Books represent knowledge, and by dedicating a library, one asserted his possession of it. Providing access to learning was an instrument of power on its own. A model of how Hadrian’s Library ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago to defend the northern limits of their empire, is being damaged by illegal metal detectorists. Archaeologists from the ...

Image caption, Archaeologists excavating an area in Byker, earmarked for a swimming pool and library in 2000, rediscovered part of the wall Nick Hodgson, author of Hadrian's Wall on Tyneside ...

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Thousands of visitors each year walk along Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that guarded the Roman Empire’s northwestern frontier. Many have paused to admire and photograph the ...

Thousands of visitors each year walk along Hadrian's Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that guarded the Roman Empire's northwestern frontier. Many have paused to admire and photograph the tree at ...

Hadrian’s Wall was damaged during the felling of a nearby world-famous tree, inspectors have found. The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland in northern Britain is believed to have been about 300 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: Emperor Hadrian “built a wall for 80 miles, which was to separate the barbarians from the Romans”, wrote a Roman scholar ...