Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of Roman-era footwear at an ancient fort site in northern England, including several giant leather shoes measuring nearly 12 inches, raising questions about their ...

Excavations at the Roman fort Magna in northern England have already yielded three ancient leather shoes, one of which is staggering in size. The team digging through defensive ditches on their way to ...

An ancient Roman mystery is afoot in the rolling hills of northern Britain. Archaeologists have unearthed a stash of unusually large shoes at the ruins of a first-century military fort along Hadrian’s ...

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Archaeologists excavating a playground in Germany unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman soldier’s shoe, ovens and a game piece. Photo from LWL / B. Tremmel For archaeologists in Germany, the worn-out ...

When archaeologists unearth ancient shoes, the artifacts are usually about the same size as the footwear we use today. However, during recent excavations in northern England, researchers were ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an enormous leather shoe while digging at the bottom of an "ankle-breaker" defensive ditch at a Roman fort in northern England. The shoe and other leather goods from the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans began their conquest of Britain. The time between when Roman boats landed on British shores in 43 A.D. to the establishment of their empire’s northern border was ...

Scientists have discovered many ancient shoes around the world, including 5,500-year-old leather shoes in Armenia, 6,200-year-old grass sandals in Spain, and footwear as old as 8,300 years old in ...