JOIN TODAY
JOIN TODAY

Roman Horseshoes Unearthed in London

News August 16, 2013

(Crossrail)
SHARE:

Roman Horseshoes
(Crossrail)
LONDON, ENGLAND—Archaeologists digging sites in London ahead of the construction of a high speed railway continue to find remarkable artifacts. Some of their latest discoveries are three Roman horseshoes that were cast off some 2,000 years ago. They were found in the ruts of an ancient Roman road in the vicinity of the modern-day Liverpool Street station. Made of metal, the horseshoes would have been fastened to the hooves with leather straps. 

 

 

Recommended Articles

Digs & Discoveries November/December 2019

Provincial Pen Pal

Read Article
(©️ MOLA)

Top 10 Discoveries of 2016 January/February 2017

London’s Earliest Writing

London, England

Read Article
(Courtesy © MOLA)

Artifacts January/February 2014

Limestone Eagle

Read Article
(Matthew Helmer)

Digs & Discoveries July/August 2013

Roman London Underground

Read Article
(Copyright MOLA)

More to Discover

Features July/August 2013

Lost Tombs

In search of history's greatest rulers

Read Article

  • Features July/August 2013

    The First Vikings

    Two remarkable ships may show that the Viking storm was brewing long before their assault on England and the continent

    Read Article
    Courtesy Liina Maldre, University of Tallinn

  • Features July/August 2013

    Miniature Pyramids of Sudan

    Archaeologists excavating on the banks of the Nile have uncovered a necropolis where hundreds of small pyramids once stood

    Read Article
    (Courtesy Vincent Francigny/SEDAU)

  • Letter from China July/August 2013

    Tomb Raider Chronicles

    Looting reaches across the centuries—and modern China’s economic strata

    Read Article
    (Courtesy Lauren Hilgers, Photo: Anonymous)

  • Artifacts July/August 2013

    Ancient Egyptian Sundial

    A 13th-century limestone sundial is one of the earliest timekeeping devices discovered in Egypt

    Read Article
    (© The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY)