2,000-Year-Old Documents From Roman-Era London Found In Mud

“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. So far, 87 have been deciphered, including one addressed ‘in London, to Mogontius’ and dated to A.D. 65-80 – the earliest written reference to the city, which the Romans called Londinium.”

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Tate Director: We Won’t Be Doing Satellite Tates

Nicholas Serota: “Although other big institutions earn or are negotiating lucrative fees from branded projects abroad—the Pompidou receives around €1m a year for its pop-up space in Malaga, Spain, and the proposed Guggenheim Helsinki’s annual operations fee is €1m—Serota ruled this out as a source of funding or profile-raising.”