Travel back 2,000 years to see London's amazing treasures from the time of the Bible - MyLondon

Travel back 2,000 years to see London's amazing treasures from the time of the Bible - MyLondon

... Roman ship and cargo, London, 1st-3rd century. An artist's impression of a ship carrying ragstone at the entrance to the Fleet River. The remains of such a boat were found in the River Thames at Blackfriars. The stone it was carrying may have been intended for the building of the city wall, parts of which are still visible today ...

... Many of the tablets are financial calculations or trading agreements so we can tell that the earliest function of Londinium was as a centre of trade where goods would have been shipped in and out of Britannia along the River Thames. ...