Holland

Richard Hodges travels to: Dorestad, Netherlands

Troy is not a place one normally associates with Holland. Yet the Dutch claim to have their own version: Dorestad. It lies…

Analysis of skeletons reveals unusual death…

Waterlogged conditions produce evidence for rowers on Roman barges…

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