The intricately carved coffin weighs around 1,650 pounds and dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain's Roman era, according to England's motorway maintenance company National Highways.

“The coffin was found at what was once a Roman road linking ancient Britain during our work to upgrade a section of the A47 in Cambridgeshire to dual carriageway,” Griffin said. “At National ...

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In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat ...