A Visit to Vindolanda

We know a great deal about Hadrian's Wall due to letters written on wax tablets that were discovered by archaeologists at Vindolanda.

Over 2,000 tablets have been discovered so far. Who knows what will be uncovered in the future.

The greatest recent find was in 1993, when another 200 letters were found in a Roman rubbish dump.

The tablets were mixed in with scraps of food and being underground, became very damp.

This caused the tablets to discolour.

The letters were written in Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.

Most of the writings are very similar to those we write today. Letters to families back home. Requests to send items.

Not all are letters, however. Many are actual military records.

These are the CLUES for a crossword puzzle

WORK out what the answers are

1. People who dig up the past (13 letters)
   
2. You put it in a bin and it's what the writing tablets were put out with (7 letters)
   
3. The language of the empire (5 letters)
   
4. Being underground caused the tablets to do this (9)
   
5. The name of the fort where the tablets were found (10)
   
6. Who built the Wall (7 letters)
   
7. To do with the army and the kind of records that were found (8 letters)
   
8. Tablets and candles are made of this (3 letters)
   

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