Two spectacular stone altars from a Roman fort at Inveresk, Musselburgh, have been acquired for the National Collection ahead of a major exhibition.

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Since November last year, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav has spent more time in Calcutta than in Delhi’s ...

When Emperor Trajan concluded his campaigns in Dacia, at the beginning of the 2nd century, detachments from three Roman ...

Two remarkable Roman altars, unearthed in Scotland, are set to go on public display for the first time, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the religious lives of Roman soldiers on the Empire's ...

The National Museum of Scotland has added to its permanent collection two stone altars of exceptional craftsmanship from the ...

Excavated at Inveresk in East Lothian, the altars date to around 140AD, a period when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius. Curators believe they offer fresh insights into the beliefs ...

Two "stunning" stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are to go on show for the first time in a new exhibition. The altars were once the centrepiece of the ...

Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.

The intricately crafted stones - the only such examples ever discovered in Scotland, and among the earliest found anywhere in Britain - were uncovered by chance during excavations at a cricket ...

They were the fragile historical treasures found buried beneath the site of a Scottish cricket pavilion. Now the painstakingly-restored remains of an underground temple where the Romans worshipped a ...