https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/05/11/the-spitalfields-roman-woman-xx/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 15 May 2026 16:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/05/11/the-spitalfields-roman-woman-xx/#comment-2050801 Fri, 15 May 2026 16:55:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206932#comment-2050801 The burial was covered by the BBC TV series ‘Meet The Ancestors’, part of which was a reconstruction of the woman’s face. Archaeologist and presenter Julian Richards can be seen in the second and third photos.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/05/11/the-spitalfields-roman-woman-xx/#comment-2046421 Tue, 12 May 2026 08:17:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206932#comment-2046421 My father was born directly above the Roman remains in what was part of the Jewish immigrant quarter ion 1914. Many relatively modern artifacts were also recovered from the remains of cellars under what was called Fort Street in Victorian times. One wonders what had been discovered and dicarded when the houses were built and later cleared for extension of the market.

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