<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a3b72f17-ddcf-4289-86cd-fc76ce353106/E0B043B9-8011-453D-BC27-EFB5C5DE58F1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/" href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.museumoflondon.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><P class="strap"> Before the Romans invaded Britain, London did not exist. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><P> The Romans invaded in AD43. They built a bridge over the River Thames. Around it they built a town. <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/wordlist.html#londinium">Londinium</A> became the most important town in Britain for the next 400 years. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><P> Follow the themes using the navigation above: choose from <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/people/index.html">People</A>, <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/town_life/index.html">Town Life</A>, <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/invasion/index.html">Invasion and Settlement</A>, <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/army/index.html">Army</A>, <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/beliefs/index.html">Beliefs</A> and <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/crafts/index.html">Crafts, Roads & Trade</A>. Find out who Roman Londoners were and what their lives were like. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><P> Or find out about <A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/arch/index.html">archaeology in action</A> and what it can tell us about life in Londinium nearly 2000 years ago. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><P>Digging up the Romans in Shadwell<BR /><A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/video/clip1.mpg">download the movie</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/C2AB3CB6-B642-451E-A134-D523181F5BAF" alt="Link to movie" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/A8483C97-883F-4BDD-92C9-1FBED7B7B328" alt="Photograph of a metal statuette in the shape of a man with one arm out, holding a pot" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="127" valign="top"><IMG width="127" height="97" align="middle" class="assets" alt="Illustration showing houses and workshops clustered around the large central forum, and stretching out along the grid of straight roads. In the front left a bridge crosses the river towards Southwark." src="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/images/roman_home.jpg" /> <A target="_new" href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/images/large_roman_home.jpg"><IMG width="24" height="43" border="0" align="left" alt="Magnifing glass image" src="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/images/enlarge.gif" /></A> <P class="enlarge"><A target="_new" href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/images/large_roman_home.jpg"> Enlarge image</A></p> <P class="caption">The Roman city of Londinium, artist's reconstruction</p> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/515B6795-A073-4F54-80DE-7F4F924F5C75" alt="Photograph of a masonry wall with a parallel ditch in front. One archaeologist sits to the right with a clipboard, the other stands behind the wall" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="102"><P class="enlarge">Archaeology in action<BR /><A href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/arch/index.html">Find out more</A></P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/5E353ABA-BDC3-487C-BC2F-BCEEC73AC68A" alt="People" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/349DB027-9B29-42B1-A2C5-5BC367AA33BB" alt="Town Life" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/FE9385AA-3275-4951-A777-62D738584990" alt="Invasion and Settlement" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/5DF79E6F-EC0D-4C1A-9DDA-9C6B812B33D9" alt="Army" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/6E07CC53-C0FE-4996-8B0D-C5AE12D32045" alt="Beliefs" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/261D38B4-9062-4A3A-996E-D20B89F11649" alt="Crafts Roads and Trade" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/img/5A978D97-CF0C-4D5E-8642-263255DA7C8A" alt="Digging up the romans" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E0B043B9-8011-453D-BC27-EFB5C5DE58F1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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