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Amateur Archaeologists Found an 1,800-Year-Old Carving of an Ancient Goddess

created: May 27, 2025, 12:30 p.m. | updated: June 1, 2025, 2:14 p.m.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. Dated to about 213 A.D., the find could be just one piece of an even larger relief. A pair of married volunteer archaeologists working at the Vindolanda archaeological site near Northumberland recently scored a big win. Jim and Dilys Quinlan discovered a sandstone relief—a sculpture that remains attached to a solid background—of Victoria (the Roman goddess of victory) amidst the rubble of what was once a Roman infantry barracks. The Greeks may have their goddess Nike, but the folks at Vindolanda—especially the Quinlans—will happily take the Roman victory.

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