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Hillary Rogers 2/18/11 Global Studies Mrs. Rhodeside

=Roman artifacts found at London’s Olympic site=

In London, Roman pottery and a coin from the Iron Age have been found on the site of the aquatics center planned for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Holes on the Olympic Park site have given evidence of Iron Age settlement, including 4th-century pottery and a Roman coin from the time of an Emperor called Constantine II. The Museum of London has been working with the London 2012 staff, who are preparing the 500-acre Olympic Park site in the capital’s east end for exclusive construction to begin next year. During the Iron Age, the area was surrounded by lakes, rivers and marshes, archaeologists have even found pieces of cooking pots used by settlers. The pottery and Roman coin, dated between 330 - 335 A.D.It was found buried behind a wooden river wall. One side of the coin features a picture of two soldiers and two standards, and the other has inscriptions representing Constantine II, Caesar and Illissimus.

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