's Eunuch http://www.historytoday.com/ llewelyn-morgan/eunuch-and- emperor Martial's poems on the subject are here: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ anthology/earinus.shtml

Internet Archaeol. Issue 41. Romano-British Pottery in the Fifth Century. Themed issue

Colourful, great pictures but a bit uninformative London’s Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History - National Geographic Magazine

Excellent article on Queen Boudica's revolt. Boudica: Celtic War Queen Who Challenged Rome | History Net: Where History Comes Alive – World & US History Online | From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher

The Roman City 10:45  Sun 10th Jan 2016   Bank Tube, exit 3 (by the war memorial in front of the War Memorial An archaeologist-guided exploration of Londinium (Sic Transit Gloria Mundi).   The Walk will look at the anatomy of the Roman City of London and investigate how our view of  Londinium has changed.