The oldest-known Roman military fortification in Germany has been found in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The fort was constructed in the line of site of a Celtic settlement inhabited by the Treveri. “It is quite possible that Treveran resistance to the Roman conquerors was crushed in a campaign that was launched from this military fortress,” […]

Engineering student David Knowles of Cambridge University won a prize for the supportive frame he designed for a mummy case undergoing conservation at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The mummy case, which was made of layers of plaster, linen, and glue, had been damaged by humidity sometime since it was discovered in the late nineteenth century. Knowles […]