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Coins from Emperor Constantius II indicate the settlement ended abruptly after 347 AD.

An inscription on a brick links the aqueduct's construction to Gaius Valerius Constans, a second-century brickmaker from Carnuntum.

Tear bottles, believed to be a pre-Christian custom, were used to collect tears, particularly by women who lost their husbands, and were left at graves to signify enduring sorrow.

The collection includes 405 wooden Roman tablets, Britain’s largest, with London's first recorded mention and gossipy messages from writing tablets.

The twins' burial challenges the traditional belief that Roman society treated infant deaths with indifference.

Remains of inscriptions depicting the goddesses Isis and Nephthys were found in the tomb, with yellow cartouches that once bore the king's name in hieroglyphs.

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Find provides unique insight into the early history of the church, confirming previous architectural assumptions about its construction.

Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the lulav (palm branch and symbol of the harvest festival).

"Every piece of this process has been revealing itself like an onion. It peels off, and another thing arrives," said the lead researcher.