Skills 5, exercise 3B, page 95.0:01
Today Emma Samuels is with us.0:08
Emma is an archaeologist from London University.0:10
Emma, a few weeks ago you made an exciting discovery, didn't you?0:14
Last month, when I was in Wales with some of my students, we discovered some ancient Roman buildings buried in a field that nobody knew about.0:19
Nobody knew the buildings were there?0:28
No, we were the first people to discover them.0:30
Can you tell us a bit about the buildings?0:33
Well, we aren't sure what the buildings are yet.0:36
All we know is that some of them are enormous.0:38
We think this means they were very important.0:41
We think one building was probably the home of a very rich person, so possibly it is a palace.0:47
We think another building was a huge warehouse where the Romans kept food.0:53
Emma, is it common for archaeologists to find things from Roman times in Britain?1:00
For example, a year ago, archaeologists discovered a gladiator cemetery.1:06
But it's not just professional archaeologists who make discoveries.1:12
Members of the public sometimes find things, too.1:16
For example, last year, a man found an ancient pot buried in a field that had over 50,000 Roman gold coins in it.1:19
Yes, I heard about that.1:28
Emma, how long were the Romans in Britain for?1:30
They were here for about 400 years.1:32
And why did they leave?1:35
They left because their homes in Italy were under attack.1:37
All the soldiers went back to Italy to fight.1:41
That was very interesting.1:44
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