Synopsis

A remarkable trove of Roman writing tablets has been discovered in Britain, offering unprecedented glimpses into the daily life of Roman London. Off the Kent coast, a major marine excavation in the English Channel – the largest of its kind since the Mary Rose, an 18th-century East India Company vessel laden with silver – is underway. Also in Kent, archaeologists are pursuing a compelling lead: the potential discovery of the earliest evidence of Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain, a long-lost