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Archaeologists announced Wednesday they have discovered hundreds of writing tablets from Roman London \u2014 including the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain \u2014 in a trove that provides insight into the city’s earliest history as a busy commercial town.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Museum of London Archaeology uncovered more than 400 wooden tablets during excavations in London’s financial district for the new headquarters of media and data company Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

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So far, 87 have been deciphered, including one addressed “in London, to Mogontius” and dated to A.D. 65-80 \u2014 the earliest written reference to the city, which the Romans called Londinium. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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