07-09-2010, 11:23 PM
Quote:Is this another article with a picture? Can someone tell me what it says?The province of Utrecht has obtained these writing tablets, which are pretty complete and were found by amateurs at Vechten (=Fectio). They will be studied by a specialist from Oxford (a reference to Alan Bowman, I think).
http://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/2289290/rom ... recht.html
Archaeologist Wouter Vos believes they are incredibly important; from what he and someone of the Free University (Derks) have been able to read, they deduce that the texts are of an official nature (so no Vindolanda-like personal correspondence). Publication December 2011.
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Personally, I am skeptical. This is Holland, you know, where archaeologists are more or less forced to make exaggerated claims, because otherwise, their finances run dry (more). I have seen too many bogus claims to believe this story immediately, although Derks and Vos know what they are doing.