Three well-preserved leather shoes were discovered at Magna Fort this spring, offering a rare window into ancient Roman footwear - and one very big foot. At the Magna Fort excavation site in ...

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Excavations at the Roman fort Magna in northern England have already yielded three ancient leather shoes, one of which is staggering in size. The team digging through defensive ditches on their way to ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long. The finds add to the ...