In 2010, builders in London uncovered wooden tablets bearing the city's oldest handwriting
In 2010, Roman wooden tablets with the oldest preserved handwriting in London were unearthed. Buried in waterlogged mud for nearly two millennia, these "Bloomberg tablets" reveal the everyday lives and personal thoughts of first-century AD Londoners. Modern science, using non-invasive imaging, has deciphered the ink, rewriting the city's early history.
In 2010, Roman wooden tablets with the oldest preserved handwriting in London were unearthed. Buried in waterlogged mud for nearly two millennia, these "Bloomberg tablets" reveal the everyday lives and personal thoughts of first-century AD Londoners. Modern science, using non-invasive imaging, has deciphered the ink, rewriting the city's early history.
